Example sentences of "[noun sg] of [noun] on [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | She slammed the saucepan of potatoes on to the draining board . |
| 2 | He threw a piece of paper on to the floor . |
| 3 | h ) If the machine is a Silver Reed or Knitmaster : Put a tiny piece of vaseline on to the lever attached to the back of the machine that trips the lever that the punchcard rotates on . |
| 4 | They all had a meal together , then , as the September evening was warm , Ken Stevens wheeled Jennifer 's wheelchair outside and Valerie carried a tray of coffee on to the patio . |
| 5 | ( b ) In some circumstances , individual solicitors may be required to attend a relevant training course as a condition of acceptance on to the panel . |
| 6 | the arrangements it makes for the admission of students on to the Bar Vocational Course ; |
| 7 | The court ruled on June 20 that the 1965 Voting Rights Act applied to judicial elections , thereby allowing voters to challenge election methods which were alleged to militate against the election of minorities on to the bench . |
| 8 | She saw his attempts to wish his own brand of authority on to the production as little more than temperamental interference , and , in turn , told him how he should play his scenes . |
| 9 | Henry unscrewed the top of the brass cylinder and shook out a bundle of sticks on to the table . |
| 10 | Raynor had tipped a basket of logs on to the fire , and warmth and light were washing over the room . |
| 11 | Like many men of the muirlands and remote districts of Ayrshire in the 17th century , John was a fervent opponent of the imposition of Episcopacy on to the Scottish Kirk . |
| 12 | Procedures for preparation of tax computations will have to be reviewed to ensure easy transfer of figures on to the new returns . |
| 13 | now he passed that on , that had , sort of knowledge on through the people in the shop okay , if you , soon as that link gets broken and you go into a shop something like erm Burtons okay , big retail shop like Burtons , you go in there you 'll have a manager in there and assistants and so on , but their background knowledge has nothing to do with tailoring , nothing at all |
| 14 | Two were already straining from the hands of their masters , neck ruffs erect as they waited for the moment of release on to the sawdust-strewn pit floor . |
| 15 | Hold this left transfer tool in your left hand and take the three stitches at right of centre on to the second transfer tool in the same way . |
| 16 | He pulled open the rear door and tossed the package of books on to the back seat , together with his gear . |
| 17 | They stripped these books down to their narrative skeletons , then scattered a string of incidents on to the screen without caring whether they moved or excited the audience . |
| 18 | Heroic efforts alone could lift a poor man and woman , or even their children , out of the slough of demoralisation on to the firm plateau of respectability and , above all , define his position there . |
| 19 | Rachel sat for a moment as the wind playfully tossed a handful of leaves on to the bonnet of the car , and as she turned the key in the ignition she realised she was trembling . |
| 20 | A little while later , still holding Maura in his arms , Michael threw his handful of dirt on to the coffin . |
| 21 | Doncaster staged it 's first meeting since the abandonment of the St Leger fixture but it was a disappointing turnout with a total of only 29 runners , which included a walk-over by Tebitto , who won £4,491 because of the defection of Tap On in the Sea Pigeon Handicap Hurdle . |
| 22 | As it was , alongside the battering ram of Scottish public opinion came the well-directed arrows of Charter 88 's Democracy Day to force the key questions of liberalising and decentralising the governance of Britain on to the political map . |
| 23 | I watched him dip into a bucket and throw a scoopful of water on to the hot stones of the fire . |
| 24 | Simmons remembers Le Mans qualifying last year when Egbert Streuer rubbed some of his Dutch sense of humour on to the Briton . |
| 25 | It pointed out that , in the pressure areas , it had had only modest success in achieving a steady flow of land on to the market . |
| 26 | It comes in a clever pack with an on/switch to control the flow of lotion on to the roller . |
| 27 | This can be seen as a system for design in which the mapping of function on to the geometric domains is raised to the next level in which the requirement to manage and control the process is mapped on to the sub-processes or departments . |
| 28 | The steward deposited the steaming hot cup of coffee on to the table in front of him , slopping some into the saucer in the process . |
| 29 | As the nun passed Kelly 's table , she knocked the remains of a glass of port on to the ground . |
| 30 | He twitched his shoulders as if shrugging the burden of Georgina on to the new arrival . |