Example sentences of "[been] [verb] on to the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Also , the land which stretches back to Rockhill Farm from Swingswang on the opposite side of that road is all part and parcel of the County Council smallholdings , and only two fields away they sold off a piece of land a few years ago which has now been developed on to the frontage of the Banbury Road , which is in fact the Cromwell Business Park . |
| 2 | Two square escutcheon plates , each incised with a cross , have been riveted on to the surface above and below the keyhole . |
| 3 | But the press had already been tipped off : Mrs Simpson 's car had been booked on to the Channel steamer in her own name . |
| 4 | ‘ It should be stressed that no debts arising from non–payment of the community Charge have been added on to the Council Tax bills . ’ |
| 5 | Then they had been sinking on to the bed and , between kisses and caresses , peeling the clothes hungrily from one another , until at last they lay naked , side by side . |
| 6 | Names of infant Mulverins had recently been scratched on to the wall . |
| 7 | In October 1626 he had been drafted on to the loan commission for Yorkshire , and was also a commissioner in June 1627 to finance shipbuilding using recusancy fines , which commissions were headed by Sir John Savile ( later first Baron Savile of Pontefract , q.v . ) . |
| 8 | On July 14 Ghozali gave evidence to the court about the events of June 1991 , when the army had been called on to the streets of Algiers to combat FIS supporters [ see p. 38312 ] . |
| 9 | The super smooth 2.5-litre intercooled turbo-diesel , quite the best of the bunch , is pepped up 4bhp to 98bhp ; the 3-litre V-6 petrol has been breathed on to the tune of an extra 8bhp , at 147bhp . |
| 10 | Henry had been invited on to the chat show chiefly because the new snooker champion was the guest of honour . |
| 11 | Early on Monday evening Wickham tossed the papers he had been scanning on to the desk and stood up . |
| 12 | Sexy blonde curls have been pinned on to the crown for this look from John Peers |
| 13 | He had been brought on to the board of the Citizens Theatre , Glasgow , by its founder , the playwright James Bridie . |
| 14 | Is he not ashamed that so many children have been thrown on to the streets of Scotland while he has been Prime Minister ? |
| 15 | It was greatly feared , in fact , that the structure of employment was such that it supplied the rising generation with little discipline and even less skill , and that it threatened to produce an endless tide of loafers , unemployables and ne'er-do-wells who had been thrown on to the scrap heap in their late teens or early twenties . |
| 16 | Ward 's counsel also suggested that at the time of her original trial large amounts of vital evidence had not been passed on to the defence . |
| 17 | Clients have been known to send the factor invoices before the goods have been shipped , to create fictional ‘ fresh air ’ invoices , or to pocket payments that should have been passed on to the factor . |
| 18 | They 're worried cash paid to the brokers has n't been passed on to the insurance companies . |
| 19 | Those costs have been passed on to the residents , so the gap has widened . |
| 20 | The Institute also received its first complaint about the way it has fulfilled its role as an RSB : this has been passed on to the Institute 's ombudsman Anthony Surtees for review . |
| 21 | Years of close military co-operation , including joint work in missile development , have given Egypt valuable information about its former Iraqi ally , which has presumably been passed on to the Americans . |
| 22 | In a highly competitive market the returns would be a satisfactory performance measure ; for a monopolist it might merely reflect that any inefficiencies in service have been passed on to the customers who have no choice but to pay the higher prices . |
| 23 | This does not lead directly to higher prices , but the burden has in part been passed on to the consumer in reduced variety . |
| 24 | I wrote to the Earl personally and told him that Brownie Guides are taught to leave behind nothing but their thanks , but received a reply saying that my letter had been passed on to the agent , Mr. Bishop , who handled all such matters . |
| 25 | Yet this knowledge has not been passed on to the laity . |
| 26 | He had been crucified on to the floor and , like the last victim , had been alive when this had occurred . |
| 27 | Just a few hours earlier British troops had been sent on to the streets of Northern Ireland . |
| 28 | Shards of glass were still falling 12 hours after the blast and computers had been blown on to the pavement . |
| 29 | Then her eyes slowly began to focus and she realised that they had n't just been tossed on to the bed . |
| 30 | Once graphics have been loaded on to the Working Area , the Studio facility is then used . |