Example sentences of "[vb base] it on the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then take a second card from the middle pile and place it on the other outside pile . |
| 2 | If properly encouraged , they could carry the small amount of pollen necessary for fertilisation and place it on the exact spot in the female flower where it was required . |
| 3 | I want it on the biting edge between ‘ is n't it hysterically funny ? ’ and ‘ is n't it absolutely unbearably awful ? ’ it 's the working class ploy , or disabled ploy , that you joke about adversity . |
| 4 | If you put it on the right feet it 's clearly one of the best available . |
| 5 | LEFT Especially if you are not used to fitting a check chain , take care to ensure that you put it on the right way round . |
| 6 | But make sure we put it on the right side though ! |
| 7 | So , I put it on the other way round this morning and he hates it , I 've only just done it |
| 8 | ‘ We did not want the burden of administration falling on the taxpayer so we put it on the prime beneficiary , which is the farmer himself . ’ |
| 9 | The Rosewood 's very close to a Jazzmaster sometimes , actually , because it 's very sweet ; when you put it on the front pickup it 's very mellow . |
| 10 | When I had eaten the first course of cabbage , and the second of meat pudding , potato and carrots , I poured cold water into my used billycan and put it on the lighted stove . |
| 11 | He removed the vase and put it on the occasional table next to the wedding photograph . |
| 12 | I 've done m is there , are there any gaps in between , if you put it on the good quality like , can you see any spaces ? |
| 13 | So I put it on the dim switch so as he can see to get in the bedroom . |
| 14 | Nick Champion of Russell , Baldwin and Bright Markets , who run it on the four Tuesdays prior to Christmas and sell several tons a year , says dealers are having to travel far afield to collect mistletoe to sell at Tenbury . |
| 15 | He had to drag out of nature whatever lay hidden and ‘ inferior ’ — to use Jung 's word — and exhibit it on the opened-out surface of a work of art . |
| 16 | On opening any packet etc , I can see from the index card how long it is likely to last and then record it on the appropriate page of the notebook . |
| 17 | Erm but er I hope you 're not going to way that er Westminster Council has gone , for each er er er , er er th their property into disrepair they bought it up , do it up and flog it on the open market when a few yards away there are people no a er now sleeping under bridges and canals ! |
| 18 | I 'm grateful , that 's for today , erm my Lord it may sound slightly more erm contentious , but I 'd also ask for certificate for counsel for the thirteenth of August hearing , may I say the reason for that , it 's a matter that has n't come before you , you wo n't know about , it 's this , this reason , because at that period it was n't just the application under twenty eighty or twenty eight , four for delay there was another application er , which was unsuccessful which has n't been proceed today , but cost were also disallowed with more serious reason , I submit that said showed er negligent or that improper conduct , there was a substantial attack mounted , and I can use no other words fairly describe it on the professional conduct of and for that reason my Lord er both cos the seriousness of the allegations , but of course also because of the potential conflict that they acted for themselves and it would of been in situation for us solicitor hence to turn up , er they instructed counsel and my self , and so for that double reason in my believe we should be entitled to at , at first stage , ordinarily I would n't of had a very good run for argument but I , it 's my suspicion my clue recollection , be backed up by those behind me , and indeed by the documents that a substantial attack was mounted and it was in , I have to say in full flight terms , and much hence could n't be said to be unreasonable to deem if necessarily , unusually to send counsel in front of a taxing master , well I wo n't say any more on the point , but that is my suspicion |
| 19 | Pictures developed but not yet positioned — slap it on the main piccie when you 've worked out where it goes . |
| 20 | With the authority of a man used to calling hounds to heel he 'd taken the arm from the dog , wrapped it in a towel and set it on the draining board . |
| 21 | His dinner was l sitting under the grill , I lift it out , set it on the fucking table , and I says I 'm away in here to waken |
| 22 | Or does n't , you know , exhaustively optimize it on the first pass , all the time . |
| 23 | It 's also easy to care for as it can be hand or machine washed at 40°C , though we do recommend that you iron it on the reverse side while still damp . |
| 24 | Let's see keep , keep it on the same line if you can . |
| 25 | Try it on the seven . |
| 26 | Th thing is , you can put it on there , put it on sta you can er film it , and bang it on the big screen over there . |
| 27 | As the paving is all made from broken paving slabs and , therefore , all the same thickness , you simply lay it on the levelled sand bed . |
| 28 | For example , many a small child knows that to alleviate the pain and irritation of a nettle sting he need only reach for the nearest broad-leaved docken , ( Rumex obtusifolius ) and rub it on the offending part for instant relief . |
| 29 | And then do it on the first time well if he wanted , he do n't have to go . |
| 30 | I I suggest you do it on the same sheet that 's got the th the I ca n't see a copy , |