Example sentences of "on [prep] the [noun] with a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mariana hatched the drop to the river to their right and dragged a furrow through it round the side of the meadow and on up the mountain with a branch cutting off at right angles to run along the top of the quarry . |
| 2 | You click on to the icons with a mouse to go from the word processor to a spreadsheet or to send a fax . |
| 3 | Mrs Blakey , only a little less sceptical than her husband of this line of talk , nevertheless recalled how Timothy Gedge had affected her when he 'd come on to the telephone with a woman 's voice , and her bewilderment when the silence had first begun in the house . |
| 4 | Hopley burst on to the scene with a dazzling Wasps debut against England captain Will Carling at Harlequins two seasons ago . |
| 5 | Hirst , not in England 's plans against Turkey next week , stamped justice on to the scoreline with a deserved equaliser six minutes from time at Bramall Lane . |
| 6 | Just flick paint on to the surface with a fully loaded brush . |
| 7 | The image is drawn on to the stone with a fine wax pencil or crayon , which attracts the oily ink used in the printing process . |
| 8 | " Let's have him out , " I gasped , and as the young man pulled on the forelegs I supported the body , which slid and toppled on to the tarmac with a horrible limpness . |
| 9 | While she was wondering this , holding on to the rail with a wet slippery hand , feeling the heat rise and thicken , the train belched again and this movement , much more powerful than before , shifted and heaved the people around her to enclose her in a kind of human tide . |
| 10 | Living by the principle that variety is the spice of life , The Impossibles have pushed ‘ Delphis ’ , their latest single , on to the dancefloor with a helpful nudge from Terry Farley and the ubiquitous Fluke . |
| 11 | Frau Nordern heaved up her brief-case and let it fall on to the desk with a satisfying , rather official thud . |
| 12 | THE computer giant Amstrad yesterday announced what it said was the world 's first ‘ personal digital assistant ’ — a pocket-sized computer that allows the user to write directly on to the screen with a special pen . |
| 13 | When dry , carefully peel the brushes off the paper and secure on to the lid with a little spare royal icing . |
| 14 | There was like a prawl in the flywheel , and you pulled a lever like that and it , there was n't a connection on to the , like on to the crankshaft with a starting handle , this thing was on the flywheel and it was like a lever |
| 15 | Mrs Pettifer came out on to the terrace with a tray , glasses and a big bottle of champagne . |
| 16 | The Inland Revenue Budget Press Release of 16 March 1993 dealing with the taxation of dividends , paras 24 – 29 , reads thus : 24 Where trustees of trusts in which a beneficiary has an interest in possession receive income , they pass it on to the beneficiary with a credit at the basic rate . |
| 17 | Marks appear weighty and assertive if driven on to the canvas with a painting knife . |
| 18 | Secure on to the cake with a dampened paint brush . |
| 19 | He rushed on to the stage with a knife , tried to kill her . |
| 20 | I chose a large irregular lump of spalted walnut and directly drafted my idea on to the timber with a paint brush and some white paint . |
| 21 | Fix the two side windows on to the bus with a little royal icing . |
| 22 | She slid the tray on to the table with a jolt , slopping some of the coffee over the edge of the cups . |