Example sentences of "and [verb] it on [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ He connected a wire to his computer , ran it under the carpet downstairs and soldered it on to the line so he could still make calls . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | The spokesman for United Engineering Steels said Irish firm Malone Parkinson Project Design had bought the furnaces and associated equipment and sold it on to the Chinese . |
| 4 | The very poor even sold the combings of their hair , to hawkers who came by crying for it , and passed it on to the dollmakers in Naples where it would stuff the turban of a king or tassel the tail of a donkey for a Nativity crib at Christmas . |
| 5 | Tuppe screwed it up and flung it on to the carpet . |
| 6 | We will select a winner , publish the card in the paper , and send it on to the national finals . |
| 7 | Dampen the edge of the buckram , bring over the seam allowance of the band and press it on to the dampened edge , notching out excess fabric on inward curves . |
| 8 | Cut out or draw a picture of Freda and glue it on to the bookmark . |
| 9 | Take the second stitch and place it on to the first needle . |
| 10 | Take the third stitch and place it on to the next left-hand side empty needle and so on all along the row . |
| 11 | As he tried , several times , to restart his car before giving up and pushing it on to the verge to await rescue , traffic on the M8 from Glasgow quickly built up until there was a three-mile tailback . |
| 12 | He said that he did not think that it was a high priority to ask the Home Secretary to take £40 million out of his budget and put it on to the Secretary of State for Transport 's budget . |
| 13 | Jampel Changchub , aged 30 , was described as a ‘ principal member ’ of the group and was accused of ‘ collecting information and passing it on to the enemy ’ . |
| 14 | He pulled the brassiere from her body and dropped it on to the floor . |
| 15 | ‘ I know , ’ she replied and dropped it on to the couchette . |
| 16 | On an impulse , he removed his cap and threw it on to the back seat . |
| 17 | You could also play this with team members at both ends of the room so that Brownies only have to run one length and pass it on to the next Brownie and so on . |
| 18 | Then I took the oldest of the wasp cadavers from its little tray and tipped it on to the white pile of granules . |
| 19 | Then he grabbed a crystal glass eagle that had been presented to Mr Reagan , 81 , raised it above his head and smashed it on to the podium . |
| 20 | Senga pulled off her bonnet , and tossed it on to the chair beside the fire . |
| 21 | He hated it especially now as he dragged it out of its corner in the garage , squeezed it between his Vauxhall Viva estate car and the twins ' tricycles , and rolled it on to the uneven surface in front of the garage doors . |
| 22 | The living picture formed relies on the large barbs to catch the eye , and move it on to the smaller Tetras . |
| 23 | With a snort of laughter , she returned to her case and humped it on to the bed . |
| 24 | He wanted to pick up something from the breakfast table and throw it on to the floor , the plate from which Mr Blakey had eaten his fry , the apricot jam , the tea-pot , the bundle of knives and forks that Kate had collected and put on top of the pile of green cereal bowls . |
| 25 | If that is the carrot to persuade this Parliament to give up such independence as it possesses and to move it on from the treaty of Rome , I would want a lot of persuading that that was in our best interests . |
| 26 | Taking the ledger from under his arm , he opened it at the relevant page and slid it on to the desk . |
| 27 | Grooms , scullions and carters carried our baggage and loaded it on to the great wagon : hangings , feathered beds , yards of damask and costly cloth , towels and napkins , were piled into chests . |
| 28 | A wooden Scotty-dog with a waggly , leather jointed body nipped my finger , and he snatched it from me and hurled it on to the fire , hitting it repeatedly with the poker until it disintegrated . |