Example sentences of "it on [prep] the next [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | I did take it up with the Attorney-General but he felt he could n't refer it on to the next court . |
| 5 | You should take it in but you did n't — just rolled it on to the next beat . |
| 6 | Police folklore tells of one officer who , having found a dead body on the street at the end of his duty , shifted it on to the next beat . |