Example sentences of "[pron] [noun] on [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I turned from my contemplation of the inclement evening and eased my buttocks on to the warm radiator beneath the window . |
| 2 | ‘ If I 've got my pants on in the second scene , I think they 've sent me the wrong script , ’ he says . |
| 3 | If I have addressed this to the wrong department I 'd be grateful if you would pass my letter on to the appropriate person . |
| 4 | It was an easy matter to buy my way on to the same flight . |
| 5 | ‘ 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | He rose and helped her to her feet , steadying her as she eased her weight on to the injured ankle . |
| 8 | Shelley sipped her coffee , then put the mug down and swung her legs on to the cool tiled floor . |
| 9 | Caroline hitched her bottom on to the wide windowsill , put up one leg , and leaned back against the frame . |
| 10 | Some of this , such as traveller 's joy ( Clematis vitalba ) , has extended its range on to the alkaline mortar-rich soils of the urban wasteland . |
| 11 | Defries continued to shoot , locking her beam on to the diminishing targets and sending light-fast bursts of energy into the shadowy interstices of metalwork high above . |
| 12 | Meanwhile , the second capacitor passes its charge on to the third capacitor . |
| 13 | As he brushed past her , she dropped her head on to the cold stone of the tomb . |
| 14 | Lindsey was still breathing hard as she strode through hospital reception , with an effort managing to smile at the small group of people sitting there before going through to the consulting-room and flinging her jacket on to the nearest chair . |
| 15 | Laura fell from her chair on to the dead boy on the floor . |
| 16 | If we translate the colloquial meaning of ‘ nice guy ’ into its Darwinian equivalent , a nice guy is an individual that assists other members of its species , at its own expense , to pass their genes on to the next generation . |
| 17 | ‘ Yes , ’ she said , ‘ how — how jolly , ’ and then she put her spoon suddenly into her ice cream and the whole glistening thing slid smoothly off her plate on to the shining red table . |
| 18 | Even when she was too tired to read she sought escape in romance-cubes she spent all her wages on at the Madreidetic shop . |
| 19 | It was a successful scheme , popular with travellers and with hoteliers who clamoured to get their hotels on to the prestigious Cook 's list . |
| 20 | The promise of plenty of planting can prove useful to a company in search of planning permission , so Waterers has found its services increasingly in demand by supermarket giants Sainsbury 's and Tesco as they try and inveigle their way on to the green belt . |
| 21 | This will be particularly important in our efforts to explore the ways in which the private traumas of married couples have found their way on to the public agendas of churchmen , politicians , policy makers and others over a fifty year period . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | He wanted Mrs Bottomley to pass his concerns on to the Prime Minister . |
| 25 | He had mistaken it for an ashtray and I watched from the back seat as he painstakingly flicked his ash on to the small pile of dead matches and cigarette ends that he 'd accumulated in the bowl of the vent . |
| 26 | Rain ran down the harsh planes of his face and dripped from his chin on to the slick oilskin . |
| 27 | In chapter seven of The Form , leading his disciple on from the initial perspective of striving to order her inner life as if she should die tomorrow — a challenge which sets the adrenalin running and wonderfully sharpens awareness — he potently reminds her in terms of his own cultural coinage that the world is indeed " charged with the grandeur of God " by instructing her to see all her physical experience in terms of the sacrifice also offered at the Mass : By means of keeping in remembrance this little incantatory prayer at meals and indeed at all times not otherwise taken up with prayer or speech ( " and thynk it noght anely whils etes , bot bath before and after , ay bot when prayes or spekes " , 7.104.39 – 40 ) the disciple will maintain a constant perception of all aspects of sustaining life as a divine gift mysteriously available in time only through the processes of death and resurrection . |
| 28 | To hell with her , he thought and kept his coat on in the warm book-lined room . |
| 29 | The union leader told Sunday Life that Mr Bradley had passed his letter on to the appropriate department of the Northern Ireland Office which drafts electoral law here . |
| 30 | In the seconds at the bottom when everything had steadied , when there was n't a breath of air , just a strange unreal calm , he rolled over the edge and clawed his way on to the thin rubber bottom of the raft . |