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Example sentences of "[pers pn] [adv] [prep] a [noun sg] " in BNC.

No	Sentence
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 was a convent-educated girl and he teased me mercilessly with a string of sexual connotations . ’
13	I remember Morris willing me on through a mist of deep deep unconsciousness .
14	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 .
15	‘ How about taking me on as a lift attendant ? ’
16	‘ 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 .
17	‘ He shoved me on to a toilet seat and punched me , ’ Claire said .
18	Whatever information you can send me to help steer me on to a path to a more rewarding career would be most appreciated .
19	‘ 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 .
20	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 .
21	The gatekeeper , recognising Cranston , let them in without a word .
22	You 've got to haul them in with a winch .
23	She turned it up as hot as it would go and put them in on a tray .
24	You ca n't expect her to get them in on a student 's grant . ’
25	I 'm breaking them in for a horse .
26	A government in disarray , an unpopular opposition , they say , will let them in for a taste of real power .
27	‘ 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 . ’
28	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 . ’
29	They broke them in like a horse , but you could n't get their necks like a horse .
30	Many people say generally that ‘ there should be no whaling for ethical reasons ’ , but when you try to pin them down to a formulation of those ethics , you find it exceedingly difficult and , I am afraid to say , probably unconvincing to most people of the nations of the world .