Example sentences of "on it [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So light bulb , when you turn on it gets warm , then it gets hot , then it gets red hot , then it gets white hot . |
| 2 | But once it catches on it gets dissipated , and people start thinking ‘ in order to be angry , you have to be a child ’ . |
| 3 | When you chu push the light on it goes darker . |
| 4 | He chooses to tap his fag packet round and round on the tabletop again rather than speak to me , so I say , ‘ Well , I 'm not sure about that , but it 's certainly somebody who knows me ; I mean , I think that card with my writing on it proves that . |
| 5 | When you 're on it make sure you believe what you 're saying ! |
| 6 | I got the tonight I 've er I 've got erm the baby seat done today sort of like a baby seat in the back so I wait until I get really lumbered like , you know , cos er , if you have the then you can take it back after it 's born and er , get a refund on it get all the money back . |
| 7 | ‘ I would n't have given odds on it lasting ten minutes , ’ he says of the programme 's early days . |
| 8 | To those observers looking on it seemed hard to believe that the average IQ of the room 's inhabitants was 149 , and that they had more honours between them than a collection of top class civil servants — and to think that they had been reduced to such a pitiful state as this . |
| 9 | As the proportion of central support began to fall dramatically , local authority dependence on it became clearer . |
| 10 | Hugh , who had worn the uniform of a verderer for less than a twelvemonth , was no use to them as a guide and as the day grew on it became evident that his arm was causing him a great deal of pain . |
| 11 | If the amount is under £50 , ask for the customer 's cheque card and check that the details on it match those on the cheque . |
| 12 | Their testimony on it represents crucial , first-hand experience of which those planning for the hospital-based sector must take significant account . |
| 13 | It will be seen that where Lautro is advised to serve or is considering the service of an intervention notice on a member , the rules do not place any obligation on it to give that member any advance warning of the intended action , nor to give him any opportunity to make representations before the intervention notice is served . |
| 14 | It was a number of weeks ago I had cause to sit on it to do some paperwork ; I then found out I was to be a father again . |
| 15 | Near the fireplace a table had been installed , and on it placed two bottles . |
| 16 | So if you put the Ts back , if you put the tab sign back on it brings all those vitamin Cs , fibres and fats up as well |
| 17 | For example , desperate politicians tend to fall back on it to appease working class voters in the United States and the United Kingdom . |
| 18 | I knew an empty beer keg when I was tied to one , and the last time I 'd seen that particular one there had been a young punk called Emma sitting on it nostrilling certain noxious and probably illegal substances . |
| 19 | The proposed legislation relies on it to find technical solutions that are cost effective while permitting the development of its technology . ’ |
| 20 | This Condition can only have effect if it is called into operation by the party wishing to rely on it giving written notice to the other to that effect . |
| 21 | Crumbling masonry means the Dolphin Centre needs millions spending on it to make sure it is safe . |