Example sentences of "[to-vb] him on [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sinn Fein failed in an attempt to co-opt him on to the council on Wednesday night . |
| 2 | It had once even gone so far as to empty him on to the floor for voicing an intolerant opinion on the Jesuits . |
| 3 | Now Amsterdam seem to be willing to take him on despite the scandal , and are presenting him as an exciting and controversial figure , while many of his former colleagues in The Hague admire him , as do the public ; he is seen as decisive , inspiring and provocative . |
| 4 | From there , if and when it became possible , he would be taken to the castle at Soragna where the Principessa Meli Lupi was prepared to take him on in the guise of a gardener — a refugee who had been rendered deaf and dumb in the bombing of Milan . |
| 5 | a telephone call will tell you whether you 've the papers wo n't be drawn up but they will be able to tell him on through the phone whether it 's okay . |
| 6 | He found another vessel whose captain ( a Scot ) was prepared to sign him on for the voyage to New York . |