Example sentences of "[pron] [adv prt] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Out of his sack he fished a pair of sticky-rubber knee-pads and proceeded to strap them on with a complicated system of webbing . |
| 2 | The next day , place the black fondant tiles all over the roof , in neat overlapping rows , securing them on with a little water or royal icing . |
| 3 | ‘ I always wanted to work with a squad of young players and bring them on for a few seasons . |
| 4 | They happen to do something where there is an enormous organization geared up to pushing them on to a pedestal . |
| 5 | It is pesticide-free and traps male moths by luring them on to a sticky pad with the aid of a sex attractant ( a pheromene lure capsule ) given off by female moths to attract a mate . |
| 6 | They went down a narrow lane called Smugglers ' Gully , which led them on to a wild rocky headland . |
| 7 | The complete task involved lifting a number of panels from their storage racks , loading them on to a jig , clamping them into position , arc welding a seam to join them , and then transferring the welded sub-assembly from the jig to another storage rack so that it could be transported to the next production stage . |
| 8 | Why not pass them on to a hospital or children 's home where they will be treasured . |
| 9 | Catherine 's anger was also aroused when a photographer took pictures of her topless on the French Riviera and sold them on to a men 's magazine . |
| 10 | But then to pass them on to a third party is heinous . ’ |
| 11 | The reason for this may well be that the hospital consultant is reluctant to let go medical responsibility for former patients and thrust them on to a local GP , but he is not normally easily available when off duty or working in a clinic many miles away . |
| 12 | He nodded , and Lissa opened it , then added the key to her own set and tossed them on to a ledge next to her bag . |
| 13 | ‘ A person who receives goods on sale or return and at once passes them on to someone else under a like contract is entitled to demand them from that third person just as soon as the original owner of the goods has the right to demand them from him , but I am clear that , if he allows a period to elapse before he hands them on to a third person on sale or return , he has done an act which limits and impedes his power of returning the goods . |
| 14 | Vitor slept for almost an hour and so did Thomas , but both of them awoke as they neared the outskirts of Lisbon , just in time , for now Ashley needed directions , and Vitor navigated them on to a bypass and north along minor roads . |
| 15 | And but he can get them on to a disk . |
| 16 | And suddenly he took the rumours and put them on like a coat . |
| 17 | And how they used to They used to put them on like a You know what these two-wheeled barrows like they put the sacks on , do n't you ? |
| 18 | Pot up the small young plants as ‘ plugs ’ and grow them on in a frame or a greenhouse — or even in a wooden box covered with polythene . |
| 19 | I did put my shoes on cos I thought I sha n't get them on in a minute because my feet swell when I sit down . |
| 20 | Another time she seemed to have nothing on under a grass skirt as she danced on a mirrored floor . |
| 21 | I remember Morris willing me on through a mist of deep deep unconsciousness . |
| 22 | ‘ How about taking me on as a lift attendant ? ’ |
| 23 | It 's Beethoven 's Ode to Joy , the the last movement of Beethoven 's ninth symphony , erm , you 'd know the tune , you 'd recognise it , particularly if you had a better singer than me on as a accompaniment . |
| 24 | ‘ Anyway , we remained friends , and when he decided to come down here and start his practice I asked if he would take me on as a pupil veterinary nurse . |
| 25 | My brother could make me cry just by lifting me on to a five-foot-high garden trellis and leaving me there , so I was hardly a miniature Chris Bonnington . |
| 26 | ‘ He shoved me on to a toilet seat and punched me , ’ Claire said . |
| 27 | Whatever information you can send me to help steer me on to a path to a more rewarding career would be most appreciated . |
| 28 | He admires in Horace ‘ the beauty , force and vehemence of Impression : which leads me on to a more rare and entertaining subject , not anywhere ( I think ) insisted on by others ’ . |
| 29 | When I was a schoolgirl some friends took me on to a farm and I used to watch the milking and think what a grand life it was , so healthy , not at all like life in the pits and the factories . |
| 30 | ’ You put me on to a good thing , ’ he went on , ’ with Ardakke . |