Example sentences of "[prep] [v-ing] [pers pn] on to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Planting consists merely of tossing them on to the surface of the water . |
| 2 | It was just that erm the other varieties around were competing too heavily against it so they thought what 's the point of passing it on to the children . |
| 3 | Yeah well we 've got a little antique box a jewellery box and it 's embossed the pattern round it , and the pattern round it is a boar hunt and it 's beautiful , there 's a little boar galloping his heart out with horsemen after him with spears and he 's all the way round the box and I thought of adding him on to the copper kettle you know as engraved all round the outside . |
| 4 | It appears from Jean Piaget 's child psychology that perception has been inseparable from simulation right from the start , and that instead of learning to project my inwardness on to other persons I had to unlearn the habit of projecting it on to the rising sun or a bouncing ball . |
| 5 | He had then polished off Duncan 's leftovers before driving him on to the hotel . |
| 6 | If these two signals differ significantly in level , you will need to balance them up at the mixer before passing them on to the camcorder . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | The Institute is concerned , however , that the duty may lead to over-reporting by auditors or to unnecessary formality in preparation of reports , which could cause delay in passing them on to the Bank . |
| 9 | As each reader received a book he put the date opposite his name , followed by the date on which he finished it , before sending it on to the next person on the list . |
| 10 | Then they pushed her , from one man to another , making her stumble as each man greedily explored her body before shoving her on to the next man . |
| 11 | For example , if the broker acquired the stock with a view to selling it on to the customer at a profit , it would have to disclose this fact , the historic price of the stock , the current market price of the stock and the profit on the sale . |
| 12 | The president had silenced the vociferous strike-leader by bringing him on to the ruling body . |
| 13 | Madigan 's Millions was held back from release until American International Pictures decided to take advantage of the success of Midnight Cowboy by foisting it on to the public in 1969 in a double bill with Jon Voight 's early indiscretion , Fearless Frank , also made in 1967 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | It is a common fallacy that the wind does all the work in a water start by pulling you on to the board . |