Example sentences of "[vb base] [adv] the [noun] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | WALES skipper Gareth Llewellyn hopes his side can reach their target of six wins out of six when they bring down the curtain on their African tour against the South African Barbarians in Windhoek today . |
| 2 | Place only the fingertips on the shoulder blade . |
| 3 | Taekwondo practitioners build up the calluses on their knuckles by performing press-ups on them , although there is evidence that prolonged conditioning in this way causes metacarpal damage . |
| 4 | With the head on its side make a series of cuts straight in with the corner chisel along the curve of the cheek , and cut away the waste on the neck side of the line . |
| 5 | His own trade included the quick memorising of landscape and cityscape and at one corner there was an L-shaped alley that cut off the building on the corner itself giving an alternative route to making a left turn on the streets . |
| 6 | The phosphates used in detergents and cleaning products are useful because they condition the water to reduce scum , help to keep the water alkaline for proper cleaning and break up the dirt on fabrics to prevent it settling back . |
| 7 | It looked like somewhere waiting for a film to happen , Jasper thought , like a Western on television where two gunmen will come out of the badlands and hold up the mailtrain on the Santa Fe railroad . |
| 8 | d ) Cut out the coupon on this page and attach to the correct space on the entry form . |
| 9 | I walk around the shop on air and Berty Barlow says I 've got stars in my eyes , and I have and they 're shining just for you . |
| 10 | And when Gittel cut my pride and my heart into pieces with her little sharp fingernails , and I let loose the dybbuk on her and got punished for it , I was neither one thing nor the other , once again . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ Now you think of someone you could marry , miss , ’ said Liddy , ‘ then read aloud the words on that page , and if the Bible moves , perhaps you 'll marry him . ’ |
| 12 | Cook the din-dins , put the cat out , clear up the junk on the great man 's desk , and hope my lord throws me a kind word from time to time . |
| 13 | Ergo , every autumn those trees with any sort of seasonal sense at all shed their leaves , which are pretty useless anyway when there 's not going to be much Sun around , and ride out the storms on bare poles . |
| 14 | Instead , I pick up the clock on it and I see it is half-past six . |
| 15 | After sewing the neck shape I either overlock the shoulders or pick up the stitches on a darning needle using the same colour yarn . |
| 16 | Pick up the web on this card , as with the wire loop . |
| 17 | I really I really do wish it was that simple and I wish that when I pick up The Star on a Thursday or one of the other local papers that I did n't read in it the twenty cars that 's broken into and and all the other problems and I say to myself now why did that happen . |
| 18 | ( a ) What the Registers contain The three registers that make up the Entries on the Register — the Property Register , the Proprietorship Register and the Charges Register — contain the whole title of the registered proprietor including entries protective of the rights and interests of third parties by registration of notices , cautions , inhibitions and restrictions . |
| 19 | For others , the medium is most certainly not the message , and the curriculum is more narrowly defined as that collection of bodies of knowledge which make up the subjects on the school timetable . |
| 20 | The Daily Mail printed an article headed , " Slam down the phone on Eyas " , querying the management of OTC-traded Crane Holdings and the credibility of this licensed dealer 's directors . |
| 21 | To build these clever applications , you just select from menus or fill in the blanks on forms . |
| 22 | Fill in the form on page 18 with the same details as on the label . |
| 23 | To subscribe to ELT Journal , simply fill in the form on the back of this leaflet and send it off , with payment , to the address supplied overleaf or send off for a free inspection copy . |
| 24 | If you would like to come , please fill in the form on the last page of this news . |
| 25 | To order , fill in the coupon on page 154 . |
| 26 | Fill in the coupon on this page and send it off with the appropriate cheque |
| 27 | There is a limited number of places so , to make sure you do n't miss out , fill in the coupon on page 216 and return to us without delay . |
| 28 | Space is limited so fill in the coupon on page 188 ( before May 11 ) to book a place at the most entertaining and educational event of the year — or risk being Green with envy ! |
| 29 | Find out more , fill in the coupon on this page . |
| 30 | Please fill in the questionnaire on the following page : questions 1 to 9 tell us what you are already doing ; questions 10 to 14 are your chance to let us know what you want from Amnesty . |