Example sentences of "[adj] on [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | As they broke out of the covert on to the open parkland the bright sun made them squint . |
| 2 | It is tempting to try to cram as much information as possible on to the page , a solid mass of print is unattractive to the eye and is unlikely to be read . |
| 3 | They will try to cram as many Minis as possible on to the Lake Windermere ferry and see how many consecutive journeys they can make . |
| 4 | You put that on at the right time |
| 5 | What my pals wanted and I put that on to the pitch . |
| 6 | Er again on the national level , if you think there 's a , a campaign you wan na be involved in or wan na get started I 'll put that on to the area N U S who will , if it 's a credible case , will put it forward to the National Executive . |
| 7 | The third she found broken , knocked over on to its side , the water dripping from a puddle on the windowsill on to a seat below and through that on to the floor , and the flowers scattered and brown-edged , as if they 'd been picked for their beauty and freshness by a little girl and then loosed regardlessly on the path from her sticky hands as she ran off to do something else . |
| 8 | Theodora had passed none of that on to the Archdeacon , and he had himself offered no judgement . |
| 9 | Put all that on for the attention of Mr Ray |
| 10 | I 'll tell you this — if they had tried that on with the Liverpool team of the mid-1960s that included Ron Yeats , Ian St John , Gerry Byrne and myself the match would never have taken place . |
| 11 | How many times had she put that on in the privacy of her room and seen the different being it presented , especially when she also donned the leghorn hat . |
| 12 | T : When they put this on at The Brain ( a club in London ) it cleared the floor ! |
| 13 | I asked Edwards whether putting this on for the unveiling — maximization for the sponsor , the click and clack of computer keys tapping — had been part of the deal . |
| 14 | There is some indication that the Government would like to put this on to the back burner , in order to concentrate the minds of schools on reportable results and market performance . |
| 15 | When the nest-cup is well formed the bird fetches lichen and weaves this on to the outside of the nest . |
| 16 | She tells me that ‘ the mother is just going through the process of grieving for the child she has n't had ’ ( the child is already eight months old ) : the health visitor 's instruction in the art of creating unpersons has been exemplary , and no doubt she is keen to pass this on to the mother . |
| 17 | Dry and weigh , use an equal weight of sugar , sprinkle this on to the stems in a shallow dish and leave for two days . |
| 18 | One man told me that they left a rough sort of ramp at one side of the corn , and the horse slid down this on to the middlestead . |
| 19 | I passed this on to the assembled crowd — Lisabeth in her dressing-gown constituted a crowd by herself — and held up my hands to silence the chorus of ‘ what'll-we-do-now ? ’ |
| 20 | We have a different role , but nevertheless and even , an important one is perhaps in even looking further ahead than the Emergency Planning and therefore I would support er in being brief I would support very much erm Mr 's er motion if you can call it a motion which has been seconded and I hope that other members will will agree that erm we can pass this on to the Chief Executive who obviously will be doing this in any case , but it would give er a a an added er measure if you like er I 'm talking in terms of member involvement in pressing for er a wider look of what has happened after this sad flood has been dealt with . |
| 21 | ‘ And I take it you want me to pass this on to the investigating team ? ’ |
| 22 | You ca n't blame all this on to the men . |
| 23 | How many more will try this on in the future ? |
| 24 | Instead , she focused her attention on the children as they opened the box pews and , in the case of the young ones , helped one another on to the seats . |
| 25 | When they reach the source of the drumming they climb up one ladder and then another on to the top roof of the house . |
| 26 | There is a sudden scuffle as one of the dancers collapses , delirious on to the stone floor . |
| 27 | Some of the latter were portable so that a current of air could be allowed to play direct on to the patients ' faces . |
| 28 | Re-fix the plastic rose direct on to the exposed timber noggin below the plaster . |
| 29 | A woman — your mother — had been flung clear on to the soft shoulder . |
| 30 | Robert Alner , Spring Fun 's rider , was also second when Elver Season , 7-2 on for the Open , offered surprisingly little resistance when tackled by Timlyn . |