Example sentences of "[noun] of [noun] on [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She slammed the saucepan of potatoes on to the draining board . |
| 2 | At Cheltenham , they recoup early losses with a late hat-trick of winners ; at Brighton , they come badly unstuck ; and at Redcar they pull off a major coup , smuggling suitcase-loads of money on to a 7–1 shot past the eagle eye of the bookies . |
| 3 | One former Edinburgh male compositor who worked at Constable 's told me in a letter that " we as apprentices … used to help the ladies by lifting the formes of type on to the stones , so as they could do corrections , and lift them down " It could in fact have perfectly well been done by a strong woman or by two women cooperating , and in any case took very little time . |
| 4 | He threw a piece of paper on to the floor . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | The concept reared up fully formed : the sparkling snowflake of Steel City fragmenting from the hub of fire , spilling bodies into vacuum , the debris plunging flaming spears of fall-out on to the dense towns of Earth . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | ( b ) In some circumstances , individual solicitors may be required to attend a relevant training course as a condition of acceptance on to the panel . |
| 9 | the arrangements it makes for the admission of students on to the Bar Vocational Course ; |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Mark lines of bandages on to the mummy 's limbs and head with a pointed cocktail stick . |
| 13 | Cyril emptied several grams of cocaine on to a circular mirror and began to cut it up with a razor blade . |
| 14 | Henry unscrewed the top of the brass cylinder and shook out a bundle of sticks on to the table . |
| 15 | This rather defeats its theoretical purpose of putting different types of loan over different periods of time on to an identical basis for comparison . |
| 16 | Raynor had tipped a basket of logs on to the fire , and warmth and light were washing over the room . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | Procedures for preparation of tax computations will have to be reviewed to ensure easy transfer of figures on to the new returns . |
| 19 | 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 |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | Staff Sergeant McRobb supervising the loading of vehicles on to a Royal Corps of Transport craft at the military Port of Marchwood near Southampton |
| 23 | He pulled open the rear door and tossed the package of books on to the back seat , together with his gear . |
| 24 | Use a little royal icing to cement the two pieces of roof on to the sloping sides of the house , propping up the eaves with toothpicks too if necessary . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | A little while later , still holding Maura in his arms , Michael threw his handful of dirt on to the coffin . |
| 29 | There are also less dramatic seepages of volatiles on to the Earth 's surface . |
| 30 | The Polish replica moved the breaking of Enigma on from a theoretical exercise to a practical one and Knox always gave the Poles credit for the part they played . |