Example sentences of "[pron] [adv] [prep] a [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 His doe has a litter and she was making a noise over them rather like a robin in autumn .
2 The complete task involved lifting a number of panels from their storage racks , loading them on to a jig , clamping them into position , arc welding a seam to join them , and then transferring the welded sub-assembly from the jig to another storage rack so that it could be transported to the next production stage .
3 He nodded , and Lissa opened it , then added the key to her own set and tossed them on to a ledge next to her bag .
4 They happen to do something where there is an enormous organization geared up to pushing them on to a pedestal .
5 Why not pass them on to a hospital or children 's home where they will be treasured .
6 And but he can get them on to a disk .
7 Vitor slept for almost an hour and so did Thomas , but both of them awoke as they neared the outskirts of Lisbon , just in time , for now Ashley needed directions , and Vitor navigated them on to a bypass and north along minor roads .
8 And suddenly he took the rumours and put them on like a coat .
9 I did put my shoes on cos I thought I sha n't get them on in a minute because my feet swell when I sit down .
10 Pot up the small young plants as ‘ plugs ’ and grow them on in a frame or a greenhouse — or even in a wooden box covered with polythene .
11 It is also quick enough to get me somewhere in a hurry if I 'm called out on an emergency .
12 I think things have changed quite dramatically in the last few years certainly , we admit very few people and we see them mostly as an outpatient .
13 This was to draw the ‘ poor ’ and ‘ middle ’ peasants away from the private trade of the ‘ rich ’ and to turn them eventually towards an alliance ( smychka ) with urban inhabitants .
14 I was a convent-educated girl and he teased me mercilessly with a string of sexual connotations . ’
15 Another time she seemed to have nothing on under a grass skirt as she danced on a mirrored floor .
16 I remember Morris willing me on through a mist of deep deep unconsciousness .
17 It 's Beethoven 's Ode to Joy , the the last movement of Beethoven 's ninth symphony , erm , you 'd know the tune , you 'd recognise it , particularly if you had a better singer than me on as a accompaniment .
18 ‘ How about taking me on as a lift attendant ? ’
19 ‘ Anyway , we remained friends , and when he decided to come down here and start his practice I asked if he would take me on as a pupil veterinary nurse .
20 ‘ He shoved me on to a toilet seat and punched me , ’ Claire said .
21 Whatever information you can send me to help steer me on to a path to a more rewarding career would be most appreciated .
22 ‘ This means I miss my connection and then it creates a scatter at Middlesbrough as they try to fit me on to a train to get to Hartlepool in time .
23 When I was a schoolgirl some friends took me on to a farm and I used to watch the milking and think what a grand life it was , so healthy , not at all like life in the pits and the factories .
24 The train set was already chuffing out of the station , so Steven decided to take everyone along for a ride .
25 The gatekeeper , recognising Cranston , let them in without a word .
26 You 've got to haul them in with a winch .
27 She turned it up as hot as it would go and put them in on a tray .
28 You ca n't expect her to get them in on a student 's grant . ’
29 I 'm breaking them in for a horse .
30 A government in disarray , an unpopular opposition , they say , will let them in for a taste of real power .
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