Example sentences of "[pers pn] [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 | I remember Morris willing me on through a mist of deep deep unconsciousness . |
16 | 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 . |
17 | ‘ How about taking me on as a lift attendant ? ’ |
18 | ‘ 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 . |
19 | ‘ He shoved me on to a toilet seat and punched me , ’ Claire said . |
20 | Whatever information you can send me to help steer me on to a path to a more rewarding career would be most appreciated . |
21 | ‘ 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 . |
22 | 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 . |
23 | The gatekeeper , recognising Cranston , let them in without a word . |
24 | You 've got to haul them in with a winch . |
25 | She turned it up as hot as it would go and put them in on a tray . |
26 | You ca n't expect her to get them in on a student 's grant . ’ |
27 | I 'm breaking them in for a horse . |
28 | A government in disarray , an unpopular opposition , they say , will let them in for a taste of real power . |
29 | ‘ Basic computer keyboard skills have to be there — we would n't want to go the lengths of having to train them on that — but training on our specialist software means bringing them in for a week and we 'll probably bring them in every three months to keep updating them . ’ |
30 | His hobby was breeding bees and one day he brought them in in a glass cabinet and he was saying , ‘ These are the workers and this is the queen bee , and they fly out of the window and come back with pollen and they make honey . ’ |