Example sentences of "and [vb base] [pers pn] on [prep] [art] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ I always wanted to work with a squad of young players and bring them on for a few seasons .
2 We check the statements , file them and send them on to the band along with our commission invoice .
3 We will select a winner , publish the card in the paper , and send it on to the national finals .
4 One of mankind 's first artistic gestures was to cover his hand with charcoal and press it on to a cave wall : ‘ I , man , was here ! ’
5 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 .
6 Cut out or draw a picture of Freda and glue it on to the bookmark .
7 Pot up the small young plants as ‘ plugs ’ and grow them on in a frame or a greenhouse — or even in a wooden box covered with polythene .
8 Take the second stitch and place it on to the first needle .
9 Take the third stitch and place it on to the next left-hand side empty needle and so on all along the row .
10 And suddenly he took the rumours and put them on like a coat .
11 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 .
12 The order form will help us to trace your purchase and link it on to an ad in What Personal Computer .
13 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 .
14 Find a large map of the world and trace it on to a large piece of paper .
15 She sought his mouth again , wrapping her arms around his neck , offering and receiving a kiss so fierce , impatient and demanding that she clung to him and she lost her balance , fell against him , felt him gather her up against the inflammatory hardness of his body and lift her on to the bed .
16 Quality manufacturers will offer sacks with a ‘ fixed back length ’ in several different sizes , so be sure your pack fits correctly and try it on with a realistic load before buying .
17 It is easier to bring off if you have an assistant to hold the camcorder , otherwise , you have to set it up on a tripod or some other suitable support and switch it on with a remote control or time-delay .
18 Coins and pots and pans and weapons and tools and horse tack jangled like a demented musical band , and each time someone fell , the clanging beast would sag , then lift the fallen back to their feet and sweep them on into the courtyard .
19 Cover the pot with a polythene bag and fix it on with an elastic band .
20 The living picture formed relies on the large barbs to catch the eye , and move it on to the smaller Tetras .
21 The reason for this may well be that the hospital consultant is reluctant to let go medical responsibility for former patients and thrust them on to a local GP , but he is not normally easily available when off duty or working in a clinic many miles away .
22 Use the template on this page to cut out lots of tiny Trefoils and stick them on to the bookmark .
23 In fact , Hyacinth was thinking about Wullie Robertson who , to her great surprise , had said he would pick her up from the Hospitality Inn after dinner , and take her on to the Young Conservatives Ball .
24 And that they , two people , you know somebody every week will collect in all the languages books and take them along er , or the language homework and take them along to their language teacher and the other one will take the history le , homework and take them on to the history teacher , and then they go off to assembly alright ?
25 Panther claims it will blast the Solo from standstill to 60mph in less than 6.0 seconds and take it on to a top speed in excess of 150mph .
26 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 .
27 The next step is to invert the spray container and slide it on to a rack .
28 This would take the steam out of the refugee crisis and help us on towards the relaxed and variegated community of states across Europe as a whole which is likely to be the real guarantee of security .
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