Example sentences of "[vb base] the [noun] on [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He then goes on to fit the tenons to the mortise saying ‘ fit the stretchers to the posts and repeat the exercise on the mullions . ’ |
| 2 | Review the progress on the actions detailed . |
| 3 | They all rub the soap on the dolls and rub and rub them , then splash up the water till the soap ‘ comes off ’ . |
| 4 | They decide if you rub the soap on the dolls hard enough with water you ‘ get little bubbles ’ . |
| 5 | Make the patchwork on the shells by spreading the glue over a small area , laying on scraps of cloth and pressing them down with the damp cloth . |
| 6 | The Shaw solution to the inequality of the coal ration was simple : just change the signs on the compounds , A perfect balance system was introduced and there was no complaint from the officers ' batmen — well they would not would they " ? |
| 7 | We are supposed to be able to turn the silver piece round , so that the plain side of the work is towards us , allowing the needles to lie in the grooves on the underside of the garter bar and replace the stitches on the needles . |
| 8 | Use new terminals or swap the terminals on the wires to avoid confusion in the future . |
| 9 | Place the shelf on the supports and mark the centres , 27mm in from the wall . |
| 10 | And put the miles on the clocks . |
| 11 | They do not price items individually ( this is expensive in terms of staff time ) but instead show the price on the shelves . |
| 12 | We strongly support the emphasis on the inter-relationships and fragility of coastal ecosystems and estuaries . |
| 13 | And the and then the the council , they used to cut the roads with scythes you ken , cut the weeds on the roads . |
| 14 | They relax the strain on the belts . ) |
| 15 | Watch the raindrops on the windows . |
| 16 | Read the labels on the foods you buy and you will be surprised at the number of hidden sources of refined sugar . |
| 17 | An elderly couple had tears in their eyes as they read the cards on the flowers for the Bulger family . |
| 18 | If any sort of serious incident occurs , they simply drop the victim on the steps of Casualty and make a quick escape . |
| 19 | On the night of their escape , Moses had commanded the Jews to sacrifice a lamb and smear the blood on the doorposts of their homes as a sign that they were to be ‘ passed over ’ by the Angel of Death , who was to bring death to the first born of every Egyptian family . |
| 20 | I like the arms on the t-shirts |
| 21 | Haavikko 's world seems to be coldly fragile , eerie and wisplike ; there is the sound of other worlds as we stand on the mind 's shore and feel the spume on the windows of the soul . |
| 22 | Note the flagpoles on the houses . |
| 23 | It is in this context that Marx and Engels finally turn the tables on the ideas of philosophers who , like Hegel , had argued about the primacy of ideas , especially the idea of the State , as though these ideas had formed the processes of history rather than the other way round . |
| 24 | Observe the expressions on the faces of people passing by . |
| 25 | It may well be worth trying to gum up the joint with a mastic sealant or self-adhesive bitumastic flashing rather than going to all the trouble of dismantling the system : use the sealant on the joints even if you do dismantle and reassemble them . |
| 26 | And the regularity work , which is what we call the work on the accounts , the opinion on the accounts , the work seems very well , and the timetable that was agreed with er , the County Treasurer offices . |
| 27 | Throw the blue object onto the button , go left , fall down and cross the river on the cakes , go up on the ice cream , go right , fall down , cross the river on the cake , climb up via the platforms and lifts to the top of the map , jump onto the wall to the left , fall down one platform , stand on the lift moving left to right , collect the cocoa bean and fall down , go right , cross the first river on the cake , and the second on the platforms , when you 're on top of the wall next to the second river . |
| 28 | Cross the stitches on the needles marked 1,2,3 , and 4 , knit five rows * . |
| 29 | Earlier Land Rovers with the smaller wheel studs , were designed to carry most of the load on the large hole in the centre , so fitting Range Rover wheels , which carry the loading on the studs , is not on unless you change for the later SIII type hubs . |
| 30 | I found them very easy to use — you simply twist the grips on the handlebars and the indexed gears click into place . |