Example sentences of "[noun] on [prep] the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And putting coals on at the far end . |
| 2 | Welding a bonding cable on to the new rail . |
| 3 | And I take it erm the commission structure is just the same if I am continuing a contract on for the following year . |
| 4 | ‘ His name is Matthew Blake , ’ Mandy informed Charity as they descended the steps from their cabin on to the paved pathway that led to the lodge . |
| 5 | From the tablet a graphics program is called which allows the operator to insert chosen values on to the displayed graph axis . |
| 6 | Instead his lips compressed , as if he were physically stemming a tide of words , and he slung his briefcase on to the bare chart table . |
| 7 | Maybe fate had to give you a shove on to the right path . ’ |
| 8 | A dull thud of hooves resounded through the valley as the horses checked pace and descended from the pasture on to the tree-shadowed bridleway that slants down the hillside to the ford at its base . |
| 9 | A ten week preparation course on to the Open University programme leading to the diploma in Health and Social Welfare starts . |
| 10 | SAVE 's proposal was to transfer the ‘ air rights ’ of the old building on to the lorry-park site . |
| 11 | But in 1992 , the only thrusting we can expect of a businessman is that which propels him from a very high building on to the recession-hit pavement below . |
| 12 | His snowdrops were already wilting like wax candles in the warmth of his hand , and as he copied the mourners ahead of him and stood up , one flower slipped between his fingers on to the rust-coloured floor . |
| 13 | Robyn held it out at arm 's length , glanced at it and then cursed as she saw the blood that dripped from her fingers on to the black plastic . |
| 14 | Those of Gide 's travel journals published as Amyntas are even more revealing of this process whereby loss of self becomes a discovery of self ; both selves , the centred and the dispersed , being kept alive , both being necessary for the lyrical , unorthodox Western narrative which Gide maps on to the African landscape and his own illicit sexuality within it . |
| 15 | I ran to the T-junction on to the main road . |
| 16 | Pictures of old , tired faces : Madge 's made vacant by drugs , Bella 's grey with pain on a bad day , threw themselves like projected images on to the white kitchen wall . |
| 17 | Transfer the loops from the back bed needles without pushers on to the front bed needles with stitches on . |
| 18 | Australia 's defeats at Swansea and Llanelli , and only four tries in five matches in Wales , have given new hope to home players and fans only 12 months on from the 38–3 record home defeat at the hands of the Wallabies . |
| 19 | Tranmere are not expecting any dramatic changes this time round , 12 months on after the massive upheaval that launched a new set-up last season . |
| 20 | The 30-year-old Londoner , son of the late Graham Hill , steered his Canon Williams Renault on to the front row of the provisional grid alongside pole man and team-mate Alain Prost with a brilliantly controlled display of driving on the treacherous Interlagos track . |
| 21 | At the last two stitches on the right , place the end stitch on to the next needle to keep the 1 × 1 rib pattern . |
| 22 | Paint black and silver squares on to the large strip of white fondant surrounding the neck of the rocket to give a chequered design . |
| 23 | Words from the letters banged about in Thérèse 's head , just above her eyebrows she pictured them , as she dripped melted butter from the little saucepan on to the yellow puddle of egg yolks . |
| 24 | She bundled Dot on to the front seat with rugs up to the chin . |
| 25 | Doyle swerved , running the car on to the right hand verge , and braked hard . |
| 26 | Pushing open the heavy door , she began to climb the stairs to the second floor , admiring the way in which the stained-glass windows on each hall-landing cast triangles of coloured light on to the worn stone steps . |
| 27 | He once shone a surprising shaft of original light on to the economic scene . |
| 28 | In one house , on the corner , there was a light on in the front bedroom . |
| 29 | The baker and the newsagent were open and there was a light on in the Carabinieri station that stood between them . |
| 30 | She went down to make a drink , and as she turned the light on in the dingy kitchen a dark thing shot across the floor to disappear under the dresser . |