Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] on it [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Inside the wrist was a yellowish label with the words Mireille , gantière embroidered on it in blue silk . |
| 2 | It was as long ago as 1863 that Lister pointed out , ‘ the real cause of the coagulation of blood is the influence exerted on it by ordinary matter … the contact of which effects a disposition to coagulate ’ . |
| 3 | THE ROLE of the police in South Africa needs a careful eye trained on it in these changing and unstable times , and Gavin Cawthra 's booklet does a fine job in relating the story so far . |
| 4 | An envelope with Zach written on it in bold lettering was stuck to the inside of the lid . |
| 5 | A bicycle was a prized possession , and repaid the care spent on it in perfect working order . |
| 6 | For this reason , the seventeenth century looked on it with varying degrees of embarrassed caution and suspicion . |