Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] [verb] it on [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Still tied together with the strands of wool we moved towards the fence intending to drape it on the wire . |
| 2 | They arrived at a place where the river was fast and deep , and Angel started to cross it on the narrow footbridge , still holding Tess . |
| 3 | They meandered along under the old overhanging house fronts and Jack had to duck his head to avoid cracking it on a lamp in an iron cage . |
| 4 | The profession 's eagerness for scientific advance had impaled it on the horns of a dilemma , forcing an unnatural choice between science and morality . |
| 5 | The reader who has bought your book has bought it on the understanding that this is what will happen . |
| 6 | All this is so rich , heady and fast-moving that the viewer has to take it on the narrator 's trust . |
| 7 | The bill was passed by the House by 273 votes to 154 ; the Senate had approved it on the previous day by 62 votes to 34 . |
| 8 | ‘ Shirley says the Gresham 's buyer likes to see it on the wall when he visits . |