Example sentences of "[adj] on [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When two-year-old Nicola saw the bricks , she glanced briefly at her mother , then threw each on in turn onto the floor . |
| 2 | Oh it 's one of those oh have you got ta keep that on during lesson . |
| 3 | You can pass that on to Control . ’ |
| 4 | it 's king size , now that is too warm , we only put that on in winter |
| 5 | Er you will see that on in group four which is the top Unfortunately these are n't page numbers in this er pa they do n't have page numbers in this manual . |
| 6 | we find that we put that on in summer and it , it feel , keeps us warm even when weather just goes a bit |
| 7 | All of this helps us to realise that a great miracle lies in the very handing on of faith . |
| 8 | The bookies gave him the tightest odds of any of the outgoing MPs , but he was still two-to-one on to win . |
| 9 | If the police made Wheeler feel uncomfortable about who had what keys , Wheeler would simply pass this on with interest to anyone who crossed his path in the near future . |
| 10 | True to their craft and their inspiration , they passed this on to mankind . |
| 11 | As the slabs had been laid direct on to earth , a layer of hardcore was needed . |
| 12 | The present project aims to speed up the process at both the collection and analysis stages , by the development of software which will operate with speed , simplicity and flexibility , while the use of a portable computer will make it possible to enter material direct on to disc . |
| 13 | So what they did was they sent people out to listen to him , you 've got evidence of that as early on as Chapter One and Chapter Two . |
| 14 | Manchester Computing Centre is used to coping with multi-volume files , but a further problem arose when the file was too large to fit onto one of our backup cartridges ; as no one had ever needed to copy a file that large on to cartridge before , we had to devise a way of splitting it between two cartridges . |
| 15 | Erm , Charlie puts them on , they took his others out and put these on to balance it . |
| 16 | Having on hand someone as fast about the field as Back , so quick on to man and ball , could well prove an invaluable option . |
| 17 | Meredith-Lee was a bit of a lefty — the sort of chap who would be all on for worker participation and that kind of rot . |
| 18 | That was late on at night though were n't it ? |
| 19 | Then he responded brilliantly late on to parry a point-blank shot from the ill-starred Simpson . |
| 20 | You can go to work when the tape stops Well he 's not going to watch you sticking all those on at work what 's he gon na be doing . |
| 21 | As a four-year-old she won all her four races , including the Coronation Cup , the Champion Stakes and the Jockey Club Cup ; in her other race she started at 55–1 on to defeat a solitary opponent . |
| 22 | And so to Ascot , where she started at 11–4 on to beat just four opponents for the two-and-a-half-mile marathon . |
| 23 | Among their rivals were several good chasers — Rondetto , The Rip and John O'Groats — but the big two dominated the betting , Arkle starting 9–4 on with Mill House at 7–2 . |
| 24 | But in general , it was a place bereft of human activity , where a grey sea rolled unattended on to sand and shingle , and the only house was an abandoned shell ( whose ruins still survive ) . |
| 25 | Anton tells me I can have 20 minutes and then he 's sending the other two on to finish things off . |
| 26 | I like the two on to cover i things up , the jams one side and the pots the other . |
| 27 | Cross stitch one in front of stitch two by lifting stitch one on to single transfer tool , moving stitch two on to needle one and placing stitch one on to empty needle two . |
| 28 | ‘ I 'm afraid it 's going to be a bit sore , but as it 's such an impressive break we 'll put a garter strapping on to help immobilise it . |
| 29 | With four teams to qualify from six for the semi-finals , they are 100-1 on to finish last , but if any of the others has a bowling off-day against them , it could well be thank you and goodbye . |