Example sentences of "[noun sg] on [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Trim away excess and place the base on to the cake drum . |
| 2 | In a remarkable inversion of Soviet vocabulary , he accused radicals of pressing for power using the " neo-Bolshevik tactic " of taking the political struggle on to the streets . |
| 3 | Delaney swung a foot on to the ladder . |
| 4 | He gripped it with his hands , got his foot on to the latch , heaved up and rolled over the top . |
| 5 | With a bit of practice , you can learn to put a condom on without the punter knowing you 've done it ! |
| 6 | incentive to get us up this last steep pull on to the summit of Beinn Ghlas . |
| 7 | l Louise looked at her young son and suggested he might like to take his easel on to the patio . |
| 8 | Zigzagging our way down the street we saw a car coming towards us and thought some terrible error had allowed the driver on to the toboggan track . |
| 9 | Girls cheered and threw money on to the stage , but the curtain came down , the head hit him again and , with the curtain back up , the youngster was caned in the middle of the performance . |
| 10 | The car gave a roar , then slowly moved out of the garage ; the dim side-lights showed a pale flicker on the back of the house , then swung around for an instant on to the gardens . |
| 11 | He followed Trent over the rail on to the dock , prodding him with the tip of his knife : ‘ We go jus ' leetle way in the jungle , leetle dog . ’ |
| 12 | Taking care to keep to the well trodden dirt path between the growing vegetables , she crossed the last field on to the riverbank . |
| 13 | On the ground he was safe from an hussar 's blade , so Karelius concerned himself with him no more , but urged his mare on down the footpath to join the advance guard in the main street . |
| 14 | Welding a bonding cable on to the new rail . |
| 15 | If you want a conventional light switch to control the new lights , run the sub-circuit cable to a four-terminal junction box first , and connect the new switch cable tin to it before running cable on to the new lights . |
| 16 | And I take it erm the commission structure is just the same if I am continuing a contract on for the following year . |
| 17 | Next he tossed a small coin on to the coffin . |
| 18 | I dropped each denomination of Cayman coin on to the sand to see how the machine responded to them . |
| 19 | She dropped her robe on to the stool near by and stepped into the water , sinking slowly down into the warmth . |
| 20 | ‘ His name is Matthew Blake , ’ Mandy informed Charity as they descended the steps from their cabin on to the paved pathway that led to the lodge . |
| 21 | Within a year , 10,000 miners had flocked from the Walla Walla settlement on to the reservation , and Lawyer 's followers readily signed an agreement exchanging mining rights north of the Clearwater for $50,000 . |
| 22 | Erm , the erm , the erm , the erm , er , settlement of the anti tr civil anti trust law suit that was referred to in the statement was erm , costs of about six million dollars this year on a class action law suit which we have reached a tentative settlement on in the last few days and , in fact , there were some , there was about six to seven million dollars of additional provision made at the end of last year in the one time charges that we referred to at that time but could n't really identify with erm , lawyers breathing down your necks in the United States and er , this is a class action law suit , would have been in a Texas Court and erm , you know , the boiler plate language is that you want to get rid of the , you know , the expense and uncertainty of this type of litigation and if you think that what a Texas jury did to Texaco , it 's probably a prudent decision to close the matter off at this time . |
| 23 | Together , the three of them removed the boards which formed the trough and the natron ran off in a tide of white powder on to the floor . |
| 24 | Pipe hair on to the ballerina and allow to dry . |
| 25 | It is passing the market-makers ' responsibility on to the companies ' own stockbrokers , who will match buyers to sellers . |
| 26 | Reminding Management of diurnal enuresis has been attempted with initially asking the parent to remind the child regularly when to go to the lavatory and gradually pass that responsibility on to the child . |
| 27 | As she flopped down in a corner seat , Constance looked at the man pushing her case on to the rack opposite . |
| 28 | Duncan slung his small case on to the bed and zipped it open . |
| 29 | Charming , my dear ! ’ he muttered through closed teeth , throwing his Louis Vuitton overnight case on to the sofa . |
| 30 | Ybreska vaulted over the low , crumbling wall surrounding the old churchyard on to the rough pitted track which led towards Tbilisi . |