Example sentences of "[vb base] [pron] on the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Remove the stitches from the standard gauge machine with the garter bar and replace them on the chunky machine . |
| 3 | Detectives say someone on the main road most have seen the rope being tied in place at about 8.30 p.m. last night . |
| 4 | Temple could write with perfect confidence in his audience that though he would not ‘ strain the reader 's capacity by asking him to imagine a native Governor of a Colony or Protectorate ’ or even a native Colonial Secretary of Nigeria — a proposal which ‘ does not come within the bounds of practical politics ’ — he counted it an advantage of Indirect Rule that under it ‘ the native can and does fill not only positions of great responsibility but the highest positions , positions which place him on the social scale on an equality with the King 's representative himself ’ . |
| 5 | But while these were unfortunate , and inclined to make Rachel crumple up her forehead and lecture her on the scientific method and the importance of mental clarity , there was no real danger in such remarks . |
| 6 | ‘ Fax her on the other line . |
| 7 | If properly encouraged , they could carry the small amount of pollen necessary for fertilisation and place it on the exact spot in the female flower where it was required . |
| 8 | I want it on the biting edge between ‘ is n't it hysterically funny ? ’ and ‘ is n't it absolutely unbearably awful ? ’ it 's the working class ploy , or disabled ploy , that you joke about adversity . |
| 9 | They place themselves on the same plane as trees or stones . |
| 10 | If you use terry nappies , wash them on the hottest cycle of the washing machine . |
| 11 | Philby claimed he thoughtfully put them on the right track to divert suspicion from himself . |
| 12 | Unless I put them on the outside wood . |
| 13 | ‘ 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 . |
| 14 | If you want two matches to be satisfied simultaneously you put them on the same row in the criteria range . |
| 15 | ‘ It 's definitely put me on the right tracks for the future . |
| 16 | It was the way they put me on the right track that made me wonder — guiding angels in the Bible have a habit of appearing as two young men . |
| 17 | Then she walked with me to a bus stop — I had to take one step every two minutes , and that in slow motion — waited with me , put me on the right bus and reminded the conductor where to let me out . |
| 18 | ‘ Put me on the next train home ? ’ she suggested unsteadily , her pulses skittering recklessly . |
| 19 | Ah well they put me on the top rate of pay , which was quite good , thirty five shilling a week . |
| 20 | ‘ Oh , come on , Deveraugh , quit messing around and let me on the damn boat . ’ |
| 21 | Prentice reached up and put something on the thin collar of Rory 's shirt . |
| 22 | If you put it on the right feet it 's clearly one of the best available . |
| 23 | LEFT Especially if you are not used to fitting a check chain , take care to ensure that you put it on the right way round . |
| 24 | But make sure we put it on the right side though ! |
| 25 | So , I put it on the other way round this morning and he hates it , I 've only just done it |
| 26 | ‘ We did not want the burden of administration falling on the taxpayer so we put it on the prime beneficiary , which is the farmer himself . ’ |
| 27 | The Rosewood 's very close to a Jazzmaster sometimes , actually , because it 's very sweet ; when you put it on the front pickup it 's very mellow . |
| 28 | When I had eaten the first course of cabbage , and the second of meat pudding , potato and carrots , I poured cold water into my used billycan and put it on the lighted stove . |
| 29 | He removed the vase and put it on the occasional table next to the wedding photograph . |
| 30 | I 've done m is there , are there any gaps in between , if you put it on the good quality like , can you see any spaces ? |