Example sentences of "[noun] [coord] [verb] [pron] on [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He ordered Rose to take one of Effie 's legs and lift it on to her shoulders , and McAllister the other , to make it easier for him to help the insistent baby on its way . |
| 2 | He twisted a bathrobe belt around her neck and forced her on to a bed before raping her twice in July 1991 . |
| 3 | " Besides all this Tristan learned to ride nimbly with shield and lance , to spur his mount skilfully on either flank , put it to the gallop with dash , wheel and give it free rein and urge it on with his knees , in strict accordance with the chivalric art . |
| 4 | He unzipped the holdall , took out a couple of Boyt shoulder holsters and dropped them on to the table before delving into the holdall again for two handguns carefully wrapped in strips of green cloth . |
| 5 | Culley took change from a ten pound note from the barman and passed it on to Stan , then carried the drinks over to the table where Kelso was sitting . |
| 6 | Take the second stitch and place it on to the first needle . |
| 7 | Take the third stitch and place it on to the next left-hand side empty needle and so on all along the row . |
| 8 | In fact it has been so hot and humid today that I have had to get an electric fan and put it on in my room . |
| 9 | He caught her ankle , lunging at her , took her by the shoulders and flung her on to her back , his breathing hoarse and his eyes blazing with fury . |
| 10 | They dropped the stretcher by Tommy 's side and dragged him on to the canvas before jogging back towards the trench . |
| 11 | I put my hand in the water trickling down the rock and put it on to Zoe . |
| 12 | Then I took the oldest of the wasp cadavers from its little tray and tipped it on to the white pile of granules . |
| 13 | Once they had turned the Mount , with the full span of the ice shining before them , the two men gathered pace , at once in harmony and contention , drawing vigour from the presence of the young woman between them , who cried out , not in fear but encouraging them on to greater exertions . |
| 14 | If you have been nominated to respond to an SPR , this option enables you to accept responsibility for the SPR or to pass it on to another user . |
| 15 | I suggested to RCA in America that instead of going the normal route that they try makin' a classy but inexpensive TV ad and get it on during shows like The David Letterman Show . |
| 16 | Coins and pots and pans and weapons and tools and horse tack jangled like a demented musical band , and each time someone fell , the clanging beast would sag , then lift the fallen back to their feet and sweep them on into the courtyard . |
| 17 | The spokesman for United Engineering Steels said Irish firm Malone Parkinson Project Design had bought the furnaces and associated equipment and sold it on to the Chinese . |
| 18 | Samson Orry gripped Jess round her narrow waist and swung her on to the tavern counter . |
| 19 | He went and got his overcoat and put it on over his pyjamas and sat at the table smoking a cigarette . |
| 20 | She designed a print room based on an eighteenth-century concept , by cutting out black and white prints and their hanging bows and pasting them on to an apricot Regency background . |
| 21 | But I wanted to be involved with a company who was well into the swing of tube amps and take it on from there , and so I started with Ampeg in 1990 . ’ |
| 22 | Wise and Newell scored in each half as England demonstrated the simple virtues of producing accurate crosses and getting someone on to the end of them . |
| 23 | With a snort of laughter , she returned to her case and humped it on to the bed . |
| 24 | He said that he did not think that it was a high priority to ask the Home Secretary to take £40 million out of his budget and put it on to the Secretary of State for Transport 's budget . |
| 25 | It 's dragged a few graceful oddities away from comparing navel fluff in their garages and shoved them on to the European circuit . |
| 26 | The order form will help us to trace your purchase and link it on to an ad in What Personal Computer . |
| 27 | A child was writing a poem in Bengali and passing it on to another boy to translate for him . |
| 28 | Pulling the centre-half back left a gap in midfield which needed a link man to pick up passes from defence and lay them on for the forwards . |
| 29 | It is easier to bring off if you have an assistant to hold the camcorder , otherwise , you have to set it up on a tripod or some other suitable support and switch it on with a remote control or time-delay . |
| 30 | I turned to the gang and waved them on with my hand . |