Example sentences of "and [verb] [pers pn] on [prep] " in BNC.
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| 31 | As to the range of fish available , Ken 's policy is to buy in four to six-inch high grade Japanese Koi and grow them on under cover for a year before they go on sale . |
| 32 | 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 . |
| 33 | However , once at the pinnacle of his ambition , his only aim could be to preserve his complete control of the Romanian Party and State , and to pass it on to his own chosen successor . |
| 34 | Each sex continued to use its original language and to pass it on to their same-sex offspring . |
| 35 | He pulled the curtain away from the bed and drew her on to it while their mouths still met . |
| 36 | " Besides all this Tristan learned to ride nimbly with shield and lance , to spur his mount skilfully on either flank , put it to the gallop with dash , wheel and give it free rein and urge it on with his knees , in strict accordance with the chivalric art . |
| 37 | Take the second stitch and place it on to the first needle . |
| 38 | Take the third stitch and place it on to the next left-hand side empty needle and so on all along the row . |
| 39 | I think you children were a delight to them and they would gather round the swimming pool and cheer you on with swimming lessons . |
| 40 | As he tried , several times , to restart his car before giving up and pushing it on to the verge to await rescue , traffic on the M8 from Glasgow quickly built up until there was a three-mile tailback . |
| 41 | Every time a scientist hears an idea and passes it on to somebody else , he is likely to change it somewhat . |
| 42 | He contracts HIV and passes it on to his wife , who then passes it on to their child . |
| 43 | ‘ He gets the money from someone else and passes it on to Osman ? ’ |
| 44 | From the drawings , he sketched various elevations , then cut them out and transferred them on to the blocks of wood to be bandsawn . |
| 45 | Some of us disown these qualities on a conscious level , and project them on to someone else . |
| 46 | They cut the petticoats into six pieces and put them on to sticks . |
| 47 | No he did n't er P C found some trousers , I 'm not sure where he got them from er and put them on for him . |
| 48 | And suddenly he took the rumours and put them on like a coat . |
| 49 | Sweetman took a pair of polarised sunglasses from his shirt pocket and put them on before inspecting me again . |
| 50 | Wear support tights ( these also offer support to the abdomen ) and put them on before getting out of bed ( keep your pants and tights under your pillow ) . |
| 51 | He went and got his overcoat and put it on over his pyjamas and sat at the table smoking a cigarette . |
| 52 | When she had undressed and put it on without catching her own eye in the mirror she went back to the other room and dumped the handbag on top of the dressing-table . |
| 53 | I put my hand in the water trickling down the rock and put it on to Zoe . |
| 54 | Cut the slice in four and put it on to four hot plates . |
| 55 | He said that he did not think that it was a high priority to ask the Home Secretary to take £40 million out of his budget and put it on to the Secretary of State for Transport 's budget . |
| 56 | In fact it has been so hot and humid today that I have had to get an electric fan and put it on in my room . |
| 57 | He had kissed her goodbye and seen her on to her flight . |
| 58 | The process of endorsing Notes and passing them on to pay for goods or services from business to business is still quite common . |
| 59 | As the dancers changed partners , set to each other , backed away , then set again and spun with crossed arms , Donald McCulloch became masterful , gripping the girls ' hands strongly , spinning so hard that the balls of their feet ached on the cobbles , and passing them on with an almost lordly flourish of his arm . |
| 60 | Jampel Changchub , aged 30 , was described as a ‘ principal member ’ of the group and was accused of ‘ collecting information and passing it on to the enemy ’ . |