Example sentences of "[coord] [verb] they on [art] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 The importance of locational specifications in general can be gauged from the fact that there seem to be two basic ways of referring to objects — by describing or naming them on the one hand , and by locating them on the other ( Lyons , 1977a : 648 ) .
2 And carry them , either carry them , or push them on a two-wheeled trolley , all through the round the lace market to 's , and various other And if I were lucky , and the 's van was going round the lace market , and I 'd got three or four parcels , I used to go with little Tommy and his horse and van , round the lace market , and he was delivering dress goods then .
3 It is more difficult to keep within the powers they confer , to change them or interpret them on a pragmatic basis .
4 And although he is adamant that the hardware business will not be run down , he did say that in future the firm will carefully weigh up whether it is more more cost-effective to manufacture products and components itself or buy them on the open market .
5 The flight was successfully undertaken to the area of Kerkenah Island , where two 22X Squadron Sunderlands met the Hurricanes and led them on the last leg to the island .
6 The man took off his spectacles and wiped them on a snowy white handkerchief .
7 For example , the snake uses its forked tongue to gather scent particles from the air and tastes them on a special membrane , called Jacobson 's organ , at the back of its mouth .
8 Made from the latest in Polymer technology Asics Gel has the unique ability to absorb vertical impact forces and disperse them on a horizontal plane .
9 Certainly , according to Hardie , ‘ in the case of allocating insurance premiums on particular lines of cover when setting individual budgets for the following year , head offices could look at their operating units ’ past claims records and load them on the poor performers while even awarding the equivalent of no claims bonuses to the good ones .
10 Remove the stitches from the standard gauge machine with the garter bar and replace them on the chunky machine .
11 He worked each through a transition training programme with the assigned aircraft and schooled them on the forthcoming filming .
12 There , they are likely to listen sympathetically and you may be lucky and catch them on a quiet day .
13 What they added was a sense of grandeur — they took blues licks and put them on a epic scale .
14 What they added was a sense of grandeur — they took blues licks and put them on a epic scale .
15 We did , yes , the two Rhododendron behind the and put them on the outside
16 ‘ You do n't wash your feet and put them on the dirty floor , do you ? ’ he asked as he got ready for the guests who would soothe the painful passage towards the critics .
17 She poked busily at the concoctions , withdrew the tins from the oven and put them on the scrubbed wooden table to cool .
18 It is this attempt to redesign the genetic instructions of living organisms and utilise them on an industrial scale that is creating so much excitement and concern " .
19 In June 1901 , the Board received a letter in which he expressed his gratitude for the provision of a room for himself , and congratulated them on the efficient way in which the alterations had been carried out .
20 Franco pulled glasses two at a time from the sink and set them on the tiny draining board .
21 Normally developing children often seem to be inexhaustible sources of spoken language ; they seem to relish their developing abilities and to use them on every possible occasion .
22 After the monitor had gathered up the papers and placed them on the small , square , wooden table that acted as the sister 's desk , the class sat quiet , waiting anxiously for the verdict , a tick or a large cross , the while automatically mumbling Hail Marys .
23 He picked her legs up one by one , and placed them on the two benches .
24 If you do n't have a male flower with pollen dropping , take the most developed flower , open it carefully to expose the anthers , use tweezers carefully to take out some filaments and lay them on a clean dry plate or saucer .
25 Although cylinder manufacturers countered effectively for some decades , first with moulding techniques and later with finer grooves , the overwhelming simplicity of being able to press thousands of copies of disc records and play them on a simple machine eventually told in the disc 's favour .
26 APT is the last building block in a set of systems — blessed with the contrived name LIFFEforce — which will allow exchange members and their clients fast and competitive access to the markets , enabling them to track and record their positions and settle them on the same day .
27 Last July Aileen Penn and her family set off on a sponsored marathon round of golf that was destined to criss-cross the country and take them on a 1,000 mile bicycle ride .
28 She laughed abruptly , tossed them over her head , and smoothed them on the red dress .
29 After emancipation the state could transform recruitment by enlisting more people each year but putting them on the reserve list much sooner .
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