Example sentences of "[vb base] [pron] [adv] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , the numerous formal international agreements on the laws of war actually say nothing directly on nuclear weapons . |
| 2 | If you are using guitar machine heads ( far more easily adjusted than pegs , which also require special tools to fit them accurately ) it is more convenient to modify the shape of the head and fit them only on the left ( if you are right-handed ) in the manner of Fender guitars . |
| 3 | If you must , kiss them once on the forehead when they say good night . |
| 4 | Press them carefully on the subject of the neighbours , the boundaries and which fences belong to whom . |
| 5 | Place one half on top of the other to form one large triangle , and stick together with sticky tape . |
| 6 | Cut the rich fruit cake in half diagonally and place one half on top of the other to form a triangle , sandwiching on with a little apricot glaze . |
| 7 | If your elderly parent is , by nature , affectionate and demonstrative , always kiss her warmly on arrival , and when you leave ; for many old people are greatly deprived of essential physical contact . |
| 8 | Place it right on the edge so that the next step below the bottom is at least a couple of stories down , because even moderately sloping sections of a mountain goat cliff may have forbidding dropoffs at the base . |
| 9 | Because the money lenders were usually Brahmis , the effect of colonialism was to strengthen the caste system and place it firmly on a class basis . |
| 10 | And you place it carefully on the printing plate so there 's lots of spare paper round it because the essence of a good etching is that it has breathing space all the way round . |
| 11 | Disconnect the basin waste , lift the basin from its brackets or pedestal ( or both ) , and place it upside-down on the floor . |
| 12 | Roll out a small ball of fondant or marzipan trimmings and place it centrally on top of the roof drum to act as a support for the triangles . |
| 13 | For the tribal stage , in particular , they base themselves only on the vaguest generalization as gathered probably from philosophical treatises . |
| 14 | I mean sure they 're acting their ancestors and they 're quite willing ( in exchange for some Mickey Mouse presents ) to build us a raft and transport us upstream on it and be filmed doing this . |
| 15 | ‘ Cost me nigh on that again to restore it back to its original beauty , but it was worth it . |
| 16 | When visitors arrived at my house , I used to bring the coaches and horses inside , and put them carefully on my table . |
| 17 | Asik watched as the mother passed around all of the sandwiches and put them daintily on the plates . |
| 18 | If you 've got clothes , your coats and dresses , and fold them over once , and then put them into a bag like that and we put them gently on top of the load , they come to no harm at all . |
| 19 | A word from Graham Gooch soon put me right on that count . |
| 20 | Or if they do manage to put you in a bedroom , remember that you 've got a whole camera team there , and they usually want to do some extraordinary shot from very close up , so they put you right on the edge of the bed , probably on a board which you 're about to fall off at any minute . |
| 21 | We take the capital and put you directly on the market . |
| 22 | I 'll then drive you to the airport and put you safely on a plane to a destination of your choice . |
| 23 | COOK 'S NOTE : To make caraque , melt about 175g/6oz plain chocolate , then spread it thickly on some baking parchment and leave to set . |
| 24 | After you have a lot , spread it evenly on the inside disk . |
| 25 | And then when you get to the er van proper you take things like a wardrobe and you put it edgewise on int th in against the side of the van , you 'd then put a wrapper over , and then you 'd put something soft like a mattress facing it , because obviously that 's a shiny side and if you can put something soft into it it 's not going to get scratched . |
| 26 | Murray cut a small neat slice and put it deftly on her plate . |
| 27 | put it together on a training session on this and they rely on you and perhaps talk through to the session and say look that when I say this sort of thing , will you be the person that demonstrates or gives me answer you know , this sort of thing . |
| 28 | Their captain ( for so I must term him — though their forces understand no battle order and hurl themselves pell-mell on us like mere animals who must quench their parched throats with blood ) , a certain youth who is called Dulay to his people , with a trick of the eye that makes him seem to look at you and yet not see you ( and other tricks beside — I have seen this same swart creature climb a ladder into the air as if it were a tree planted there foursquare ) , we apprehended as he fled from our justice . |
| 29 | Ladies , two , with ample flesh flapping from the bones of their legs spread themselves thickly on the tube train seat and gather in their posh polythene well-advertised shopping receptacles like a doting mother with five children . |
| 30 | May Mark King of Level 42 pat you patronisingly on the head with the palm of his hand . |