Example sentences of "[pers pn] on [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.

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1 They were not yet dry but she had no others apart from her best ones , so she pulled them on over the warm , dry woollen stockings into which she had changed upon coming in from the buildings .
2 I think both he and Weatherall are outstanding prospects , but need an ‘ old head ’ to bring them on over the next couple of years ( pity about O'Leary ) .
3 He urged them on through the mounting waves until they too reached the Rebecca , and he was able to ram one hole , fill it with pitch , then another , and another , round the hull beneath the overhang of the bows , in a rain of missiles , with fire sizzling around him , and his fellow fighters hanging on , hoping for the moment when the timbers would be ablaze .
4 The new novel has married the pair and moved them on into the mid-Sixties and from the provinces to London , where Patrick works misgivingly in a fashionable publishing-house .
5 I think it opens up the child 's awareness to what 's available and what 's coming erm moves them on into the next century really .
6 When they do use bricks here , they paint them brick red so you will know they are bricks , then they stick them on to the front outside walls as an ornamental display .
7 It has become a specialist in adding value to chemicals and selling them on to the major companies .
8 Republics collect taxes but are refusing to pass them on to the central government .
9 Hawkmoths , which are among the swiftest insect flyers capable of speeds of 50 kph , have reduced their hind wings very considerably in size and latched them on to the long narrow fore-wings with a curved bristle .
10 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 .
11 It 's dragged a few graceful oddities away from comparing navel fluff in their garages and shoved them on to the European circuit .
12 He pulled off his work jeans and threw them on to the little pile in the corner .
13 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 .
14 But their real function is to give people a chance to be famous for five minutes , by saying something that will get them on to the next news broadcast .
15 In every generation , REPRODUCTION takes the genes that are supplied to it by the previous generation , and hands them on to the next generation but with minor random errors — mutations .
16 Instead of getting rid of the programmes , they should sack the bosses who put them on in the first place .
17 Dressing apraxia refers to difficulty in putting on clothes ; the patient may manipulate them haphazardly , unable to relate them spatially to his own body , or he may be unable to put them on in the correct sequence .
18 It would be best to grow them on in the smaller tank as they are likely to be attacked , if not eaten , by the larger fish .
19 You did n't turn them on until the second part .
20 He pulled rank and went to bed at half past eleven , leaving me on for the late-night drinks .
21 They 'll be easing me on as the new presenter so as not to put too much pressure on me .
22 Which brings me on to the major bookshop sellers , led by two strong titles :
23 yes and that , that in a way leads me on to the next party , if we 're gon na have an agreement between this group or , you know , the other group
24 where the dropped kerb is , that takes you on to the private road .
25 Erm , can I take you on to the next one which is twelve B two .
26 He should then carry you on with the next question .
27 In this case , you should put him on to the defensive by maintaining a series of very strong attacks delivered from the correct distance .
28 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 .
29 ‘ I just needed to see you ! ’ she said with a brittle smile , walking past him on to the hot beach , feeling the tears burn her eyes .
30 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 .
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