Example sentences of "[pron] [adv prt] to [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They happen to do something where there is an enormous organization geared up to pushing them on to a pedestal . |
| 2 | It is pesticide-free and traps male moths by luring them on to a sticky pad with the aid of a sex attractant ( a pheromene lure capsule ) given off by female moths to attract a mate . |
| 3 | They went down a narrow lane called Smugglers ' Gully , which led them on to a wild rocky headland . |
| 4 | The complete task involved lifting a number of panels from their storage racks , loading them on to a jig , clamping them into position , arc welding a seam to join them , and then transferring the welded sub-assembly from the jig to another storage rack so that it could be transported to the next production stage . |
| 5 | Why not pass them on to a hospital or children 's home where they will be treasured . |
| 6 | Catherine 's anger was also aroused when a photographer took pictures of her topless on the French Riviera and sold them on to a men 's magazine . |
| 7 | But then to pass them on to a third party is heinous . ’ |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | He nodded , and Lissa opened it , then added the key to her own set and tossed them on to a ledge next to her bag . |
| 10 | ‘ A person who receives goods on sale or return and at once passes them on to someone else under a like contract is entitled to demand them from that third person just as soon as the original owner of the goods has the right to demand them from him , but I am clear that , if he allows a period to elapse before he hands them on to a third person on sale or return , he has done an act which limits and impedes his power of returning the goods . |
| 11 | Vitor slept for almost an hour and so did Thomas , but both of them awoke as they neared the outskirts of Lisbon , just in time , for now Ashley needed directions , and Vitor navigated them on to a bypass and north along minor roads . |
| 12 | And but he can get them on to a disk . |
| 13 | From the drawings , he sketched various elevations , then cut them out and transferred them on to the blocks of wood to be bandsawn . |
| 14 | If we move them on to the street , there 'll be more trouble . |
| 15 | We check the statements , file them and send them on to the band along with our commission invoice . |
| 16 | Both men stood aside to let a big dark-green Jaguar edge carefully round them on to the forecourt of the house immediately to the left of where the BMW was parked . |
| 17 | Spraying the aerosol is the best way to get them on to the enemy , but even this is difficult . |
| 18 | Republics collect taxes but are refusing to pass them on to the central government . |
| 19 | She threw them on to the table and looked down at Doyle and Tug . |
| 20 | But their real function is to give people a chance to be famous for five minutes , by saying something that will get them on to the next news broadcast . |
| 21 | At one end we should have the ancient Palace of Westminster bringing down our historical associations from the times of the early Saxon kings , and at the other we should have the Palace of Whitehall carrying them on to the revolution … |
| 22 | The bodymaker passed the doors to the finishers , who in turn passed them on to the french polishers ; the doors then moved along to those whose work it was to hang them in position , the operations being so arranged that the polished door was completed just at the point where it was to be hung on the coach . |
| 23 | The goods always cost more than the mere monetary price ; and it is the object of the system to externalise these costs , by passing them on to the poor or to the impaired resource-base of the earth , and by inviting even the rich to live in collusive dissociation from the costs they , too , must pay . |
| 24 | As an alternative , radio versions are now available at economic prices ; these allow virtually unrestricted movement to the wearer , the signals being picked up by a special receiver which passes them on to the camcorder via a short cable connection . |
| 25 | If these two signals differ significantly in level , you will need to balance them up at the mixer before passing them on to the camcorder . |
| 26 | The Institute is concerned , however , that the duty may lead to over-reporting by auditors or to unnecessary formality in preparation of reports , which could cause delay in passing them on to the Bank . |
| 27 | He then threw them on to the ground in the tinder-dry hay loft without putting them out properly , it is alleged . |
| 28 | WORMS stopped play in the Wiltshire tennis championships after heavy rain drove scores of them on to the Marlborough courts . |
| 29 | It 's dragged a few graceful oddities away from comparing navel fluff in their garages and shoved them on to the European circuit . |
| 30 | With wrong side of skirt facing you , pick up ‘ stitches ’ from half the top of skirt , putting them on to the needles that are in WP . |