Example sentences of "[noun] [adv prt] [prep] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The base on to which the silver is electroplated is a mix of nickel , copper and zinc , called nickel silver , although there is no silver in the alloy . |
| 2 | He had a habit of spitting into his hands and licking moisture on to his fingers while he worked . |
| 3 | But , he adds : ‘ There is an enormous advantage in building change on to something that is already known and respected . |
| 4 | ‘ I got Colin on to them . ’ |
| 5 | Her fingers were gentle but firm , and he sprawled back on his elbows and watched her as she lifted his foot on to her lap and massaged all the tired muscles . |
| 6 | He made it without difficulty on to his raft , swinging it round to join the group he had noticed dropping away to his left ; and was overturned by a breaking wave . |
| 7 | Risk ran riot at La Cinq , which was finally switched off after being beaten by losses of more than £100m and shareholders ' refusal to throw any more good money on to its airwaves . |
| 8 | The island , in truth little more than a detached headland , is about seventy metres high , and progress on to it is by way of one of many gullies filled with sand . |
| 9 | He dropped the pastry on to his plate , crushed the burning cigarette into the ashtray and lit another . |
| 10 | eh , its a free country and you should be able to choose what you want to do yourself er , if something is damaging to your health then I would agree , yes , smoking I do n't agree with smoking but if people want to smoke that 's entirely up to them , they know the risks , I would n't smoke , I know the risks but vegetarianism is purely a matter of choice and there 's no peop people that harp on about you should n't eat meat , get on my nerves |
| 11 | But I was n't there , and this is to your advantage because I 'm not going to harp on about my favourite Shankly saying , or pretend I was close friends with the man like certain people do . |
| 12 | I thought they could stick fish and weed on to their bits of tie dying , use the tie dying as a |
| 13 | If Westminster MPs are too haughty to consider a role for themselves as a junior revising chamber of the European Parliament and too short sighted to invite Strasbourg experts on to their own select committee on EC affairs , they , not the MEPs will be the eventual losers . |
| 14 | When I started in the Preliminary Training School two and a half years ago my aunt had passed Little Ben on to me and had my name engraved beneath hers and grandfather 's on the back . |
| 15 | But biological weapons are unlikely to be much used on troops in combat , mainly because of the difficulties of getting the aerosols on to them without seeing them drift back on to those who released them . |
| 16 | The sun shone through an elaborate crest of arms in coloured glass , with the lion of Venice rampant above a flurry of plumes and a Latin motto , the glass throwing dark Harlequin patterns on to his expressionless face . |
| 17 | yeah it 's good if he caddies for me cos if he 's playing by shot he goes , ee crap , bastard , so I think fuck you and er stiff my necks on to it |
| 18 | Nor did the tide ebb once the horse was unsaddled : Jonjo O'Neill , having weighed in , hoisted the rejected Tony Mullins on to his shoulders , and the diminutive Mrs Hill was lifted into the air by the ecstatic mob . |
| 19 | forty eight hours on with them and then forty eight hours off . |
| 20 | Urueu-Wau-Wau indian leaders have said in a statement to Survival International that they can no longer tolerate the invasion of miners and loggers on to their land . |
| 21 | As we dance I find myself staring at the French girl — she has a very pretty face with long , dark hair on to her shoulders , slim build and about 5′ 2″ in height . |
| 22 | The fan overhead whirred softly , flickering strands of her black hair on to her sun-kissed shouders , the red sundress strappy and sexy . |
| 23 | ‘ I went on to a party in Cambridge after I 'd been catching swifts , and in the middle of the party a horrible large green thing , a flightless parasitic fly , found on swifts , crawled crabwise out of my hair on to my dinner jacket — it was a dinner jacket sort of party . |
| 24 | Counsel took the case on for nothing and , on appeal , the Divisional Court found that the crime did not exist . |
| 25 | However , with social feeling about child sexuality running high as it does at present , we may be well advised to keep quiet about it in public ; while , if we ourselves feel guilt as to our own emotions in any such case , a knowledgeable and understanding senior or colleague may be able to help us — otherwise we would be well-advised to hand the case on to someone else . |
| 26 | But the woods were dank and damp , and every icy , unexpected drip on to her hair or down the back of her neck made her regret having left her umbrella behind long before she reached the tower . |
| 27 | ‘ Your father passed the secrets on to you . |
| 28 | Erika dressed soberly , too , although , in an uncharacteristic act of defiance , she pinned her F.G.Y. badge on to her lapel . |
| 29 | She squeezes again , and this time a great glob of Teint Naturel extrudes itself from the narrow aperture on to her middle finger . |
| 30 | But no matter how erratic the behaviour of the monetary authorities becomes , the private sector will sooner or later latch on to what is happening . |