Example sentences of "it [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He said it does n't matter who does it on down the second time . |
| 2 | ‘ They 're trying it on with the application . |
| 3 | I wish now I had sent it on with the rest of the clothes but I did n't want to risk crushing it . ’ |
| 4 | Carefully wrap the fondant around the cake , rolling it on with the paper to help you . |
| 5 | I was a bit worried when we were trying it on with the passes . |
| 6 | it on with the music blaring . |
| 7 | Do you find that sometimes members of the public try it on with the insurance people ? |
| 8 | Because Granby House was a listed building , the contractor eventually became exempt from this tax , but as he could not reclaim any VAT he had already paid to suppliers , he had to pass most of it on to the developer . |
| 9 | Things happen in these hills that do n't make it on to the evening bulletins . |
| 10 | ‘ Our 175hp Ford 6700 goes into the row of grass at 2,600 to 2,800revs , but once you drop it on to the row , the revs soon drop to 2,000 to 2,000rpm . |
| 11 | He passed it on to the others at their dinner time meeting . |
| 12 | Then he grabbed a crystal glass eagle that had been presented to Mr Reagan , 81 , raised it above his head and smashed it on to the podium . |
| 13 | By 1317 the manor had passed from the hands of the de Costentin family into those of the de Caversham family who , in turn , passed it on to the Herberts in 1550 . |
| 14 | Shaking the spinnaker out of its bag , he curled it on to the trampoline while checking the cotton lashings that held it rolled . |
| 15 | I am sorry not to have replied to your fax sooner but I passed it on to the wrong person for answers to your questions on promo videos . |
| 16 | As each reader received a book he put the date opposite his name , followed by the date on which he finished it , before sending it on to the next person on the list . |
| 17 | He knocked it on to the fairway , hit his third shot on to the green and then two-putted for par . |
| 18 | At the 15th he knocked it on to the green comfortably , but we had a long wait because poor old Tommy was in trouble again . |
| 19 | Pennethorne made a number of designs for rebuilding Downing Street , and sent his final scheme to the Office of Works on 15th January , 1855 , who passed it on to the Treasury . |
| 20 | You should take it in but you did n't — just rolled it on to the next beat . |
| 21 | Police folklore tells of one officer who , having found a dead body on the street at the end of his duty , shifted it on to the next beat . |
| 22 | We will select a winner , publish the card in the paper , and send it on to the national finals . |
| 23 | When a child has got the squeeze , he is allowed to hold on to it as long as he wants before passing it on to the next person . |
| 24 | Madigan 's Millions was held back from release until American International Pictures decided to take advantage of the success of Midnight Cowboy by foisting it on to the public in 1969 in a double bill with Jon Voight 's early indiscretion , Fearless Frank , also made in 1967 . |
| 25 | Like the linker , it sits on the main bed and has a cog wheel and spring at the rear to lock it on to the needlebed . |
| 26 | Put the carriage on to the rail , bring it near to the needles , lock it on to the rail and start to turn . |
| 27 | One of the glasses had fallen on to its side and a red stain had spread from it on to the tablecloth . |
| 28 | A wooden Scotty-dog with a waggly , leather jointed body nipped my finger , and he snatched it from me and hurled it on to the fire , hitting it repeatedly with the poker until it disintegrated . |
| 29 | It appears from Jean Piaget 's child psychology that perception has been inseparable from simulation right from the start , and that instead of learning to project my inwardness on to other persons I had to unlearn the habit of projecting it on to the rising sun or a bouncing ball . |
| 30 | CONSOLES STREETFIGHTER 2 ( SNES , £64.99 ) : The celebrated Capcom coin-op makes it on to the SNES with more head-to-head action than Lennox Lewis could handle . |