Example sentences of "[adv] [adv] [verb] it on [art] " in BNC.

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1 All these systems dealt with the problem of how to dispose of stock when , as Day 's library so elegantly put it on the slip , ‘ the first demand for the book has abated ’ .
2 You better not get it on the furniture as well , keep it away from the furniture , now put it on the paper or else do n't use it
3 Well I only just heard it on the news .
4 ‘ I 'd rather not discuss it on the phone .
5 You 're best just putting it on a table Margaret .
6 Among ERA stockists — who may not always have it on every day — are the Bon Accord and Tennent 's Bar in Glasgow ; the Auld Hoose , Kinghorn ; the Woodside Inn , Blairgowrie ; and Betty Nicols , Kirkcaldy .
7 I was engrossed in these thoughts and just about to drip it on the top of my head as I had seen Sally do when , from nowhere , a hand knocked me to the floor , spilling the contents of the bottle .
8 My master picked it up , scrutinised it carefully then threw it on the table .
9 The first day at the newspaper they sent me into the darkroom with a roll of film and I think I was in the closet for about five hours before I could figure out how to put it on the reel . ’
10 And I do n't only try it on the
11 Simes how , do n't leave that lying around so put it on the side when you 've finished .
12 So what , when you 're paying that much for the hi-fi you do n't expect sound quality you 'll get from a tape to tape , it 's thought , the sound quality is so crap you might as well just do it on a shit thing
13 I should n't just leave it on the floor look cos we sha n't find it again and then when the hoover tries to pick it up it will have a fit .
14 ‘ And we do n't exactly want it on the front of the Daily Express , sir .
15 You ca n't possibly have it on a verb , and that 's another little rule you might like to think of , that you 're only going to get the apostrophe on a noun , and you will never get an apostrophe on a pronoun .
16 You could n't really manage it on a subaltern 's pay .
17 I would n't even wish it on the person who did it to Paul . ’
18 I mean , there are plenty of options with this station , including , in fact , you could actually float the timber across , you do n't actually carry it on the boat , you tie it to the back and float it across .
19 But those symbols of fire and of wind are useful because when we say God is in us , when we say the Holy Spirit is in us , we ca n't actually grab anything and say you know we ca n't actually put it on a video and say , that little bit to the right of my heart is the Holy Spirit .
20 Startled , Jess almost dropped the book , then hastily replaced it on the shelf .
21 " No — I could n't very well do it on the mud .
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