Example sentences of "[verb] [noun sg] on [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Delaney turned the already hosing gun on to the nearest . |
| 2 | Using a single prong transfer tool , lift the two long strands of weaving yarn on to the selected needles . |
| 3 | She bundled Dot on to the front seat with rugs up to the chin . |
| 4 | Both main living rooms face south on to the well-tended garden which has two follies one now a stable for daughter Sonia 's horse , Woody . |
| 5 | Treat exposed soil with weedkiller , then tip sand on to the prepared foundation , and rake smooth |
| 6 | Therefore there should be little surprise that Freud first links this compulsion to repeat pain on to the non-sexual instincts , for it must have some instinctual base , and this can not be the life-affirming sexual instincts , for they do seem to operate on the pleasure principle par excellence . |
| 7 | You 've put weight on in the last ten days . ’ |
| 8 | And towards the end of each over — when the bowlers know the ball is most likely to be inspected by the umpires — the new gouges are disguised by rubbing sweat on to the roughened surface . |
| 9 | The locks burst open , spilling her newly signed lease on to the dusty pavement , but the other results of the blow were equally immediate — and satisfactorily dramatic . |
| 10 | Sharon Griffiths was travelling in a car driven by her sister when it collided head on with the stolen vehicle . |
| 11 | they have to beg and borrow all the local pools they can to keep going … and yet their success is helping swindon on to the top board of swimming … |
| 12 | He 's also just chaired a Select Committee on MPs ' working hours , which frequently collide head on with the following day . |