Example sentences of "[verb] on it [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Since the first printers often did not use a front title-page , or did not include on it all the important information we are accustomed to see there today , they employed instead the device known as the colophon ( from a Greek word variously translated as ‘ summit ’ , ‘ top ’ and ‘ finishing stroke ’ ) right at the end of the main text and , normally , before the index . |
| 2 | The distinction between public law and private law can , therefore , be used either to accord government special privileges , or to impose on it special responsibilities and duties and to subject it to special controls . |
| 3 | He was drugged on it all , just like many GIs who were dead to the world they were killing ’ . |
| 4 | Erm , comment was made of c thirteen , we do when we design our roads , actually already put catchment areas in , so that if a lorry load of diesel happens to split on it that , that there are drains to hold it . |
| 5 | And I have to talk on it all the time . |
| 6 | ‘ In Rome , I 'll be going out to win but I 'm looking on it first and foremost as the chance to get the feel of the hurdles again . ’ |
| 7 | It too was wet and the ink writing on it indecipherable , but it was still recognisable as the pasteboard square dentists use to remind patients of their appointments . |
| 8 | TYNEMOUTH beer festival had a curfew imposed on it last month by local magistrates . |
| 9 | For the first the sender is given a sheet of paper with a diagram drawn on it similar to that shown in Figure 11.1 and the following instructions : |
| 10 | Happened on it this morning . |
| 11 | He said , ‘ We 'll get going on it first thing tomorrow . |
| 12 | Laying his cloak on the ground , he threw on it gold rings and pearls and precious stones . |
| 13 | By building up a good soil structure and providing conditions where all the natural soil flora and fauna can thrive , it is possible to realize the full potential of any piece of land , and to grow on it vigorous , healthy crops and livestock . |
| 14 | Does your spider feed on the prey at once or does it wrap it in sticky threads and feed on it later ? |
| 15 | ‘ It needs money spending on it all the time to keep it going and in a fair state of maintenance . |
| 16 | On the M40 in Buckinghamshire , London-bound traffic is very heavy and slow approaching the M25 interchange , due to the weight of traffic travelling on it this evening . |
| 17 | The limelight cast on NT-on-Alpha and the number of adjectives spent on it this week is expected to have a negative , if not fatal impact on the rickety ACE Initiative , whose founders , including Compaq and SCO , are perceived to be abandoning it for greener pastures , despite claims to the contrary . |
| 18 | She had pondered on it all night — that and the image of his laughing eyes and the way his full , firm lips tipped so readily into that wickedly sexy smile . |
| 19 | Now that cape , it would be raining on it all night , and we had no means of drying it so that cape was left on a hanger in the house and the next coat was taken and that was worn but for some reason it seemed to be always raining on nights and you had coat wet and you came to go out it was still damp . |
| 20 | The record company folk who have been talking Gulf and eating her sarnies leave and Susanna draws up a chair , sits on it cross-legged and starts to play with her hair , twisting it and knitting it . |
| 21 | Sit on it all night . |
| 22 | Who goes on it next ? ’ |
| 23 | return spring gone on it that 's all |
| 24 | The other hands stopped dead when my shovel fell on it some years ago . ’ |
| 25 | I made a coconut cake but er er I put some coconut icing on it pink . |
| 26 | They 've probably stepped on it enough times . |
| 27 | Nick had a wart and he spat on it first thing every morning and by the end of the week it was gone . ’ |
| 28 | You can make a more thorough examination later , but draw a quick plan and mark on it any large cracks or bulges , especially at eaves level , which could indicate that the roof structure is pushing outwards . |
| 29 | — That night , a perfect night for Manjiku , when he goes prowling in his hunger , under a moon that 's big as the sun , Amadé slides her body into the sea and feels chilled with terror , though the water 's not really cold , the sun shines on it all day . |
| 30 | An exclusion clause gives the party relying on it total exemption for the breach whereas a limitation clause limits liability to a specified amount . |