Example sentences of "[to-vb] [pers pn] on [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Republics collect taxes but are refusing to pass them on to the central government . |
| 2 | It would be best to grow them on in the smaller tank as they are likely to be attacked , if not eaten , by the larger fish . |
| 3 | Someone had laid out knee-high duckboards to cross the snow , and Lucenzo shot out an imperious hand to help her on to the low platform . |
| 4 | Eager for the haven of her hotel room , Luce allowed Michele to help her on to the deserted fondamenta . |
| 5 | Dressing apraxia refers to difficulty in putting on clothes ; the patient may manipulate them haphazardly , unable to relate them spatially to his own body , or he may be unable to put them on in the correct sequence . |
| 6 | No afterwards she 's going to switch it on in the common room . |
| 7 | If there was no work there , the tramping artisan was fed , given a bed for the night and a few pence to see him on to the next town on the official tramping route . |
| 8 | So now you want to unload her on to the wretched Miss Plimsoll in the top form where she will cause even more chaos ? ’ |
| 9 | Codron tried to get it on at the Royal Court — on the face of things , an ideal setting-but it was turned down there , too . |
| 10 | I think both he and Weatherall are outstanding prospects , but need an ‘ old head ’ to bring them on over the next couple of years ( pity about O'Leary ) . |