Example sentences of "[noun] on [prep] the [noun sg] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | Secure the red numbers on to the side panels with royal icing , and then fix the lifebelts on to the boat in the same way , three on each side and two on the deck . |
| 2 | Suddenly he decided to take a chance : somehow they would get Therese on to the stage in that ridiculous boy 's costume and let her sing . |
| 3 | we used to have , I used to make big pan of broth you could get gorgeous bacon bones with plenty bacon on in the Co-op in those days , it were wi it was when they , they did all the boning in the shops and you could go , get good meaty bones and I used |
| 4 | ‘ The magnitude of the changes we are seeing introduces a fundamental unpredictability on to the situation in Europe . |
| 5 | Sister came out of her office and took charge , and , with Juliet 's help , they manoeuvred the girl on to the bed in Room C. |
| 6 | By mid-September there were some 150,000 US military and support personnel in the region , but on Sept. 13 the senior US commander in the Gulf , Gen. Norman Schwarzkopf , dampened the growing speculation about a possible move on to the offensive in mid-October , expressing the opinion that he needed two months to bring the forces up to strength . |
| 7 | If he had been born in Australia or Lithuania or even Manchester , Sheikh al Hassan could have ejected his minion on to the street in the sure knowledge that it would be put down to robust good humour . |
| 8 | He does this gravely , perhaps fearing — with some justification from what I can see — that the whole thing might collapse like a car in a Laurel and Hardy movie , falling absolutely fiat on to the ground in its component parts . |
| 9 | Obediently the parlourmaid lowered a serving dish bearing a large fillet of beef on to the table in front of the doctor . |
| 10 | It is known that the Lombard King Alboin brought his army and then his people on to the plain in 568 , and that they met with little resistance as the Goths had almost vacated the area by that time . |
| 11 | At some locations road markings or road signs indicate free flow on to the roundabout in specified lanes . |
| 12 | The orchestra began to play , an air of excitement gripped Emily and she forgot the shoemaker 's daughter , she even forgot Craig in the excitement of the occasion as some of the ladies swung like flowers on to the floor in the arms of the men . |
| 13 | I watched in disbelief as the Con-Sec paid her , counting out the notes and thumbing them from a pile on to the table in front of her so that all could witness his honesty . |
| 14 | She glared at him furiously and threw the bag on to the ground in uncaring fury . |
| 15 | The steward deposited the steaming hot cup of coffee on to the table in front of him , slopping some into the saucer in the process . |