Example sentences of "on to the stage " in BNC.
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| 1 | Prothero the demon-king has never bounded on to the stage more sulphurously than in Hugh Kenner 's The Pound Era : |
| 2 | THE ACTORS march on to the stage of the New Victoria in Newcastle-under-Lyme as an Italian town band , with Chorus in a red hat and sash beating the bass drum . |
| 3 | ‘ Oh yes , he swings from the box , on a curtain , on to the stage , as Mr Puff . |
| 4 | She also went up on to the stage afterwards to meet the singers , and endeared herself to them all when one of the chorus asked , ‘ Why do n't you come and audition for the company ? ’ |
| 5 | Nine nuns leapt on to the stage of a Tibetan opera at the Yoghurt festival in the Norbulinka Park on September 2 and were quickly seized . |
| 6 | Lewis suddenly wandered on to the stage and started playing , hotly pursued by the band , who had not been tipped off . |
| 7 | Progressive rock was OVER-CONCEPTUAL made risible attempts to sum up all the riddles of existence on a single ( or triple ) LP , extended these pompous didactic ambitions on to the stage with all manner of theatrical set pieces . |
| 8 | Stalking on to the stage with the proud air of a Red Indian chief , Surkov was the only dissenting speaker . |
| 9 | The lanky , bearded leader of the Hundredth Monkey protest group , Richard Springer , 41 , leapt on to the stage , caught him a glancing blow and pushed him aside . |
| 10 | After proper tribute had been paid to the heroic efforts of its singers and orchestra , the Royal Opera 's general director , Jeremy Isaacs , came on to the stage to make a special presentation to Sir Edward Downes . |
| 11 | The Duke marched out on to the stage which , as everyone knows , represents the world , closely followed by the Duchess , still holding a piece of the Bishop 's Palace . |
| 12 | The first performance came from two people in white radiation suits who walked on to the stage carrying a dustbin allegedly containing nuclear waste . |
| 13 | The legendary Jon the Postman , ( the ultimate fan of seventies punk who achieved minor fame by clambering on to the stage and reciting ‘ Louie Louie ’ at the finish of every Buzzcocks gig ) : ‘ The Smiths are a great rock 'n' roll band . |
| 14 | Whatever , the seven hundred had gathered in earnest and , just prior to the band 's flamboyant saunter on to the stage , the International doors were flung open in dramatic fashion . |
| 15 | It was spoiled when someone threw a glass on to the stage , stopping the band from playing an encore . |
| 16 | Exactly at the same time the Girls , who had each been standing behind a door , burst through and on to the stage . |
| 17 | I began to feel better and weaved my way on to the stage after the third intro of ‘ Puppet on a String ’ . |
| 18 | YOU FAT BASTAD ! ’ as a stage diver is thrown back on to the stage and Carl , who has removed his glasses in a rare moment of vanity , gets out of the way by blundering blindly into the snare drum . |
| 19 | Whereupon he wandered on to the stage carrying a 12-foot ladder he repeatedly threatened to climb . |
| 20 | Early interviews saw Russell ranting lovingly about Tim Buckley , third single ‘ This River Never Will Run Dry ’ dabbled alluringly with woozy C&W miserabilism and — heaviest hint of all — a five-minute break for retuning at their last London headlining gig back in January was accompanied by ‘ Wichita Lineman ’ drifting through the PA and a slide of Glen Campbell projected on to the stage . |
| 21 | When he roars in from the back of the auditorium , swinging on to the stage from a box , you know that this is the start of something very good . |
| 22 | Mansell , accompanied by his wife Roseanne , was in emotional mood after hopping on to the stage at the International Motor Sports Federation 's annual prize-giving . |
| 23 | I , the only one of his children who had not gone on to the stage , had inherited the famous Breakspear eyes , the Breakspear height , the Breakspear cheekbones , the brooding Breakspear presence that my father had used to break the hearts of unnumbered women . |
| 24 | ‘ Am I to walk on to the stage at the Shield with it on my finger , and the whole audience thinking that I am a wife when I am none ? |
| 25 | ‘ You are not walking on to the stage at the Shield , or any theatre in which I have influence , again . |
| 26 | Hampstead had been purchased with the now substantial royalties from Paul 's books , also the first excursion Dinah had made on to the stage since her marriage and the birth of three children . |
| 27 | At Private Eye 's 30th birthday party , a very pissed Merton turned up , reveals Hislop , and staggered on to the stage . |
| 28 | He nodded at her now , and again said , ‘ By ! ’ before turning and running on to the stage . |
| 29 | Rock pin-up Ricky was performing at London 's Town & Country club when the £10,000 lighting tower crashed on to the stage . |
| 30 | During Ministry 's set , huge clods of earth started to bounce on to the stage . |