Example sentences of "[to-vb] it on " in BNC.
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| 1 | It fell forwards and I managed to catch it on my outstretched forearm . |
| 2 | You have to catch it on a certain place |
| 3 | I hired one and went to try it on a mountain . |
| 4 | I even got Ken to try it on us . |
| 5 | If a particular publication is not available at your own library the librarian will almost certainly be able to obtain it on a short-term loan . |
| 6 | Where guidance is required , it is possible to obtain it on points 1 and 2 from the relevant ( many excellent ) texts on contract and commercial law and on point 4 from some of the texts on general drafting . |
| 7 | The premise on which African governments worked was that if capital could not be had on highly concessional terms it was better to accept it on terms more or less defined by the donors . |
| 8 | In my judgment , this draft having been sent to the plaintiffs by Sir Richard Temple , and retained and cashed by them , we ought to draw the conclusion that the plaintiff , who kept and cashed the draft , agreed to accept it on the terms upon which it was sent … . |
| 9 | I also advised him that if he were not to accept it on the spot he should defer any decision on it until after he had concluded his coincidental visit to the Province today . |
| 10 | However , difficulties may arise if a strict time limit is set for the publication of the decision , and the decision is published after it has expired : it may suit one of the parties to refuse to accept it on that ground . |
| 11 | Not sure enough to write it on his precious list . |
| 12 | I was going to write it on the board for you |
| 13 | tendency if you talk about it you 'd be honest but to write it on a form you 'd be |
| 14 | They 're not to write it on letter heading cos it means it says it 's coming from the London . |
| 15 | If anybody wanted to tell ( him ) something , they 'd have to write it on a piece of paper … ’ |
| 16 | Ford is testing a sophisticated electronic security system on cars used by its own executives before deciding whether to standardise it on all high performance models . |
| 17 | For all the importance that de Gaulle attached to securing the support of the Resistance , he was determined to secure it on his terms , i.e. in such a way as to reinforce his leadership and legitimize his movement before world opinion . |
| 18 | Suddenly he 'd arch his back like a twig in a furnace , scraping his stockinged feet for purchase , then take his head in both hands and try to smash it on the floor , only prevented by the cushions . |
| 19 | To attack a U-boat an aircraft had first to sight it on the surface . |
| 20 | A number of nurseries are offering it now , and you are likely to find it on the plant stalls of plantsmen 's gardens open to the public . |
| 21 | It is perfectly simple , relatively speaking , to store on magnetic tape within a computer a full catalogue entry , including a classification symbol or symbols , and to label each segment of the information in such a way that the computer can be programmed to find it on demand . |
| 22 | A warning should be sounded that a candidate whose work experience has not equipped him or her to handle the case study paper is unlikely to pass it on the strength of a little practice and revision course . |
| 23 | If in fact where they decide whether to pass it on the . |
| 24 | He tried to flog it on the bus |
| 25 | This reconstruction of Rawls ' argument for the doctrine of neutral political concern attempts to found it on the notion of autonomy through the notion of moral self-determination . |
| 26 | Grudgingly the British now agreed to a joint expedition , but they were determined to launch it on their own terms , which were quite different from de Gaulle 's . |
| 27 | Somewhere across the bay of Palma a fiesta was about to break out with the usual volley of deafening rockets to launch it on its way . |
| 28 | Our next meeting of our local group we refused to launch it on the day that we were doing the training , and if you 'd seen the launch yesterday it was absolutely bloody abysmal . |
| 29 | But we do think that the fact that they chose to launch it on the last day of our Conference is quite a compliment ; it was after all the Green Party that forced the government to produce the White Paper as a result of our fifteen% in the European Elections last year . |
| 30 | Meanwhile , the rural housing problem , which affects most people in the Third World , is so immense that no government has even tried to tackle it on a national scale . |