Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] it on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | And as Joe was saying , he said , all we do is just go back to them and just try and say well look you know when you come to see us again do you want to accept this or regret it on the basis that you 're going to strike , but all the other section in the company 's accepted that . |
| 2 | I told the others , ‘ we either write some new songs and start behaving like a proper band again or knock it on the head , this time for good ’ . |
| 3 | Place the joint in a trivet over the tin , or put it on the oven rack directly above the roasting tin , so that the juices from the meat ‘ weep ’ into the potatoes and onions . |
| 4 | ‘ So only the person who served the lobster or put it on the plates could have poisoned it ? ’ |
| 5 | While running , Brownies must not drop the egg or hold it on the spoon with their fingers . |
| 6 | Someone who has received an object in exchange is like a buyer ; and so is someone who has received it in payment or retained it after settlement of a law suit or obtained it on the basis of a promise otherwise than as a gift . |
| 7 | The pervading atmosphere is one of the 1910s and 1920s , and the tone is set by the holiday houses hiding , like Undertown , among macracarpa trees , or braving it on the cliff with their faces looking to the Atlantic . |
| 8 | For example , a disabled plaintiff may require a motor car equipped with special devices to enable him to get in and out of it or to control it on the road . |
| 9 | It had been so dry that two days under the warm sun had been enough without letting it stand in stooks or draping it on the hedges . |
| 10 | Or write or write it on the table and the table |
| 11 | I notice that even when you are simply listening to music on tape or watching it on the TV monitor when you are editing you are still breathing with the music even though you are not conducting it . |
| 12 | or watching it on the radio or television . |
| 13 | But for him to go self-employed will cost him more money than doing it on the bl black market . |
| 14 | I could tell he was pleased with himself but a bit scared , just like when he used to keep the half-crown Father gave him on Sundays , rather than put it on the collection plate . |
| 15 | The owner of the estate , American John Kluge , agreed in principle to sell the estate to the crown rather than put it on the open market , but he did not consider the resulting offer to be high enough . |
| 16 | And then I 'll sell it to another store that sells it on the ground floor . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ Like some coffee ? ’ said Wilcox , taking her coat and hanging it on the back of the door . |
| 18 | So takes it up and knits it on the back . |
| 19 | I took my gun out of the closet and put two bullets in the magazine and laid it on the table beside my bed . |
| 20 | Louis carefully folded his handkerchief into a square and laid it on the deck beside his chair . |
| 21 | He took the flare from its bracket and laid it on the top of the trap-door . |
| 22 | The teacher then took a length of string , cut it to the height of the child and laid it on the ground on top of the shadow of Leanne . |
| 23 | He frowned , pulled the napkin from his lap and laid it on the table as he stood up , shrugging apologetically to his mother , seeming to indicate that it was the kind of thing that had happened before , from time to time . |
| 24 | She took off her hat and laid it on the table , and he saw with a sense of shock that her hair was white down the line of the parting where the tinting had grown out . |
| 25 | She put out her hand and laid it on the book , then said : |
| 26 | Gentle took off his heavy coat , and laid it on the chair by the door , knowing when he returned it would be warm and covered with cat hairs . |
| 27 | Then , on 11 April 1951 , they drove the stone to Arbroath and laid it on the altar of the ruined abbey , draped in the saltire flag of St Andrew . |
| 28 | He took a 78 from the shelf in the cabinet , wiped it with a fat hand , and laid it on the turntable . |
| 29 | He hastily unfastened the shoulder holster , too , and laid it on the table , then crossed to the fridge , found a can of 7-Up and drank deeply . |
| 30 | Donna pressed the ‘ End ’ button on the phone and laid it on the table . |