Example sentences of "[to-vb] [pron] on [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Out of his sack he fished a pair of sticky-rubber knee-pads and proceeded to strap them on with a complicated system of webbing . |
| 2 | felt too tired to drive me on to ESF 's house , so I got there by bus , or rather by two buses ( an easy change ) , the first starting from about a hundred yards from and the other stopping just behind the Zoo by Primrose Hill and only a few minutes from Eduardo . |
| 3 | In the late seventies some people in the mainstream of literary study were inclined to believe , or halfbelieve , these ideas , or to try them on for size . |
| 4 | Republics collect taxes but are refusing to pass them on to the central government . |
| 5 | But then to pass them on to a third party is heinous . ’ |
| 6 | Then I want you to pass them on to me . ’ |
| 7 | If I hear of one more occasion on which you make these allegations I shall feel it my duty to pass them on to Connon myself . |
| 8 | A Will is a commonsense and legal way to ensure that any possessions you have are given to the people you wish to pass them on to . |
| 9 | Resolving to pass them on to someone else as soon as possible , Robert took hold of both locket and manuscript and put them in his jacket pocket . |
| 10 | I am in the process of compiling a book on old fashioned remedies for horse ailments and am writing to ask if any of your readers have experience of any , and would they be kind enough to pass them on for possible publication . |
| 11 | Well , you 've written in a article , you say by merely acknowledging our feelings we are less likely to pass them on by osmosis to those who are emotionally bound to us . |
| 12 | When we got to the airport at Stansted , she 'd even arranged for the Captain to escort me on to the plane . |
| 13 | I went over to Sheridan to ask him to be quiet and he grabbed my wrist and tried to pull me on to his lap , and I overbalanced and fell and hit the table hard where he was sitting , and I caught the cloth somehow and pulled it with me and everything on it landed on the floor . |
| 14 | Overwhelmed by not having noticed this earlier , by his failure of politeness , observation and helpfulness , all that had been taught him from boyhood up , Richard proceeded at the double onto the Embankment , to escort her on to Lord Jim . |
| 15 | She untied the sleeves of her sweater and began to pull it on over her head , aware as she did so of a faint muffled sound behind her . |
| 16 | Human selfishness is so real in all of us that it requires no social encouragement , as in the breakdown of marriage , to pass it on to our children . |
| 17 | Years later my mother could hardly wait for me to pass it on to her . |
| 18 | We will never let it die out whilst we have children to pass it on to . ’ |
| 19 | However , once at the pinnacle of his ambition , his only aim could be to preserve his complete control of the Romanian Party and State , and to pass it on to his own chosen successor . |
| 20 | Each sex continued to use its original language and to pass it on to their same-sex offspring . |
| 21 | If the query is of a complicated or technical nature it is quite acceptable to pass it on to the expert , but is this really necessary for a bar of soap or a DIY fitting ? |
| 22 | Sometimes in Old Testament days God granted a man signally endued with his Spirit to pass it on to his successor . |
| 23 | We believe it would be a cynical interpretation of sustainable development to pass it on to future generations to solve . |
| 24 | We believe it would be a cynical interpretation of sustainable development to pass it on to future generations to solve . |
| 25 | If you have been nominated to respond to an SPR , this option enables you to accept responsibility for the SPR or to pass it on to another user . |
| 26 | sometimes it 's easier if you find to pass it on to someone else |
| 27 | He meant me to pass it on to my son . ’ |
| 28 | Over a cup of tea she regaled the old lady with the story of her son and grandchild saving the wounded squirrel , and , leaving her to pass it on to her companions , she drove back to the surgery . |
| 29 | Members agreed to pass it on to Durham County Council . |
| 30 | Try to pass it on to you . |