Example sentences of "and [vb past] it on to the " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 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 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Tuppe screwed it up and flung it on to the carpet . |
| 5 | He pulled the brassiere from her body and dropped it on to the floor . |
| 6 | ‘ I know , ’ she replied and dropped it on to the couchette . |
| 7 | On an impulse , he removed his cap and threw it on to the back seat . |
| 8 | Then I took the oldest of the wasp cadavers from its little tray and tipped it on to the white pile of granules . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Senga pulled off her bonnet , and tossed it on to the chair beside the fire . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | With a snort of laughter , she returned to her case and humped it on to the bed . |
| 13 | Taking the ledger from under his arm , he opened it at the relevant page and slid it on to the desk . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |