Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] on to [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Circles , straight lines and zig-zags can be chalked or painted on to a hard surface for children to walk , run , jump or skip along . |
| 2 | Football was never an entirely respectable sport and from the outset crowds swore and shouted , occasionally threw things or charged on to the pitch . |
| 3 | They can be massaged into the skin , or dropped on to a cloth or pillow to be inhaled . |
| 4 | Bryony come and stand over here or hang on to the buggy whichever you want to do . |
| 5 | Write your favourite joke or riddle on to a small piece of paper and put it inside your cracker . |
| 6 | Dr Edwin Pugh , director of public health medicine , said : ‘ Most accidents occur when children are in the street or straying on to the road as parents we must be completely vigilant . ’ |
| 7 | It is possible to take a difficult route back to the line almost immediately , or go on to the next farm and follow a track there . |
| 8 | Alternatively when you need to change the paint colour or type , or move on to a different job requiring another size of brush , simply change the brush head to either 1 , 1½ , or 2″ . |
| 9 | Cyclists should take particular care entering the route or emerging on to the road at the accesses . |
| 10 | Cyclists should take particular care when entering the route or emerging on to the road at the accesses . |
| 11 | I wonder sometimes where my cousin ended up ; at the bottom of the sea , or washed on to some craggy and deserted shore , or blown on to a high mountain face , to be eaten by gulls or eagles … |
| 12 | Whatever has to be copied is typed or handwritten on to the exposed surface of the special paper creating a reverse image in carbon on the back of the paper . |
| 13 | It seemed to Preston that if you avoided being stabbed to death by terror gangs , you stood an even chance of being burned to death by sudden conflagration , or pushed on to the live line by a psychopath lurking among the rush-hour crowds , or struck down by a heart attack brought on by the extreme rage and frustration of trying to understand a platform announcement . |
| 14 | He turned his back to her and walked off into the open-plan living-room , with its huge glass patio doors that led on to the front garden . |
| 15 | A determined show of political resistance from Mr Yeltsin and his supporters in other republics might help convince many old-fashioned Russian nationalists that hanging on to the Baltic republics is not worth a fight . |
| 16 | She parked outside the high brick wall rather than driving on to the forecourt , and as if he sensed her reluctance to enter the house again he did n't attempt to invite her inside — but neither did he make any attempt to get out of the car , and they sat in silence in the light from an overhead street-lamp . |
| 17 | We also used to catch greenfinches that came on to the barley . |
| 18 | A door into the hallway , a door beyond that , and Schmidt going for the french window that let on to the patio . |
| 19 | A soft-faced old man was framed by the double doors that opened on to a room of unparalleled luxury . |
| 20 | We checked on the five french windows that opened on to the playground , noted the survival of the wash-house and , on walking to the side of the school and round the back , found the original planks that constituted the vieille planche intact . |
| 21 | Benny found herself standing in a smooth-floored entryway that opened on to the docks about ten feet further on . |
| 22 | He wandered towards the doors that opened on to the wet street , and stared out at the people hurrying along the pavements , feet splashing in puddles , sodden raincoats , barging umbrellas , gleaming cycle capes . |
| 23 | She made her way to the small side gate that opened on to the alley and which in the daytime was kept permanently open so that tradesmen could make their way to the kitchens through the vegetable garden . |
| 24 | Horrified … and yet strangely relieved and satisfied , and tingling with primitive energy and release , she turned on her heel and threaded so nimbly through the crowded guests that she reached the French doors that opened on to the side veranda before Greg had recovered enough to take a single step . |
| 25 | Generally , it was the smaller snail that climbed on to the back of the larger one and actively courted it , while the larger snail was passive , simply accepting or rejecting the advance . |
| 26 | When she did finally reach for the food , or lure , all she would do was lean over and rip off a piece , rather than step on to the glove . |
| 27 | Inside the two women who keep the inn serve through the hatch that opens on to the one room . |
| 28 | In answer her husband threw open the little back door that opens on to the Church . |
| 29 | Nor did she understand the expression that leapt on to the Hare-woman 's face , lighting her eyes with a fierce , proud joy . |
| 30 | The involuntary expansions and contractions have the consequence that to hold on to the most aware response it may be a practical necessity to numb oneself to a local awareness which distracts from it . |