Example sentences of "[indef pn] on [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | And then marooned on her black flesh , two circles round her throat , and her chin pointing at the ceiling like the toe of a boot on a corpse , one arm bent backwards , nothing on except the slacks around her ankles , but no way in , at least none that he could find , and the cheap carpet burning his elbows and his knees , and sleep beginning to ooze from her ridged lips . |
| 2 | The house was hot when they got back into it and they walked around with nothing on in the dark rooms with windows and doors open . |
| 3 | The antler and noose would be used in the mock execution of the Morrisman , and the wild jig would bring everyone on to the green , laughing and screaming in the hot , summer night … |
| 4 | Wise and Newell scored in each half as England demonstrated the simple virtues of producing accurate crosses and getting someone on to the end of them . |
| 5 | ‘ I told him we were thinking of putting someone on to the story , and needed to know if it was worth following up . |
| 6 | Yeah it 's got a little thin one on at the back . |
| 7 | Bream are not great fighters and if you got one on then you knew it would stay on ; the trouble was getting one on in the first place ! |
| 8 | Cleveland County Council , which is sponsoring the course at the Clairville Road stadium , is also putting one on in the summer . |
| 9 | So what I do is , I , I turn one off at night downstairs and I put one on in the bedroom |
| 10 | Erm whether we want to add something on to the agenda that would make it more acceptable to them like health and safety or whatever . |
| 11 | He jumped up from the chair he was sitting on and knocked something on to the floor , something that must have been on the arm . |
| 12 | Tallis could not see clearly but he seemed to be pushing something on to the staff , working it round until , with a crack , it slid into position . |
| 13 | ‘ It is something on at the Tower of London . ’ |
| 14 | About background , like with most people , there 's always something on in the background |
| 15 | It was difficult to stop my things from falling into the sea , but in the end I got everything on to the shore . |
| 16 | Pertamina head office was especially active during the Flores emergency , acting mainly as central co-ordinator for gifts of money and clothing , and passing everything on to the disaster relief co-ordinators . |
| 17 | Or you use it , you put everybody on in the peaks |
| 18 | but er any attempt to put anything on at the back to the extent , right up to the Scout 's hut in Beech Hall will , I think , generate a lot of feelings about |