Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] on to the " 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 | The captain of the guard led them on to the scaffold , a scrawny-faced clerk gabbled out the sentence of the court . |
| 3 | I flung them on to the bed where she should have been , but was n't . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | The Crown claim Butler had collected information about his movement in the town and passed them on to the IRA . |
| 6 | 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 . ’ |
| 7 | 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 . ’ |
| 8 | We check the statements , file them and send them on to the band along with our commission invoice . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Republics collect taxes but are refusing to pass them on to the central government . |
| 11 | Planting consists merely of tossing them on to the surface of the water . |
| 12 | When we got to the airport at Stansted , she 'd even arranged for the Captain to escort me on to the plane . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | Then she drew him on to the covers and pushed him gently back . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | He had then polished off Duncan 's leftovers before driving him on to the hotel . |
| 18 | We will select a winner , publish the card in the paper , and send it on to the national finals . |
| 19 | Cut out or draw a picture of Freda and glue it on to the bookmark . |
| 20 | 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 ? |
| 21 | She shivered suddenly , and her arm caught the folder of photographs , knocking it on to the floor . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | Take the second stitch and place it on to the first needle . |
| 24 | Take the third stitch and place it on to the next left-hand side empty needle and so on all along the row . |
| 25 | The goods always cost more than the mere monetary price ; and it is the object of the system to externalise these costs , by passing them on to the poor or to the impaired resource-base of the earth , and by inviting even the rich to live in collusive dissociation from the costs they , too , must pay . |
| 26 | If these two signals differ significantly in level , you will need to balance them up at the mixer before passing them on to the camcorder . |
| 27 | The Institute is concerned , however , that the duty may lead to over-reporting by auditors or to unnecessary formality in preparation of reports , which could cause delay in passing them on to the Bank . |
| 28 | He unzipped the holdall , took out a couple of Boyt shoulder holsters and dropped them on to the table before delving into the holdall again for two handguns carefully wrapped in strips of green cloth . |
| 29 | From the drawings , he sketched various elevations , then cut them out and transferred them on to the blocks of wood to be bandsawn . |
| 30 | I remember she crouched down and lifted me on to the table . |