Example sentences of "[conj] [v-ing] it on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | or watching it on the radio or television . |
| 5 | But for him to go self-employed will cost him more money than doing it on the bl black market . |
| 6 | ‘ Like some coffee ? ’ said Wilcox , taking her coat and hanging it on the back of the door . |
| 7 | Then one morning I did not go early for my paper , and seeing it on the mat Cedric brought it to me . |
| 8 | Like tying a bottle on the door and sticking it on the window and knock the door and they had to come , crash the bottle would go . |
| 9 | After a quick wash she dragged on an old pair of jeans and an equally ancient navy sweater before emptying the bucket and replacing it on the dresser . |
| 10 | I remember boiling the milk and pouring it on the tea leaves . |
| 11 | Walter made quite a business from stealing rationed food from the grocer he worked for and selling it on the black market , while Theo dealt mostly in men 's clothes which he shifted on to a second-hand dealer who paid ready cash . |
| 12 | Would you say that cutting meat and getting it on the shelf every day , takes your department forward ? |
| 13 | Trrrrrrrrrrrrrfffaow ! ’ and kicking it on the run , blasting a dirty fountain of sand and jelly up and around mc . |
| 14 | ‘ I was , ’ he told her , snatching the blanket from his shoulder and spreading it on the ground . |
| 15 | They 're trying to pick it off and doing it on the big grass . |
| 16 | ‘ I am sorry to hear it , ’ said Theda , dragging her attention back and focusing it on the lady . |
| 17 | But , as a spokesman for the UN 's International Maritime Organisation said ‘ there 's nothing to stop a tanker 's skipper dumping oil and blaming it on the war ’ . |
| 18 | Its sudden reappearance , a product of the uncertain economic times in Eastern Europe , at first seemed easily explained , but whether it was wartime booty or a token of gratitude , whether a museum who may or may not have owned it wanted it back or not , whether it was legally correct or amoral , by putting it up for auction ( and illustrating it on the catalogue cover ) Sotheby 's assured themselves of one thing : whatever they did would be wrong . |
| 19 | the notion of getting hold of a sort of re a perceived object and dropping it on the floor and watching it split into it 's component parts is quite appealing If you take a , if you imagine , you could take an object that you 're perceiving , yes ? |
| 20 | Taking the score out of my brief-case and putting it on the podium : that is not my way . |
| 21 | Lean forward as you rise As in the beach start , by leaning down on a straight front arm you are taking the weight off the back of the board and putting it on the mast foot . |
| 22 | Mrs Blakey was already bustling about , taking butter from the fridge and putting it on the edge of the Aga to soften , taking a sliced loaf from the bread-bin . |
| 23 | ‘ Try harder , ’ he appealed and , taking her wine glass from her and putting it on the table , he drew her close . |
| 24 | It is planned to achieve this by renovating the original ( 1903 ) corrugated iron goods shed and extending it on the sou east side where the dilapidated lean-to addition will be removed . |
| 25 | He pushed the wadding carefully into the cartridge before taking it from Benny and placing it on the garden wall . |
| 26 | ‘ There , ’ she said , taking a jar from the sideboard and placing it on the table . |
| 27 | ‘ Comin' up , ’ Jenkins replied , uncapping a Budweiser and placing it on the counter in front of Laidlaw . |
| 28 | ( Constanza has a habit of slipping it off and placing it on the table in front of her . |
| 29 | But he had written all over this one — the handwriting was unmistakable — before tearing it and throwing it on the floor . |
| 30 | Taking the purple book off the pillow and laying it on the floor , he had tried to think logically . |