Example sentences of "[verb] them on the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They had bought flowers in the village and they laid them on the new grave . |
| 2 | Certainly , according to Hardie , ‘ in the case of allocating insurance premiums on particular lines of cover when setting individual budgets for the following year , head offices could look at their operating units ’ past claims records and load them on the poor performers while even awarding the equivalent of no claims bonuses to the good ones . |
| 3 | The importance of locational specifications in general can be gauged from the fact that there seem to be two basic ways of referring to objects — by describing or naming them on the one hand , and by locating them on the other ( Lyons , 1977a : 648 ) . |
| 4 | One of these papers was a recent statement by the county education committee that no change in the status of the grammar school was contemplated : on that basis , I was able to reassure my anxious colleagues , when I met them on the first day of term , that abrupt change was not imminent . |
| 5 | The flight was successfully undertaken to the area of Kerkenah Island , where two 22X Squadron Sunderlands met the Hurricanes and led them on the last leg to the island . |
| 6 | A health clinic has stepped in to help patients who ca n't find a dentist to treat them on the National Health Service . |
| 7 | They say they ca n't afford to treat them on the National Health . |
| 8 | The terms of the contracts in this category are rarely negotiated ; instead , they are prepared by or for one party who effectively imposes them on the other party to the contract , saying " If you want to do business with me , you must use my terms " . |
| 9 | It should out-point them on the rough stuff , too , for the Range Rover is still king of the wild frontiers . |
| 10 | When he spied his guests , he jumped to his feet and called a greeting , straightening the chairs and holding them one after the other to steady them on the uneven gravel while they sat down . |
| 11 | A van passed them on the other carriageway . |
| 12 | A car passed them on the single track road , heading north ; they stood aside to let it pass , waving at the single occupant when he waved at them . |
| 13 | Their phone call came to my home in Hampstead inviting me to come to Toronto to meet them on the following Sunday . |
| 14 | ‘ In the 1950s and 60s there were superb beers — if you caught them on the right day . |
| 15 | Hopefully , YTS permitting , the rest of the country can catch them on the forthcoming Teenage Fannies tour . |
| 16 | Hopefully , YTS permitting , the rest of the country can catch them on the forthcoming Teenage Fannies tour . |
| 17 | Manchester United wait on Bryan Robson 's decision on his fitness for the Rumbelows Cup Final against Nottingham Forest today , and hope to use the match to launch them on the final leg of their title procession . |
| 18 | Remove the stitches from the standard gauge machine with the garter bar and replace them on the chunky machine . |
| 19 | Entrepreneurs , by their nature , are relatively thin on the ground — and an ungrateful lot not given to remembering those who helped them on the first , shaky steps on the ladder . |
| 20 | Their worthlessness is discovered only when the duped client attempts to sell them on the legitimate market . |
| 21 | He worked each through a transition training programme with the assigned aircraft and schooled them on the forthcoming filming . |
| 22 | Fazisi is more complicated , almost the entire first half of the book is about the campaign , how it originated , how sponsors were found ( Pepsi sponsored them and then dropped them on the first day of the race ) . |
| 23 | We read our lines together for the first time — but never as we would do them on the actual recording . |
| 24 | If you use terry nappies , wash them on the hottest cycle of the washing machine . |
| 25 | I used to wear jeans and jackets and shirts but my parents burned them on the same day my dad beat me up , and after that I had to wear saris . |
| 26 | Philby claimed he thoughtfully put them on the right track to divert suspicion from himself . |
| 27 | We did , yes , the two Rhododendron behind the and put them on the outside |
| 28 | Unless I put them on the outside wood . |
| 29 | ‘ You do n't wash your feet and put them on the dirty floor , do you ? ’ he asked as he got ready for the guests who would soothe the painful passage towards the critics . |
| 30 | She poked busily at the concoctions , withdrew the tins from the oven and put them on the scrubbed wooden table to cool . |