Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] on [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 By February 1916 pressure was mounting again , and resolutions calling for compulsory national service were flowing in ; the Executive refused to debate them , but passed them on to Law nevertheless .
2 But some irresistible compulsion drove him on to hazard again the life he relished so much , and to put at risk my happiness as well .
3 ‘ He really turned me on to geography .
4 Sunderland turned it on to win 3–0 against Ipswich and end their dismal sequence of five league defeats but Crosby expects an entirely different type of game against a side battling desperately for survival .
5 His frankly delighted countenance spurred her on to effort : ‘ I myself , ’ she heard herself saying , ‘ am very much looking forward to going to Japan for the first time .
6 I stuck it on with silicone sealant glue and it is unaffected by salt spray or moderate heat .
7 The walls , curved or octagonal , gleamed into brilliance as Jezrael passed , dying behind her until the next person switched them on by body-heat .
8 Instead , David pointed out landmarks they passed and eventually Julia led him on to talk about his childhood holidays at Fiesole .
9 It would have been far better if he 'd done it the other way around — the rest of the set acoustic and then brought them on to play .
10 That 's exactly what happened to me , three years ago , when the largest company in the United Kingdom , British Petroleum , took me on to run a new venture .
11 Every station sent in the reports in code and we collected them and sent them on to Bomber Command Headquarters .
12 They 've had him from the Wednesday , was it the Wed er , no from the Saturday to the Wednesday cos she was working and they took him on to seaside somewhere and when come home , he 's having stitches in his head where he 'd fell , he hit it on the stone or summat and I said oh did he enjoy it apart from that , she said he was a swine last night , he was screaming and hitting me and she called her husband down from work , she could n't control him , said she should of smacked his arse and put him in the cot .
13 They should have got a self certificate and then sent it on to Road for you .
14 They should have got a self certificate and then sent it on to Road for you .
15 Without bothering to confirm the report , Guretzky-Cornitz passed it on to Army HQ , embellished with a few boastful addenda of his own .
16 The impressive document issued in Beaver County , Pennsylvania the first passed outside the U.S. by the authority was sent to Darlington Mayor Coun Rita Fishwick , who passed it on to Dew .
17 Yes , ours have , yeah they probably passed it on in fact , kids probably passed it to them
18 He put her on to Mortgage Business , a company which offers high equity loans for the self-employed .
19 She opened her window and screamed and erm , of course the neighbours come but they was gone and they took it all they 're gold she had it on in bed , pulled it over husband neck , .
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