Example sentences of "[pers pn] on [prep] a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The next day , place the black fondant tiles all over the roof , in neat overlapping rows , securing them on with a little water or royal icing . |
| 2 | Out of his sack he fished a pair of sticky-rubber knee-pads and proceeded to strap them on with a complicated system of webbing . |
| 3 | It is pesticide-free and traps male moths by luring them on to a sticky pad with the aid of a sex attractant ( a pheromene lure capsule ) given off by female moths to attract a mate . |
| 4 | The reason for this may well be that the hospital consultant is reluctant to let go medical responsibility for former patients and thrust them on to a local GP , but he is not normally easily available when off duty or working in a clinic many miles away . |
| 5 | ‘ A person who receives goods on sale or return and at once passes them on to someone else under a like contract is entitled to demand them from that third person just as soon as the original owner of the goods has the right to demand them from him , but I am clear that , if he allows a period to elapse before he hands them on to a third person on sale or return , he has done an act which limits and impedes his power of returning the goods . |
| 6 | But then to pass them on to a third party is heinous . ’ |
| 7 | She designed a print room based on an eighteenth-century concept , by cutting out black and white prints and their hanging bows and pasting them on to an apricot Regency background . |
| 8 | ’ You put me on to a good thing , ’ he went on , ’ with Ardakke . |
| 9 | My brother could make me cry just by lifting me on to a five-foot-high garden trellis and leaving me there , so I was hardly a miniature Chris Bonnington . |
| 10 | I suppose that the ‘ great bloke ’ who lives next door … the dearest friend … is used to all that … hands you on like a bloody parcel at the end of the evening . ’ |
| 11 | Apparently this did not produce the desired reaction from Stanley , so Wyatt went on 17th December to see Scott who , with a disarming naïveté , immediately agreed to a proposal from Wyatt that he should take him on as an equal partner and relinquish half the work to him . |
| 12 | He was approached by the Huddersfield directors early in 1921 and the offer spurred him on to a determined effort to prove his innocence in the Leeds City affair . |
| 13 | We stick it on with a hot glue gun . |
| 14 | It is easier to bring off if you have an assistant to hold the camcorder , otherwise , you have to set it up on a tripod or some other suitable support and switch it on with a remote control or time-delay . |
| 15 | Quality manufacturers will offer sacks with a ‘ fixed back length ’ in several different sizes , so be sure your pack fits correctly and try it on with a realistic load before buying . |
| 16 | Cover the pot with a polythene bag and fix it on with an elastic band . |
| 17 | You look ready to dance with rage , and although we might collect a few pennies from them in return for our providing such a spectacle I hardly think that we could put it on as a permanent entertainment ! ’ |
| 18 | He selected a tape from the rack and threaded it on to a spare machine . |
| 19 | Even if the herb will eventually outgrow its container , you can still plant it when young , press its foliage and then , when it becomes too large , pass it on to a culinary-minded friend who has more space . |
| 20 | I launched it on to a small lake and , lying flat on its wooden platform , pressed my face close to the water . |
| 21 | Panther claims it will blast the Solo from standstill to 60mph in less than 6.0 seconds and take it on to a top speed in excess of 150mph . |
| 22 | So he sold it on to a this kid and it was up Baxters |
| 23 | Otherwise passing it on to a third party , but you 're not in the case of a married couple . |
| 24 | Find a large map of the world and trace it on to a large piece of paper . |
| 25 | We would string together about seven or eight passes , then go backwards for a bit , then sideways , and then eventually the likes of McAllister , Speed , or Dorigo would get fed up , boot the ball in the box for either a ) an easy catch to the goalie , or b ) for Deane to flick it on to an easy catch for the goalie . |
| 26 | If anyones around leeds at the time the two pubs I would suggest going to watch it are The Pack horse in town ( where they put it on in a private room upstairs for our convenience ) or the Fav up near the Uni where they have about 20 screens and away fans get regularly beat up ! ! ! ! |
| 27 | You often find that erm television with sex and everything , they always put it on after a certain time for children go to bed . |