Example sentences of "the [noun pl] on [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He took his purse and emptied the coins on to the table . |
| 2 | Secure the red numbers on to the side panels with royal icing , and then fix the lifebelts on to the boat in the same way , three on each side and two on the deck . |
| 3 | You can then press a few sprays from the top of the stem or , alternatively , press the entire empty stem , encouraging it to bend in a pleasing curve , and then re-assemble the bells on to the stem when you come to use it in a design . |
| 4 | In general those operating from grass strips ( mostly those below the best fit line ) seem to be passing at least some of the savings on to the customer . |
| 5 | When the school closed , they kept the animals on for the toddlers in the local playgroups . |
| 6 | Then he vaulted over the breakwater , ran up the steps on to the prom and was lost to view . |
| 7 | I remember walking down the steps on to the set of Aspel and Company once , seeing a wall of friendly faces — except for one belonging to a lady sitting in the front row , arms crossed and a baleful expression on her face . |
| 8 | She tucked stray wisps of hair back under her kerchief , then picked up her case and walked up the steps on to the porch . |
| 9 | Once through the hall door , massive under its fanlight and fitted with a brass lock as big as a bible , and down the steps on to the gravel , Nicandra changed back into whatever sort of purposeful animal all the long-sustained acts of kindness and thoughts for the happiness of others had left in her . |
| 10 | Halfway down he knew it was n't going to stop so he switched everything off , kept the brakes on to the end , and as it hit the grass he let the brakes off . |
| 11 | John will play his part shouting the lads on from the bench . |
| 12 | I completed my 100 metre strides after they 'd gone , my heels flicking up the divots on to the back of my head . |
| 13 | It was easy enough to climb down the covers on to the floor . |
| 14 | There was a true feeling of achievement attached to our little ‘ I skied down a mountain' certificate , and a bit of weight had definitely dropped from the thighs on to the slopes . |
| 15 | Having first transferred the shapes on to a piece of tracing paper , I find it easiest to almost trace the designs on to the cake , piercing through the outlines into the icing at regular intervals with a special cake scriber , or a sharp pin . |
| 16 | To their great credit , Romania looked far from demoralised on the field , driving the Scots on to the back foot for much of the first half and restricting the scoreline to 3-0 until the 39th minute . |
| 17 | Loopy Lil began piling the tea-things on to the tray to carry back to the kitchen , and Mrs Hollidaye suggested Gloria should go and help bring in the vegetables from the shed for supper , when an insistent bell began ringing out somewhere within the house . |
| 18 | I flipped the keys on to the desk to reassure him . |
| 19 | Should two adjacent needles try to tuck at the same time , there is nothing between these two needles to actually hold the loops on to the individual needles , so the loops become just one loop , which often falls off both needles . |
| 20 | And course they were on hinges , the doors , on er the hinges on in the centre hole under the water and course you always knew where then to , where to fit what we used to call fish for th fish for the chain . |
| 21 | And Cleveland County Council 's trading standards officer Eric Robinson has pledged to pass the criticisms on to the Office of Fair Trading . |
| 22 | His advice to companies would be to try to make the costs of all types of accidents visible as a first step to targeting prevention , and the obvious way would be to put down the costs on to the already established cost centres within a company . |
| 23 | The structure of any model of the type described above can be captured in the general formulation where is all the autonomous elements and collects together all the coefficients on in the specified model ; i.e. , in the case presented above . |
| 24 | Sticky pools and channels of drink were seeping out through the gaps in the floorboards on to the sand beneath the kiosk . |
| 25 | In position at Tattenham Corner , Emily Davison waited until the leading batch of horses had thundered past , then quickly squeezed through the crowd and under the rails on to the course . |
| 26 | Stand in the middle of the border , tip the seeds on to the palm of your hand and throw them up in the air as high as you possibly can . |
| 27 | Then , place a sheet of glass over the design and trace the outlines on to the stiff card that you will be using for your stencil pattern . |
| 28 | Lorton emptied the contents on to the table . |
| 29 | She dumps the contents on to the floor . |
| 30 | Slowly Sabine opened it , and emptied the contents on to the dressing-table . |