Example sentences of "on it [pers pn] " in BNC.

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1 If the wind had been stronger or the tide just a touch faster it 's broken on it we 'd be this minute !
2 David added : ‘ Yeah , when we 're on it we have a great laugh like . ’
3 On it we would have found the names of other distinguished old Summerhillians … unfortunately , Eric has been delayed at Stonehenge , and has not yet got to grips with the design .
4 On it we normally get the full title and sub-title , the author 's name or pseudonym , his qualifications and , sometimes , the titles of other important or popular books he has written with , at the foot , the publisher 's imprint and , more often than not , the date .
5 If we push down on the canvas by putting a heavy object on it we create a dent .
6 We 've got everything on it we can . ’
7 Well if you want facts and figures on it we can give you it but I 'll tell you what it 's meant to I 'll tell you what it 's meant training service I can tell you what it 's meant to the royal dockyards which we 've got to talk about yet from thirteen thousand , in some instances you 're down to five .
8 Whatever interpretation you put on it we are trying to maintain progress , ’ Blake continued .
9 Mm , we ca n't bid on it we 're not in the top group .
10 First of all , as I say , we only deal through motor traders anyway , and there is this liability that the motor trade have anyway , and obviously if if something like that has happened it 's going to occur fairly rapidly , but certainly within three months or three thousand miles , and obviously the owner of the vehicle has a redress to the dealer and obviously if there 's one of our policies on it we would probably accept liability on that , although I ca n't say for definite .
11 If you 're not sure if you ca n't remember try C because it 's more likely to be right so you 're going to get more marks Oh he 's got this right and they wo n't be putting careless on it they 'll say Oh he knows what he 's doing here .
12 But then what happened it was so successful for and I think got so greedy on it they decided to go an American
13 Those boys who work on it they 've that stuff up there ready for the exam you see .
14 But I think that erm once they 'd got started on it they would find it very beneficial in terms of erm improving their kind of over-all general image .
15 When we were working on it it was just a load of excavations .
16 fix a roof on it it could be made into a very attractive rural type property , it it 's typical of the kind of property which in a village we 're dying for
17 Cos , if you got a room , and you spill on it it would n't matter .
18 Only up to where the water if you put your back on it it was freezing .
19 I was gon na say if you had flowers on it it 'd be a bit
20 news on it it 's death and destruction there is n't it ?
21 Well I was trying to draw your attention , right she had pieces of pink paper right that was mi , and on the desk , on our side and on it it had a fe , erm it was she 'd she had received some er goods or something like that there , it was on a piece of pink paper and the signature on it was Houston !
22 like that on it it makes it a lot more expensive would n't it ?
23 Yeah , a see-through one with blue stickers , it 's got erm on it It 's got Whitney Houston on it .
24 It 's go My Girl on it It 's got Maria , what 's her name ?
25 Mariah Carey on it It 's got Madness on it .
26 The picture of the young couple came into her mind again ; and on it she thought : there must be a different way of life .
27 Miss Honey found a tray and on it she put two mugs , the teapot , the half bottle of milk and a plate with the two slices of bread .
28 ‘ There 's a girl to see you , Miss Emily , insists on it she does , quite cheeky she is , mind . ’
29 I can only guess that for erm some reason the bolts on the back of the chair fell off , or came lose and when she sat on it she leaned on the back , in an unusual position and fell through !
30 Further back sat a heavy wooden table , and on it she found a note from the building 's owner , informing her that provisions had been left in the fridge , that there was an ample supply of coal and logs in the shed outside , and wishing her ‘ good snow and happy skiing ’ .
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