Example sentences of "[verb] it on a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You have to catch it on a certain place |
| 2 | If a particular publication is not available at your own library the librarian will almost certainly be able to obtain it on a short-term loan . |
| 3 | ‘ Most people consolidate their information periodically and report it on a monthly basis : they tend to have huge consolidation exercises that go on for days . |
| 4 | It was a royal monopoly , and an earlier King Arkesilas is depicted on a Spartan vase of the mid-sixth century supervising his officials as they weighed it on a man-size balance ( Chamoux , Cyrene , plate vi . |
| 5 | Next she looked for her bag , and found it on a long low table . |
| 6 | Very carefully , lift your outline of Santa from the surface and place it on a floured baking tray . |
| 7 | ( vii ) Place it on a sterile surface , slit it longitudinally along the anti-mesometrial surface , and remove the fetuses from their membranes with the aid of a second pair of scissors and forceps . |
| 8 | Stand the pot in water until the surface of the compost looks moist , then pop a clear , polythene bag over the top and place it on a warm and sunny window-sill . |
| 9 | Spread out the seaweed into the shape in which it is to be pressed while still in the water , then slowly lift it out of the basin , keeping it flat , let it drip for a while and then place it on a waterproof surface . |
| 10 | Test it on a weekly basis . |
| 11 | Meanwhile , the rural housing problem , which affects most people in the Third World , is so immense that no government has even tried to tackle it on a national scale . |
| 12 | It is prudent , however , to set it on a level plinth , and in the case of a fountain assembly it is vital that the jet unit be just above the maximum water level . |
| 13 | Erm but they er have only done it on a localized basis . |
| 14 | I agree with what you 're saying but when I 've done it before and involved the pupil in such a report I put it on a separate sheet , so that |
| 15 | Quiss apologized for setting it down on a hotplate , put it on a draining board instead , and splashed some water over its mask-face . |
| 16 | Half bury the log or timber in soil in a part of the garden where it will stay damp , or put it on a shaded window-sill in a plastic container ( ice-cream carton ) . |
| 17 | If the strip becomes curled when you cut it , put it on a hard flat surface and hammer it flat . |
| 18 | It will pay you dividends , so long as you do n't say " Silly old codgers " and put it on a top shelf . |
| 19 | you know , just put it on a big table and just left it , we did n't have them sitting down |
| 20 | In view of the answer that I have given to the first question this second question does not arise and it would be unwise for me to attempt to answer it on a hypothetical basis . |
| 21 | We have already stressed at the end of Chapter 6 how important it is to record your daily weight and also to chart it and plot it on a monthly graph . |
| 22 | He considered it more dangerous than any horse he had ever ridden , and drove it on a tight rein , seldom exceeding 35 m.p.h . |
| 23 | ‘ I 've never had any doubts about my scoring ability but I have still got to go out and do it on a consistent basis . ’ |
| 24 | Yet I recently visited a hi-tech company which was fully conversant with activity-based costing yet did not do it on a regular annual basis . |
| 25 | Well it 's , it 's a job that 's got to be done and you can do it on a miserable day . |
| 26 | I mean I wo n't go into detail , but I mean she could do endowment , she could do it on a maximum investment plan basis , to back up her P E P , erm and save regularly through different funds . |
| 27 | Er but as I say if , if we can do it on a personalized basis er personalized geographic basis , it gives it more identity er then what , what you produced certainly i is halfway there to the issues that Steve mentioned earlier on . |
| 28 | I 've even seen it on a Finnish bus-shelter . |
| 29 | They still want to take the park over and run it on a similar operation to Southsea/Rom . |
| 30 | An advertiser 's business with its agency is known as an " account " , and account people are the men and women who run it on a day-to-day basis . |