Example sentences of "[conj] [vb pp] on [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Keeping clear of the wharves where machinery roared and clanked as cargoes were being discharged from or loaded on to rust-streaked ships with flaking paint , Nathan tied Seawitch to the rickety wooden pontoon reserved for yachts in transit . |
| 2 | Arguments over the validity of the notice and justification of the motives of the partners serving it are better left to an appropriate tribunal ( judge , arbitrator or mediator ) than carried on in acrimonious correspondence . |
| 3 | For example , what if Mr Heath had won the February 1974 general election , as he nearly did , and carried on as Prime Minister ? |
| 4 | These were low-paid , largely female , occupations mainly unmechanized and carried on in small workshops . |
| 5 | Sales manager Graham Cooper says : ‘ The introduction of video printing techniques means that images can now be ‘ grabbed ’ and transferred on to other materials such as T-shirts , mugs , key-rings and baseball hats . |
| 6 | The following are diagrams of a machine where a letter is put in and operated on by each box in turn as the letter goes along the conveyor belt . |
| 7 | The next day we were taken down to the Brahmaputra river and loaded on to large river steamers . |
| 8 | Dry off gladioli corms in trays , then remove very small cormlets that have developed around the base — these will eventually flower , but only when grown on for several years . |
| 9 | Polythene DITRA Matting is said to make a perfect surface for ceramic tiles when laid on to most floor surfaces . |