Example sentences of "[v-ing] [pers pn] on [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They 'll be easing me on as the new presenter so as not to put too much pressure on me . |
| 2 | The goods always cost more than the mere monetary price ; and it is the object of the system to externalise these costs , by passing them on to the poor or to the impaired resource-base of the earth , and by inviting even the rich to live in collusive dissociation from the costs they , too , must pay . |
| 3 | When a child has got the squeeze , he is allowed to hold on to it as long as he wants before passing it on to the next person . |
| 4 | ‘ Pretty things , ’ wrote Sawyer and Darton of illustrated books in general , ‘ pleasant to fondle , more ready to display to a bibliophile those tiny points of an exquisite technique over which it is legitimate to gloat … the spot of ink adjusted on a Corinthian 's cheek to a thousandth of an inch , or a black line so thin and firm that you can almost see the metal caressing it on to the honest untimbered white paper . ’ |
| 5 | No transporting it on to the main road so they can took took it to the pit bot . |
| 6 | It has become a specialist in adding value to chemicals and selling them on to the major companies . |
| 7 | As each reader received a book he put the date opposite his name , followed by the date on which he finished it , before sending it on to the next person on the list . |
| 8 | The president had silenced the vociferous strike-leader by bringing him on to the ruling body . |
| 9 | He had moved in and taken the stuffiness out of the business , slaughtering its ‘ professional ’ pretensions , and bringing it on to the High Street long before the present new wave of trendy estate agents . |
| 10 | Swing , he screamed at himself as his arms crashed into the pine , not holding , but the weight of his body already carrying him on in the next arc of his trajectory . |
| 11 | It appears from Jean Piaget 's child psychology that perception has been inseparable from simulation right from the start , and that instead of learning to project my inwardness on to other persons I had to unlearn the habit of projecting it on to the rising sun or a bouncing ball . |
| 12 | He pulled rank and went to bed at half past eleven , leaving me on for the late-night drinks . |
| 13 | Then they pushed her , from one man to another , making her stumble as each man greedily explored her body before shoving her on to the next man . |