Example sentences of "on to [pron] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So wrote Lady Augusta Bruce to the Duchess of Kent , who passed the letter on to her daughter , the Queen . |
| 2 | She scraped a little butter substitute on to her daughter 's toast . |
| 3 | ‘ When I tell my mother about Thomas she 'll leap on to her hobby horse , ’ Vitor said drily , as he opened the car door . |
| 4 | Between them , the deceased Dr Alethea Ward and the surviving Rita Ablewhite directed Liz Ablewhite towards Cambridge , and Liz in her turn handed the same knowledge on to her stepsons and her daughters . |
| 5 | Scarlet blinked again : she was projecting her own feelings on to her child . |
| 6 | At last the house has made our peace with us and hangs on to her slates in the gardens . |
| 7 | She felt Schmidt 's corresponding move , his hand dropping on to her forearm . |
| 8 | He tossed a single crimson rose on to her oak coffin . |
| 9 | Antoinette had collapsed back on to her pillows . |
| 10 | Matilda rubbed her palm against it and a white powder came off on to her skin . |
| 11 | Her face stung ; she scrubbed handfuls of wind-blown snow on to her skin , knuckling at her eyelids where the enzymes still clung in crunchy clusters . |
| 12 | The sun was so strong , it cast the colour of her mauve blouse on to her skin . |
| 13 | True , even costumed thus as a Trader 's mistress she would be armed — with a garrotte or two , some tiny digital weapons for slipping on to her fingers , phials of the chemicals she used . |
| 14 | She closed the door with a firmness she did not feel then sank gratefully on to her bed , dry-mouthed and suddenly cold . |
| 15 | Her mother had picked her up bodily the night before and dragged her into her room where she had then thrown her on to her bed . |
| 16 | Samantha sank on to her bed to show the helpless state she expected to be in by the evening . |
| 17 | Luckily , however , I managed to hold on and we got on to her bed , which I seem to remember was covered with a plastic sheet . |
| 18 | Claudia sank down on to her bed and tried to shut her ears to the sound of him in the next room . |
| 19 | The dog safely delivered to his still sleeping mistress , who did not stir when he sneaked on to her bed , Theda sought the privacy of her own chamber and broke the seal of Benedict 's note . |
| 20 | One way or another it had been quite a day , she decided , cooling down under the shower before she collapsed on to her bed . |
| 21 | ‘ He steadied himself , holding on to her shoulder . |
| 22 | Sighing , the girl hoisted her backpack on to her shoulder . |
| 23 | As the cat put its head down to rub against her , she reached up with her arm , and to her surprise the cat quite readily padded on to her shoulder and nestled there , purring . |
| 24 | She hitched her daughter up on to her shoulder , holding her steady with her free hand . |
| 25 | The rope of her orange-grey plait tumbled on to her shoulder . |
| 26 | The lesser bag she slung on to her shoulder . |
| 27 | With a muffled sound she spun round clinging on to her shoulder bag and ready to fight off an attacker . |
| 28 | She was in the cafeteria a short while later , steadfastly keeping her back to the huge windows with their wonderful view of the skiers outside , when a hand descended on to her shoulder , making her start in alarm . |
| 29 | He held on to her shoulder while he disentangled himself . |
| 30 | In her haste , the wayward T-shirt had slipped , and she hooked it back on to her shoulder . |