Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] [pron] on to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | With some wariness I lowered myself on to the front edge of his couch , while form one side more flunkeys appeared , guiding a hover-table laden with delicacies and fancy drinks . |
| 2 | I flung them on to the bed where she should have been , but was n't . |
| 3 | I am sorry not to have replied to your fax sooner but I passed it on to the wrong person for answers to your questions on promo videos . |
| 4 | It was difficult to stop my things from falling into the sea , but in the end I got everything on to the shore . |
| 5 | Yes a row of houses and of course when I saw I looked out the door and there was this plane swooping down like that and it seemed so low because they were aiming an and the bomb fell in the cattle market and , and I threw myself on to the stone floor , you see , and er and presently one of the ambulance men came round to my office door and he said , are you alright ? |
| 6 | When he was n't looking I poured mine on to the floor . |
| 7 | Then , with the help of twenty of Blefuscu 's ships and three thousand sailors , I pulled it on to the beach . |
| 8 | and I , I showed her around some I , on the way back I said I 'll take you to Branston Park on the way back and I 'll show you where John 's working and I took her on to the , into the car park and I said look there he is up , huh , cutting the lawn , he was up cutting that , the big lawn she said one massive place I mean I took her all the way through Branston Park back to erm |
| 9 | I pushed him on to the bed and started to take his shoes off . |
| 10 | She was n't looking forward to it , which is a little surprising for a 16 year old who , just 3 years ago , combined all the elements of her talent to produce the compound which exploded her on to the junior tennis scene ! |
| 11 | Indeed it had been the combination of Rowthorne 's suggestion and her fury over the pin-up issue which saw her on to the editorial board . |
| 12 | Jamie 's prophetic words floated back to her and she flung herself on to the bed , staring at nothing , her body rigid with the tension of a woman in the grip of violent , unsated desire . |
| 13 | Sobbing for breath , she lowered herself on to the ladder . |
| 14 | She had brought things to make their evening meal and she emptied them on to the work-counter : wine , cheese , spinach , onions , bread , the pink-white tines of a rack of lamb , as if all the promise of their future lay in the guarantee of such ordinariness being possible . |
| 15 | Pennethorne made a number of designs for rebuilding Downing Street , and sent his final scheme to the Office of Works on 15th January , 1855 , who passed it on to the Treasury . |
| 16 | At the time he made a report to the then Keeper of the Indian Section , Robert Skelton , who passed it on to the Indian authorities . |
| 17 | Then she drew him on to the covers and pushed him gently back . |
| 18 | She threw them on to the table and looked down at Doyle and Tug . |
| 19 | Then she threw herself on to the bed and stuck the pillow over her head , biting her teeth together , absolutely determined not to cry . |
| 20 | But the corridor remained silent , and with a sob of despair she threw herself on to the bed and cried till her store of tears was used up . |
| 21 | ‘ You cow , ’ cried Sam , without malice : only a few months ago she would have pressed the plum into her friend 's hair , but now she threw it on to the pavement where it lay easily among the cabbage stalks and traces of vomit . |
| 22 | And finally as she hauled herself on to the ice-slick rock where the sun pulsed fire into her eyes , she saw |
| 23 | She followed him on to the train for the short journey to Bruges . |
| 24 | She carried them on to the terrace in front of the house , and sat down , intending to read one of the paperback books she 'd brought with her until the light faded . |
| 25 | It seemed like a minor miracle when she found herself seated within touching distance of the small group of musicians , until she realised that Rune was well-known here , not only by the management but , as the current number drew to a triumphant close , to the players as well , as they drew him on to the low rostrum and surrounded him with much back-slapping and laughter . |
| 26 | Later on , they loaded her on to the hand-cart and trundled her along to Bartholomew Close . ’ |
| 27 | He lowered himself on to the toilet seat and jumped down on to the floor . |
| 28 | Shaking his big head slowly he lowered himself on to the chaise-longue and sat back carefully . |
| 29 | He lowered himself on to the sofa and unzipped the top of his leather suit . |
| 30 | He passed it on to the others at their dinner time meeting . |