Example sentences of "and [vb base] it on [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Remove the dough from the bowl and knead it on a floured board until smooth , about 5 minutes . |
| 2 | Th thing is , you can put it on there , put it on sta you can er film it , and bang it on the big screen over there . |
| 3 | For example , many a small child knows that to alleviate the pain and irritation of a nettle sting he need only reach for the nearest broad-leaved docken , ( Rumex obtusifolius ) and rub it on the offending part for instant relief . |
| 4 | ‘ Most people consolidate their information periodically and report it on a monthly basis : they tend to have huge consolidation exercises that go on for days . |
| 5 | Stand the pot in water until the surface of the compost looks moist , then pop a clear , polythene bag over the top and place it on a warm and sunny window-sill . |
| 6 | Very carefully , lift your outline of Santa from the surface and place it on a floured baking tray . |
| 7 | Then take a second card from the middle pile and place it on the other outside pile . |
| 8 | If properly encouraged , they could carry the small amount of pollen necessary for fertilisation and place it on the exact spot in the female flower where it was required . |
| 9 | Plans are afoot to dismantle the Control Tower brick by brick and reassemble it on a seven acre plot of land that has been acquired as a shrine to the famous musician . |
| 10 | We have already stressed at the end of Chapter 6 how important it is to record your daily weight and also to chart it and plot it on a monthly graph . |
| 11 | It will pay you dividends , so long as you do n't say " Silly old codgers " and put it on a top shelf . |
| 12 | ‘ Teach me to live , that I may dread/The grave as little as my bed ’ , he had written ; in this spirit he carried his shroud in a portmanteau and put it on a few days before his death at Longleat in 1711 , which his friends considered to have been advanced by his fasting and mortifications . |
| 13 | He removed the vase and put it on the occasional table next to the wedding photograph . |
| 14 | When I had eaten the first course of cabbage , and the second of meat pudding , potato and carrots , I poured cold water into my used billycan and put it on the lighted stove . |
| 15 | As with the data manipulation unit , these units are able to carry out any one of an appropriate set of operations when signalled by the control unit ; for example , to read a digit punched on paper tape and store it in a specified store location or to retrieve a digit from a specified store location and print it on an electric typewriter . |
| 16 | They still want to take the park over and run it on a similar operation to Southsea/Rom . |
| 17 | He had to drag out of nature whatever lay hidden and ‘ inferior ’ — to use Jung 's word — and exhibit it on the opened-out surface of a work of art . |
| 18 | Erm but er I hope you 're not going to way that er Westminster Council has gone , for each er er er , er er th their property into disrepair they bought it up , do it up and flog it on the open market when a few yards away there are people no a er now sleeping under bridges and canals ! |
| 19 | It is always possible that some ingenious modification of its protective belt will lead to some spectacular discovery that will bring the programme to life again and set it on a progressive phase . |
| 20 | With the authority of a man used to calling hounds to heel he 'd taken the arm from the dog , wrapped it in a towel and set it on the draining board . |
| 21 | To get the best use from Lexis you need to be trained over three levels and use it on a regular basis . |
| 22 | But what , the best thing to do is get organised on it , and do it on a weekly basis , say , self-development this week is the personal pension plan . |
| 23 | I cut the crop quite green and dry it on a Tyrolean-type wire fence ( see p. 108 ) . |
| 24 | Moreover , there are already other pressures towards monthly budgeting ( such as monthly rent or fuel payments ) ; these pressures are likely to set up more financial strain for people who get their pay weekly and spend it on a weekly basis than for people who get paid monthly . |
| 25 | She set it down on a footstool beside the open fire , then leaned across to take something from a bowl on the mantlepiece and sprinkle it on the burning logs . |
| 26 | The winner must waive the normal six months ' grace afforded to a champion and defend it on a 50-50 purse basis when called upon . |