Example sentences of "[verb] [adj] [noun sg] on [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | They reckon that dubbing French dialogue on to the kids ' favourite soaps will keep them switched on in class . |
| 2 | Simply ideal for families it has direct access on to the beach and offers a wide range of holiday activities for children . |
| 3 | From the outside it looks uninhabited facing on to the icy , wind-ravaged sidewalks as anonymously as any of the disused warehouse and industrial buildings that litter the once-thriving district . |
| 4 | The present standard of Woolmer Road , the county say , is inadequate to accommodate safely the traffic volumes likely to result from directing two-way traffic on to the route . |
| 5 | He was pouring boiling water on to the tea . |
| 6 | At some locations road markings or road signs indicate free flow on to the roundabout in specified lanes . |
| 7 | We sat down and Harvey speared fried chicken on to the three plates . |
| 8 | The taxi pulled into her street , the leafy shade of the trees sending dappled moonlight on to the long , sleek black bonnet of a chauffeur-driven Rolls-Royce limousine . |
| 9 | On the small monitor screen his great external weapon was white-hot , seething , dripping molten metal on to the carapace below . |
| 10 | Léonie sifted silky flour on to the wide brass pan of the scales . |
| 11 | Pour boiling water on to the leaves in a clean container or teapot and leave to stand for 3–10 minutes ( no longer , otherwise the flavour changes ) . |
| 12 | Conversely , Habitat flew in the face of expert opinion when it introduced pack-flat furniture on to the American market . |
| 13 | She tugged at the sides of the hammock and hooked her head forward as she whispered to Ariel , who was standing away from her , the moss she had been using dripping water on to the dust . |
| 14 | The enemy artillery had opened up , lobbing heated roundshot on to the ice , smashing it into a multitude of floes , upon which men perched perilously for a time before toppling off into the lake . |
| 15 | The principle is that of a liquidiser , a rapidly rotating impeller ( 30000 rpm ) within a confined space filled with a liquid creates a vortex that sucks solid material on to the impeller , which pulverises the solid . |