Example sentences of "on it [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yeah but you only knit on the welt , then you put the needles on it spare pin , on a pin |
| 2 | There was , but it said on it Twelve foot six . |
| 3 | She says Chris , that 's her in office , she 's told me that I 'm off the subsidy now , she says I 've been on it twelve week and er |
| 4 | Dad was under his car working on it one Sunday morning when the police drove by and handed him a ‘ producer ’ , which meant that he had to go to the police station with all his driving documents . |
| 5 | On a visit to Scarborough with Janet Rigby , they walked over a bridge and said they would meet up again on it one day . |
| 6 | THE CAT 'S BEEN SLEEPING ON IT ALL AFTERNOON ! |
| 7 | Not only was he working on it all day at home , but he had to travel about the country collecting information . |
| 8 | — That night , a perfect night for Manjiku , when he goes prowling in his hunger , under a moon that 's big as the sun , Amadé slides her body into the sea and feels chilled with terror , though the water 's not really cold , the sun shines on it all day . |
| 9 | ‘ I 've been on it all day and it hurts . |
| 10 | Now that cape , it would be raining on it all night , and we had no means of drying it so that cape was left on a hanger in the house and the next coat was taken and that was worn but for some reason it seemed to be always raining on nights and you had coat wet and you came to go out it was still damp . |
| 11 | Sit on it all night . |
| 12 | My passport was wet and creased from where I had lain on it all night ; but it was there . |
| 13 | She had pondered on it all night — that and the image of his laughing eyes and the way his full , firm lips tipped so readily into that wickedly sexy smile . |
| 14 | We got the Gilbey bar but I no the answer to that question would be if any company or org organisation was prepared or wished to talk about funding the theatre in any way and I think were 'd be more than welcome to sit down with and talk them and say well how would you perceive that which way would you like to go about it how can we assist that and I think we 're be open to suggestions from them how they see it I mean you know it could be seats it could be programmes it could be any any arrange of things that we 'd certainly welcome who approach us from companies but we I think we are pro-active in sense that we do n't wait for that to happen we actually go out but was said early I think given the recession it has been difficult lately to actually go out to companies and say I mean sure companies like the Harlow Council find it extremely finance the finances extremely difficult on them and with the recession it 's really difficult for them to actually find funding and I know lot 's of companies who actually cutting back on it certain areas I think funding of oth outside organisations will be one of the areas they 'll be cutting back on . |
| 15 | Like Mary Kingsley she was down-to-earth and when her expedition reached Abu Simbel she was horrified to see that the colossal figure of Rameses II was disfigured by plaster left on it fifty years before by an enthusiastic cast-maker . |
| 16 | Nick had a wart and he spat on it first thing every morning and by the end of the week it was gone . ’ |
| 17 | He said , ‘ We 'll get going on it first thing tomorrow . |
| 18 | No I had kids on it other day , you 'd 've laughed but that tells all about it , all God knows what |
| 19 | Assuming that no mature way can be found to speak from the workers ' culture or meaning system , as opposed to breaking it down and imposing on it other meaning systems such as that espoused by management , then passive individuals will be fostered . |
| 20 | Bob wanted chicken tikka massala and then he said give me the list and wrote down on it two chicken tikka massalas so I look on that and I ca n't see anything two chicken kormas , one and two chicken tikka massalas . |
| 21 | Oh it were I play a bloody tune on it bloody snake charmer |
| 22 | An exclusion clause gives the party relying on it total exemption for the breach whereas a limitation clause limits liability to a specified amount . |
| 23 | ‘ I 'll be on it next year . |
| 24 | It was a hundred and fifty thousand pounds last year , a hundred fifty po thousand this year and whether he will put the breaks on it next year cos he needs the money , I do n't know . |
| 25 | I can not promise a debate on it next week , but perhaps he will find his own opportunities to discuss it in greater detail . |
| 26 | Well done Joy erm a nice summary of a complex book and er there 's obviously a lot of things that will have to go of the erm lecture on it next week , so really this is not due to be talked about . |
| 27 | you get a Q plate on it questionable registration . |
| 28 | Laying his cloak on the ground , he threw on it gold rings and pearls and precious stones . |
| 29 | Ever since Vogue homed in on it last December , the Wonderbra has been literally bouncing off the shelves . |
| 30 | I mean I lost weight on it last year . |