Example sentences of "on it [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But er he went on it a couple of times could n't did n't like . |
| 2 | On it a pavilion was built , joined by separate bridges to the French and Spanish banks of the river , so that neither minister should have to pass through foreign territory . |
| 3 | But before she could dwell on it a vehicle pulled up at the office door . |
| 4 | From one she extracted the brown exercise book , more creased and folded than when she had first set eyes on it a quarter of an hour or so before . |
| 5 | been on it a fortnight . |
| 6 | This attitude has provoked strong reactions from various gallery holders who have benefited by the system , some of whom accuse Mr Job de Ruiter , the chairman of the Arts Council , of wanting to dictate the taste of the public by forcing on it a type of art it simply does n't want . |
| 7 | It had originally been built from the proceeds of the sale of indulgences and originally had on it a chapel to St. Anne . |
| 8 | ‘ Well , why do n't we chew on it a bit ? ’ asked the ageing Chairman . |
| 9 | They 're concentrating on it a bit now , are n't they . |
| 10 | On it a body , half-decayed , still turned and twisted in its iron jacket . |
| 11 | They then draw lots in the form of a scorecard , unseen , which has written on it a target number and position . |
| 12 | And it had on painted hose of black and white , so cunningly painted that no man who saw them would have thought but that they were grieves and cuishes , unless he had laid his hand upon them ; and they put on it a surcoat of green sendal , having his arms blazoned thereon , and a helmet of parchment , which was cunningly painted that every one might have believed it to be iron ; and his shield was hung round his neck , and they placed the sword Tizona in his hand , and they raised his arm , and fastened it up so subtilly that it was a marvel to see how upright he held the sword . |
| 13 | IP , however , partially retains this approach but superimposes on it a distinction between direct and precatory words . |
| 14 | An average crop has between 100 and 400kg per hectare of nitrogen deposited on it every year , and between 70 and 150kg per hectare is leached into the ground and filters through to the water systems . |
| 15 | In ancient Egypt , doctors put wheat and barley seeds into separate cloth purses and then told the woman to ‘ pass her water on it every day … |
| 16 | He 's worked on it every day you 've been gone . |
| 17 | You spend twenty minutes on it every night , and you scratch off a layer of dead skin . |
| 18 | — Because of the shit that 's put on it every week . |
| 19 | There the air rises hotly and on it an eagle may soar further south to where Slorne 's kind live , and where my kind come from too . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ If we do n't step on it the inn will have closed for the afternoon , and we wo n't get a glass of the urine of Culex pipiens . |
| 21 | Cut a new piece of timber , and mark on it the shape of piece required . |
| 22 | ‘ Looking back on it the plan could n't have been simpler but we must have rehearsed it forty times . |
| 23 | but er , a lot of them got on the twelve six , you goes the twelve thirty one any way we waved to her when she got on it the coach you see was full at Bart Green , you got , at Redditch |
| 24 | Once the weight of the rope was on it the hook stayed firmly in place . |
| 25 | I tried to get her to send me a memo with a pound sign on it the day after any night she had masturbated thinking about Lee , but she never did . |
| 26 | That is where I spilled vodka on it the day I wore it for the first time . ’ |
| 27 | There was another blackboard on the wall and on it the legend : ‘ Arrived on time . |
| 28 | And what this means is that from now on the cla lectures will trail the classes , which , which does n't matter and is actually quite er a good thing in the sense that what will happen from now on is that we 'll first do a topic in the class and then I will give the lecture on it the week after , or possibly even two weeks after , which is okay because it means that then in the lecture I can concentrate on filling in the gaps , straightening out the misunderstandings and generally adding to what we did in the class , rather than leading as it were as I have up until now . |
| 29 | Not a day went by but she saw Anthony 's face , and superimposed on it the face of Stavros , smirking slightly as he had been in the cemetery . |
| 30 | Mark on it the width of plank from which the brackets will be cut . |