Example sentences of "[prep] [pron] [verb] on to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was not a well-attended affair — perhaps fifteen people , mainly old women , at the church , few of whom came on to the cemetery . |
| 2 | When I changed buses there was just time to get the sweets and bananas — the bananas were very good today ; and on the other bus there was a nice driver who said that if I sat near the front he would let me off at the crossing if he was held up in the traffic , instead of my going on to the bus stop and having to walk back ; because of the rain . ’ |
| 3 | I had , not here , but at home , a very awful experience of somebody camped on to the electricity board , because the power was off , and I was trying to ring them up , and you ca n't get through to somebody who 's camped on to them . |
| 4 | The amber liquid shook in the glass and some of it spilled on to the tan cloth of her Burberry . |
| 5 | Miranda cut her toast with such force that a corner of it flew on to the floor . |
| 6 | Dentdale is superb walking country : the high ridge walks along Rise Hill and Barbon Fell are amongst the best in the Dales , while lower down , the Dales Way long-distance path follows the river for much of its length into Sedbergh , and some of the wooded gills like Flinter Gill , which arc a typical feature of Dentdale , have footpaths along them leading on to the fells or on to the old packhorse routes . |
| 7 | No point in me hanging on to the stuff , cos the baby 's grown out of it , that 's it , is n't it ? |
| 8 | It is absurd , every time we introduce another element of our policy , for him to leap on to the populist pitch and then , as he no doubt will in a few minutes ' time , find some detailed reasons for being opposed to it . |
| 9 | Consequently ( Demski , 1976 and other authors ) it is inefficient for it to force on to the manager any general risk if this can be avoided , though the manager should still have some reward/penalty dependent upon his or her actions . |