Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] on [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They 'll be easing me on as the new presenter so as not to put too much pressure on me . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Republics collect taxes but are refusing to pass them on to the central government . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | We will select a winner , publish the card in the paper , and send it on to the national finals . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Take the second stitch and place it on to the first needle . |
| 10 | Take the third stitch and place it on to the next left-hand side empty needle and so on all along the row . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Instead of getting rid of the programmes , they should sack the bosses who put them on in the first place . |
| 13 | He should then carry you on with the next question . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 ! |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 18 | I did take it up with the Attorney-General but he felt he could n't refer it on to the next court . |
| 19 | ‘ And I 'll carry it on to the bitter end if that 's what it takes ! ’ |
| 20 | No transporting it on to the main road so they can took took it to the pit bot . |
| 21 | It has become a specialist in adding value to chemicals and selling them on to the major companies . |
| 22 | In every generation , REPRODUCTION takes the genes that are supplied to it by the previous generation , and hands them on to the next generation but with minor random errors — mutations . |
| 23 | It would be best to grow them on in the smaller tank as they are likely to be attacked , if not eaten , by the larger fish . |
| 24 | yes and that , that in a way leads me on to the next party , if we 're gon na have an agreement between this group or , you know , the other group |
| 25 | He pulled off his work jeans and threw them on to the little pile in the corner . |
| 26 | Then one of them held her , threw her on to the dry dirt road and started to undo his belt . |
| 27 | Someone had laid out knee-high duckboards to cross the snow , and Lucenzo shot out an imperious hand to help her on to the low platform . |
| 28 | Eager for the haven of her hotel room , Luce allowed Michele to help her on to the deserted fondamenta . |
| 29 | Which leads us on to the big selling point of these guitars , since this is the first time a production Telecaster has been fitted with a five-way switch . |
| 30 | This consideration leads us on to the third major argument supporting secularism , that based on a lively concern for justice , peace , goodwill and genuine respect for people . |