Example sentences of "on [prep] a piece " in BNC.
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| 1 | You had to put them all on in a piece you see with the tube in it and er things became much easier when the wheel base trim came in . |
| 2 | He was shovelling up the broken glass on to a piece of cardboard . |
| 3 | She became involved with scraping butter and marmalade on to a piece of toast . |
| 4 | An 18-cm ( 6-in ) ruler is not only used for its measuring abilities when framing designs , but also if you are working directly on to a piece of material rather than card , it is easy to slip the ruler under the fabric when you sign your picture . |
| 5 | Porcelain painting is just one possibility , and if you create a suitable pressed flower design it can then be copied on to a piece of china , which makes a change from using fresh flowers as the reference material . |
| 6 | Having first transferred the shapes on to a piece of tracing paper , I find it easiest to almost trace the designs on to the cake , piercing through the outlines into the icing at regular intervals with a special cake scriber , or a sharp pin . |
| 7 | If these are carefully stuck with waterproof glue on to a piece of stout board or plywood , cut ends to the board and in close rows , the whole board can be used for making individual holes for large seeds in trays of compost , umpteen at a time , and neatly ! |
| 8 | Draw these parts separately on to a piece of strong wrapping paper or thin card , or you can buy a special waxed fabric like the waxed linen our grandmothers and great-grandmothers used for making braid , Irish crochet lace or the genuine fine needlepoint laces . |
| 9 | If you are in doubt about these , sprinkle the debris from the comb on to a piece of white paper , and pour a little water over it . |
| 10 | Who is going to buy a T-shirt with the words ‘ Athletico Whaddon ’ felt-tipped on to a piece of paper , and Blu-tac 'd over an Iron Maiden logo ? |
| 11 | She ladled the flat and listless thing on to a piece of toast and put it before her guest . |
| 12 | Glue the frame on to a piece of coloured card , matching the edges and corners , then glue on to white card , again carefully matching the edges and corners . |
| 13 | Well I suppose a very junior clerk , the first job I was given was , well it 's unheard of in this day and age but what they had was what they call a bundi clock and there every driver and conductor had got a key that was inserted in this clock and on it was his personal number , well when he reported for duty , he inserted this key into the clock , turned the handle and stamped on to a piece of paper , a roll of paper , his number and the time he reported and the next day it was my job to go through and record from this piece of paper how many minutes they were late f reporting for duty and if they erm were more than , I think about three or four minutes we had to send them a memo telling them , that 's how things were in those days that people were , they toed the line or else . |
| 14 | Toddlers often rose on their toes , held their legs stiffly , and rocked back and forth holding on to a piece of furniture or onto the parent . |
| 15 | Turn the chocolate out on to a piece of waxed paper and lift the edges of the paper so that the chocolate spreads thinly over the surface . |
| 16 | In a moment , they were far enough out that they could see miles down the rocky shoreline … and they could see the other boaters scrambling up on to a piece of rock . |