Example sentences of "[noun sg] on [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The dispute marked the latest stage in the political turmoil which had begun on Oct. 9 with Mamaloni 's resignation on as leader of the People 's Alliance Party ( PAP ) , shortly before he was due to face a challenge to his leadership at the ruling party 's annual convention . |
| 2 | but er Freda would have a blanket on in winter with that , it was n't necessary you know |
| 3 | Because of the limited visibility at the top of the hill a new access directly from Drum Brae Park on to Drum Brae could not be recommended . |
| 4 | We were not to see the famous ‘ stoop ’ dive on to prey after all . |
| 5 | It relies on the preferential absorption on to clay minerals of an ultra-violet sensitive dye . |
| 6 | So you put another story on at Road ? |
| 7 | As Plowden summarises , ‘ Action on through traffic is … hardly ever sufficient as a means of creating or restoring good environmental conditions . ’ |
| 8 | Tap Right with the Scroll Lock ON to scroll right 1/3 Of a window at a time |
| 9 | Tap Left with the Scroll Lock ON to scroll left 1/3 Of a window at a time |
| 10 | The final whistle came with Rayners Lane holding on to win by three goals to nil . |
| 11 | Two of the switches , No.1 and No. 2 will always have a light on during pattern knitting and , for each , there are two options , the left or right light . |
| 12 | It was completely dark and she dared not even put the light on to look at her watch . |
| 13 | Leaving an outside light on after dark can discourage a potential burglar . |
| 14 | To wit , the kind of speed on to man and ball and to the breakdown which would in itself render it a great deal more difficult for the All Blacks to make the Lions ' pack look heavy-footed to the point of statuesque . |
| 15 | Thought you had to put the weight on by law ? |
| 16 | There are plans to put this programme on to videotape , so it can be shown to customers locally without the need for lengthy and expensive trips to the UK . |
| 17 | Boil eggs and decorate them with paints and put tufts of wool on for hair . |
| 18 | Although several European countries have legal controls on such activities , in the U.K. the law has not been extended in this way , though there may be legal remedies in some cases for those who believe they have been harmed by the use to which the surreptitiously collected information has been put : if , for example , unauthorised entry on to property has occurred , or if there has been breach of confidence or copyright , or if conspiracy to commit a crime , civil wrong , public mischief or some outrageously immoral act can be proved . |
| 19 | If certain criticisms have cropped up consistently , you must decide either to correct these problems or to soldier on in defiance of market opinion . |
| 20 | Back to desk to prepare letter and telephone call to arrange Statutory Review on ex pupil 7.30 next Thursday . |
| 21 | We 'd dress up in our party things ; just put a little pinny on to start ; unpack the things from Fortnum 's , put them on to plates . |
| 22 | He switched the machine on to receiver mode . |
| 23 | The improved interface enables for faster plotting than the 110A and at a lower price — up to 4Mb per second on EISA units and 1.5Mb per second on AT bus machines . |
| 24 | For anyone who does a lot of knitting , the initial time spent learning how to use the program will be more than compensated for , because once you have saved your work on to disk , the same garment shape and / or stitch pattern can be used time and time again . |
| 25 | Experts were divided on the cause , with some blaming the hordes of pollen beetles that descended from fields of oil seed rape on to garden crops , other believing the hot , dry weather caused a change in the development of the reproductive system of the plants . |
| 26 | Good grief wha I always have to put the handbrake on at traffic lights . |
| 27 | Before his eyes was the ‘ Vehicle Condition Monitor ’ , a dot-matrix display that gave warning of any problem from handbrake on to brake failure . |
| 28 | Sabine put her chicken casserole on to cook , then made up her bed . |
| 29 | ‘ Switch the engine on to charge . ’ |
| 30 | And if , when I turn my Mac on to upload this article , you hear James Brown screaming : ‘ Fellas , I 'm ready to get up an ’ do MAH thang ! ’ do n't fret . |