Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] on to [art] " in BNC.

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1 She had brought things to make their evening meal and she emptied them on to the work-counter : wine , cheese , spinach , onions , bread , the pink-white tines of a rack of lamb , as if all the promise of their future lay in the guarantee of such ordinariness being possible .
2 They went down a narrow lane called Smugglers ' Gully , which led them on to a wild rocky headland .
3 The captain of the guard led them on to the scaffold , a scrawny-faced clerk gabbled out the sentence of the court .
4 I flung them on to the bed where she should have been , but was n't .
5 Catherine 's anger was also aroused when a photographer took pictures of her topless on the French Riviera and sold them on to a men 's magazine .
6 The bodymaker passed the doors to the finishers , who in turn passed them on to the french polishers ; the doors then moved along to those whose work it was to hang them in position , the operations being so arranged that the polished door was completed just at the point where it was to be hung on the coach .
7 The Crown claim Butler had collected information about his movement in the town and passed them on to the IRA .
8 Spokeswoman Jane McLean said yesterday : ‘ After that we stopped recording the calls and passed them on to the JobCentre at Holywell , which is handling the recruitment . ’
9 Spokeswoman Jane McLean said yesterday : ‘ After that we stopped recording the calls and passed them on to the JobCentre at Holywell which is handling the recruitment . ’
10 We check the statements , file them and send them on to the band along with our commission invoice .
11 From the beginning of their history , the amphibians were hunters , preying on the worms , insects and other invertebrates that had preceded them on to the land .
12 But then to pass them on to a third party is heinous . ’
13 Republics collect taxes but are refusing to pass them on to the central government .
14 Planting consists merely of tossing them on to the surface of the water .
15 When we got to the airport at Stansted , she 'd even arranged for the Captain to escort me on to the plane .
16 She was just getting used to the chestnut when Alejandro moved her on to a dark brown mare who , when it was n't bucking , shied at the ball , and then on to another chestnut , whom she had great difficulty in holding .
17 Richardson , too , made a mediocre start being one over par for his first six holes , but then birdies at the seventh , ninth and 10th moved him on to the leaderboard .
18 ADRIAN MAGUIRE moved upsides reigning champion Peter Scudamore at the head of the jockeys ' table when a double aboard Calapaez and Mr Felix moved him on to the 32 winner mark at Plumpton yesterday .
19 Then she drew him on to the covers and pushed him gently back .
20 It seemed like a minor miracle when she found herself seated within touching distance of the small group of musicians , until she realised that Rune was well-known here , not only by the management but , as the current number drew to a triumphant close , to the players as well , as they drew him on to the low rostrum and surrounded him with much back-slapping and laughter .
21 He had then polished off Duncan 's leftovers before driving him on to the hotel .
22 We will select a winner , publish the card in the paper , and send it on to the national finals .
23 Cut out or draw a picture of Freda and glue it on to the bookmark .
24 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 ?
25 She shivered suddenly , and her arm caught the folder of photographs , knocking it on to the floor .
26 One of mankind 's first artistic gestures was to cover his hand with charcoal and press it on to a cave wall : ‘ I , man , was here ! ’
27 Dampen the edge of the buckram , bring over the seam allowance of the band and press it on to the dampened edge , notching out excess fabric on inward curves .
28 Take the second stitch and place it on to the first needle .
29 Take the third stitch and place it on to the next left-hand side empty needle and so on all along the row .
30 They happen to do something where there is an enormous organization geared up to pushing them on to a pedestal .
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