Example sentences of "[pron] [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 31 | He unzipped the holdall , took out a couple of Boyt shoulder holsters and dropped them on to the table before delving into the holdall again for two handguns carefully wrapped in strips of green cloth . |
| 32 | What they had failed to do was pass them on to the laity . |
| 33 | Hawkmoths , which are among the swiftest insect flyers capable of speeds of 50 kph , have reduced their hind wings very considerably in size and latched them on to the long narrow fore-wings with a curved bristle . |
| 34 | From the beginning of their history , the amphibians were hunters , preying on the worms , insects and other invertebrates that had preceded them on to the land . |
| 35 | ( iii ) Transfer embryos to 1% glutaraldehyde in 0.1 M cacodylate buffer pH 7.4 and mouth pipette them on to the centre of a prepared coverslip . |
| 36 | With a flick of its head , it throws them on to the water . |
| 37 | He pulled off his work jeans and threw them on to the little pile in the corner . |
| 38 | The shop-keeper nodded with eventual understanding , cut off a huge bunch of bright green grapes and threw them on to the scales . |
| 39 | She had brought things to make their evening meal and she emptied them on to the work-counter : wine , cheese , spinach , onions , bread , the pink-white tines of a rack of lamb , as if all the promise of their future lay in the guarantee of such ordinariness being possible . |
| 40 | The prisoners were taken to the riverside , where a boat was waiting to take them on to the prison-ship . |
| 41 | He tossed them on to the back seat and went to the passenger side of the car . |
| 42 | Use the template on this page to cut out lots of tiny Trefoils and stick them on to the bookmark . |
| 43 | To give the screens extra stability , screw them on to the floor or support them with hooks attached to the wall . |
| 44 | Planting consists merely of tossing them on to the surface of the water . |
| 45 | She peeled off the pants , and tossed them on to the chair . |
| 46 | Their views are then taken forward to the Central Association which passes them on to the Bank through forums such as the Joint Consultative Committee . |
| 47 | Maurice snatched out a pile and loaded them on to the reeling Edward . |
| 48 | Sliding them on to the desk , she snapped open her briefcase and took out her calculator . |
| 49 | She carried them on to the terrace in front of the house , and sat down , intending to read one of the paperback books she 'd brought with her until the light faded . |
| 50 | The Crown claim Butler had collected information about his movement in the town and passed them on to the IRA . |
| 51 | I have enclosed two digests and I would be grateful if you could pass them on to the most appropriate person within your association . |
| 52 | I flung them on to the bed where she should have been , but was n't . |
| 53 | He walked around picking up files , looking at them and then throwing them on to the floor . |
| 54 | The captain of the guard led them on to the scaffold , a scrawny-faced clerk gabbled out the sentence of the court . |
| 55 | Actually , it was me who put them on to the place . ) |
| 56 | When they do use bricks here , they paint them brick red so you will know they are bricks , then they stick them on to the front outside walls as an ornamental display . |
| 57 | In every generation , REPRODUCTION takes the genes that are supplied to it by the previous generation , and hands them on to the next generation but with minor random errors — mutations . |
| 58 | The response will give particulars of the expert and the APIL member(s) who put them on to the database and who can be contacted for a more personal recommendation . |
| 59 | And that they , two people , you know somebody every week will collect in all the languages books and take them along er , or the language homework and take them along to their language teacher and the other one will take the history le , homework and take them on to the history teacher , and then they go off to assembly alright ? |
| 60 | Spokeswoman Jane McLean said yesterday : ‘ After that we stopped recording the calls and passed them on to the JobCentre at Holywell , which is handling the recruitment . ’ |