Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] on [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Out of his sack he fished a pair of sticky-rubber knee-pads and proceeded to strap them on with a complicated system of webbing . |
| 2 | ‘ I always wanted to work with a squad of young players and bring them on for a few seasons . |
| 3 | They went down a narrow lane called Smugglers ' Gully , which led them on to a wild rocky headland . |
| 4 | They 'll be easing me on as the new presenter so as not to put too much pressure on me . |
| 5 | The bodymaker passed the doors to the finishers , who in turn passed them on to the french polishers ; the doors then moved along to those whose work it was to hang them in position , the operations being so arranged that the polished door was completed just at the point where it was to be hung on the coach . |
| 6 | The new novel has married the pair and moved them on into the mid-Sixties and from the provinces to London , where Patrick works misgivingly in a fashionable publishing-house . |
| 7 | But then to pass them on to a third party is heinous . ’ |
| 8 | Republics collect taxes but are refusing to pass them on to the central government . |
| 9 | She was just getting used to the chestnut when Alejandro moved her on to a dark brown mare who , when it was n't bucking , shied at the ball , and then on to another chestnut , whom she had great difficulty in holding . |
| 10 | ADRIAN MAGUIRE moved upsides reigning champion Peter Scudamore at the head of the jockeys ' table when a double aboard Calapaez and Mr Felix moved him on to the 32 winner mark at Plumpton yesterday . |
| 11 | It seemed like a minor miracle when she found herself seated within touching distance of the small group of musicians , until she realised that Rune was well-known here , not only by the management but , as the current number drew to a triumphant close , to the players as well , as they drew him on to the low rostrum and surrounded him with much back-slapping and laughter . |
| 12 | We will select a winner , publish the card in the paper , and send it on to the national finals . |
| 13 | Dampen the edge of the buckram , bring over the seam allowance of the band and press it on to the dampened edge , notching out excess fabric on inward curves . |
| 14 | Take the second stitch and place it on to the first needle . |
| 15 | Take the third stitch and place it on to the next left-hand side empty needle and so on all along the row . |
| 16 | The goods always cost more than the mere monetary price ; and it is the object of the system to externalise these costs , by passing them on to the poor or to the impaired resource-base of the earth , and by inviting even the rich to live in collusive dissociation from the costs they , too , must pay . |
| 17 | Instead of getting rid of the programmes , they should sack the bosses who put them on in the first place . |
| 18 | ’ You put me on to a good thing , ’ he went on , ’ with Ardakke . |
| 19 | He should then carry you on with the next question . |
| 20 | If she could not get out the train would carry her on to the next station , to London Bridge , it would carry her on under the river . |
| 21 | She was n't looking forward to it , which is a little surprising for a 16 year old who , just 3 years ago , combined all the elements of her talent to produce the compound which exploded her on to the junior tennis scene ! |
| 22 | Otherwise passing it on to a third party , but you 're not in the case of a married couple . |
| 23 | When a child has got the squeeze , he is allowed to hold on to it as long as he wants before passing it on to the next person . |
| 24 | If anyones around leeds at the time the two pubs I would suggest going to watch it are The Pack horse in town ( where they put it on in a private room upstairs for our convenience ) or the Fav up near the Uni where they have about 20 screens and away fans get regularly beat up ! ! ! ! |
| 25 | You often find that erm television with sex and everything , they always put it on after a certain time for children go to bed . |
| 26 | ‘ Pretty things , ’ wrote Sawyer and Darton of illustrated books in general , ‘ pleasant to fondle , more ready to display to a bibliophile those tiny points of an exquisite technique over which it is legitimate to gloat … the spot of ink adjusted on a Corinthian 's cheek to a thousandth of an inch , or a black line so thin and firm that you can almost see the metal caressing it on to the honest untimbered white paper . ’ |
| 27 | I did take it up with the Attorney-General but he felt he could n't refer it on to the next court . |
| 28 | ‘ And I 'll carry it on to the bitter end if that 's what it takes ! ’ |
| 29 | No transporting it on to the main road so they can took took it to the pit bot . |
| 30 | The next day , place the black fondant tiles all over the roof , in neat overlapping rows , securing them on with a little water or royal icing . |