Example sentences of "[vb pp] on it [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Easily distinguished from other hybrids by its natural clarity , refreshing purity and the fact that it 's got the word MALVERN written on it in big letters .
2 An envelope with Zach written on it in bold lettering was stuck to the inside of the lid .
3 All four men 's evidence agreed that the assailant was wearing blue jeans and a black T-shirt with the word ‘ authentic ’ written on it in white lettering , and that he was between five foot eight and five foot ten inches tall .
4 I have dwelt on it at some length because I believe the opposite to be the case .
5 As regards the visual interpretation of each array considered in isolation , Ullman relies on the work of David Marr , who studied the information picked up from the ambient light by the retina , and the image-forming computations performed on it by peripheral levels of the visual system ( Marr 1976 , 1978 , 1979 ) .
6 This system is still available today but no new work has been attempted on it for 18 months .
7 Although in his work using transformational grammar , Ohmann neglected this function , he has concentrated on it in subsequent work . ) "
8 ‘ The Bank of England ( in this Act referred to as ‘ the Bank ’ ) shall have the powers conferred on it by this Act and the duty generally to supervise the institutions authorised by it in the exercise of those powers .
9 A bicycle was a prized possession , and repaid the care spent on it in perfect working order .
10 ( 3 ) Evidence of negotiations leading to the agreement and of the interpretations placed on it by individual partners will generally be inadmissible .
11 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 ’ .
12 Inside the wrist was a yellowish label with the words Mireille , gantière embroidered on it in blue silk .
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