How To Use On In A Sentence

The ball rebounded from/off the wall into the pond.
Season with a pinch of salt and pepper. The Sun
I can't find any relevant material on him in the library.
Jeff, clad in board trunks and a T-shirt, leans back in his chair with the lappie on his, uhhh, lap, and his bare feet up on the desk. Savages
When the new foods that came from the Americas - peppers, summer squash and especially tomatoes - took hold in the region, a number of closely related dishes were born, including what we call ratatouille - and a man from La Mancha calls pisto, an Ikarian Greek calls soufiko and a Turk calls turlu. NYT > Home Page

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I don't touch garlic.
When we see her, we remember that hot July day doing five knots pulling Jess and Jerry on a tube and Russ skippering his first yacht.
The buildings are usually gabled, with rows of tiles along the ridges of the roofs.
If you wonder about ‘furphy’, as I did, here's a gloss and explanation.
Richardson, are proprietors of shows, and the berouged, bedraggled creatures who exhibit on the platform outside for their living. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 327, January, 1843
Some were members of Turkey's elite military class known as "pashas," a title of respect harking back to Ottoman military commanders Monday for allegedly planning to blow up mosques in order to trigger a military takeover and overthrow the WN.com - Photown News
While on the way thither she fell in with a polacre-rigged ship flying the The Naval History of the United States Volume 1 (of 2)
WorldCom promises not to impose a minimum call charge and no set up or monthly rental fee.
Lobefins today have dwindled to the lungfishes and the coelacanths ‘dwindled’ as ‘fish’, that is, but mightily expanded on land: we land vertebrates are aberrant lungfish. THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH
In my view his confrontational, gladiatorial style has been a major contributor to the widespread disdain of the British public for politicians generally. Times, Sunday Times
A little pyrotechnics display tacked on just serves to emphasise its lack of cutting edge. Times, Sunday Times
Within five years, a unified currency in 1933 the "central" issue of "legal tender" currency has been relatively stable, so Donglai Bank has to resume business.
My aunt is very old-fashioned.
Smith, who is also a director of Norwich City Football Club, said her CBE was a "very, very great honour". BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition
Blackpool Scorpions notched their first away win of the season against a good attacking Leigh team.
She tore her eyes from them for a moment to spy the bodhrán player in the tree, tapping out her rhythm with her eyes closed, not noticing the spy amongst them.
You think Spielberg would only have a rattletrap third-rate spaceship like the Millennium Falcon to ensure his survival? Does George Lucas think the world will end in 2012?
At the iron railings turn left into the war memorial gardens. Times, Sunday Times
Add white soy sauce and milk, season with salt and pepper to taste and bring to a simmer.
I'm just a little bit caught in the middle. Life is a maze and love is a riddle, I don't know where to go, can't do it alone.
These observations will provide a valuable supplement to the simultaneous records of other expeditions, especially the British in McMurdo Sound and the German in Weddell Sea, above all as regards the hypsometer observations (for the determination of altitude) on sledge journeys. The South Pole~ Remarks on the Meteorological Observations at Framheim
It sparked to life in the second act, when the symbolism gave way to themes of lust and sexual temptation.
By the time harmony was a few centuries old, it began to shiver and shake from them.
The application of fertilizer increased the size of the plants.
I bought a dozen eggs and every one of them was bad.
But they have an undeniable gentleness and elephantine beauty about them, with their hanging folds of skin and ponderous outlook on life.
This came out of an investigation he was carrying out into when a ternary quartic form could be represented as the sum of five fourth powers of linear forms.
But at lunch on the first day we were approached by the helpful Hotel Manager Henri and offered a swap to an overwater bungalow.
Intellectual Dublin seemed no longer to consist of writers, but of folk singers, bearded or otherwise.
The scene will be etched on my memory forever.
In this edition, such mistakes are corrected, and the original errata slips are also published.
Spending on a perennial effort to expand gambling at race tracks, known as "racino," increased four-fold to about $620,000 in 2010. StarTribune.com rss feed
Some of the crew went off-shift, stringing up hybrid bunks and hammocks belowdecks, the others continued working.
It also seems to carry the well-tempered glow of late Woody Allen with a well-satisfied view of late life and with few illusions. The Unshine Boys
The unit can connect to any video source that has composite video and stereo audio RCA jacks, though the encoded audio is limited to mono.
People in no way adhere to regular social conventions online. Times, Sunday Times
People at MSFC have told me over drinks that this study concluded that EELV are human ratable but they were going to do what Griffin wanted. Obama Policies on Transparency, Openness, and Participation - and NASA - NASA Watch
The Fat Controller and I were back inside the bolt when it arrived from the bonded warehouse at Felixstowe.
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Wine lovers in the U.S. are increasingly describing their favorite vintage as molto buono, instead of très bon.
Several selections contain strings of double notes, primarily thirds and sixths.
If we have spent several class periods introducing conventions of reasoned evidence in argumentative writing, we usually look for such features in student papers.
He specialized in moonlit and winter scenes, usually including a sheet of water and sometimes also involving the light of a fire, and he also painted sunsets and views at dawn or twilight.
He watched them disappear from his view, his father still waddling along with that bloody basket.
That gave us the time to move arbalests and mangonels into position along the walls.
Dom recognized a master tactician when he saw one. SOMEDAY MY PRINCE
In 1984, he started Oh Boy as an outlet for his songwriting.
It is recognised as a crime against humanity under international law.
A specially designed speculum is used to help direct the injection into the G-spot, with effects lasting around four months. G Marks The Spot
I just know that one beer bash was fine, two was tolerable, and the third was just a way to eat up time on Memorial Day.
A heart will not be hurt for pursuing a dream, when you truly want something, all the universe conspires to help you complete the.
Assuming that 15 pound breaking strain line is used, an angler using monofilament might have to use a six or eight ounce sinker and use a 20 lb class rod to carry that sinker weight.
Frogs and newts have already been attracted to three new natural spring ponds at Abbey Meads School.
When the moment finally comes, one look through his cataract lenses is all it takes. Christianity Today
Academic excellence was matched with extra-curricular activities of every description - from drama through sport to foreign travel.
Concentration now had to be aimed at the means of transporting the aircraft from the field to the carrier in Glasgow.
The resettlement fee shall be calculated according to the number of agricultural population to be resettled.
Would reverse flow undergravel filtration be better?
Management claimed the lockout was a temporary measure and that the plant would be reopened on May 9.
Which is stupid, considering the drivers around here A: Don't normally stop for people and in fact have been caught trying to sneak ~around~ them and B: I've been nicked several times and almost hit three times different instances last summer attempting to obey the biking laws, none of those for mistakes on my part as I've been scared shitless at the lack of aware driving that's crept over my town. The funny thing about Pain..... (Let's talk trauma!)
As the holiday movie season winds down, we thought we'd preview the films of 2003 to see which ones stand out and which should stand down.
The pain in his side was crushing, as if there was a steel hand in there relentlessly closing on an organ. THE COMPANY OF STRANGERS
Elisabeth found herself with a straggle of colonists in a mosquito-ridden, uncleared jungle where sandflies bored into the skin of the feet and the clay soil was so intractable that nothing would grow.
I am told that Ferguson has called me 'unsellable'. The Guardian World News
When your bulbs arrive, or you buy them from the garden center, gather everyone together, hand out garden tools and start digging.
Secondly, he makes the team too much money, raking in ticket and merchandise sales like crazy.
Apart from any other objection, a different classification would be reached if the characters were used in a different sequence.
Before you know it, all the Sandy Clarks and Billy Starks doing the media rounds are back in business until the next time they are given their jotters for failing to meet fans' expectations.
During adolescence , boys and girls will take on secondary sexual characteristics.
Note that you'll be able to find the demonstration projects themselves as open-source projects on the companion site to the column (see Resources).
The poems, plays, and essays of the committed cultural nationalist are characterized by a markedly hortatory or didactic manner.
He asked me bluntly, ‘Why would you want to leave private life and take on such a difficult, dangerous and probably thankless job?’
Have a cosmic awareness, an interest in ecology, environment, vegetarianism, or are very socially conscious.
To supplement his income, he taught private voice lessons in his home and sang in a church choir.
However, we still rely entirely on the generosity of the public for funding.
a class in conversational Spanish.
Before Malfurion could ask who she meant, Tyrande brought the glaive up in a salute and murmured something in the hidden tongue of the Sisterhood. WORLD OF WARCRAFT STORMRAGE
Chlorophyll is only one of several pigments found in plants, but it is by far the most important.
This does not exclude the existence of pockets of the urban population with unrealized homosexual desires.
Fertilization therefore results in an egg carrying a nucleus with contributions from both parents, and it was concluded that the cell nucleus must contain the physical basis of heredity.
Rose of Sharon braced her body against the movements of the car in an effort to protect her fetus.
The brightly colored outfits may be made of either cotton or such dressy fabrics as velvet, satin, and lamé.
Gone was the prim nodus; instead her long hair was parted in the center and allowed to fall loose under a veil, in a deliberate echo of the statuary poses of classical goddesses. Caesars’ Wives
The fin's origin is relatively far behind the pelvic fin insertion.
Druses were common throughout the mesophyll tissues, and peltate, glandular trichomes were present on both epidermises.
Maurice Mair seemed to spin like a teetotum and pitch upon his face like a ninepin. The Complete Father Brown
Combine the corn with steamed green vegetables like asparagus and offer baked potatoes to ensure the children don't go hungry.
I used to think the worst feeling was losing someone you love. But, I was wrong. The worst feeling is the moment you have lost yourself.
When Modin scored from the right circle to make it 3-0, it looked bleak for the Devils, who rallied from one-goal deficits twice before winning Game 2 in overtime. USATODAY.com - Tampa Bay creeps closer to New Jersey with 4-3 win
The protests were going on about 1 kilometers away in the main street and some of the protesting crowd were running from tear gass used among them, towards Salehi St. The film is shot by my friend who was standing beside me. Iran Election Live-Blogging (Saturday June 20 Part II)
A lot of schools don't really encourage team sports .
They were now surrounded on all sides by a ring of excited, curious faces.
The sheer volume is so overwhelming that the police cannot get on top of it. The Sun
The main square is called “Rynek” (which basically means “central market place”), and in the middle there are two buildings: “Ratusz” or City Hall (compare with German “Rathaus”) and “Sukiennice”, a long one-level building not unlike a bazaar, filled with stores. Matthew Yglesias » Krakow
The school has a very good relationship with the community.
Our ambition is to build a prosperous, inclusive and outward-looking country. Times, Sunday Times
Unless contraindicated, prophylaxis with a gastrointestinal motility stimulant laxative and a stool softener is appropriate in terminally ill patients who are being given opioids.
Once tawhid is accepted as the first axiom of thought, the goal of life becomes bridging the gap between the asserter and the asserted. William C. Chittick, Ph.D.: Islam and the Goal of Love
The hat, I think the style was called fedora, had a dark band and a dint in the top, which my father would sometimes correct with a chopping action of his right hand.
Demos they may be but these Hazlewood rarities are rounded, rustic country songs: lustrous and lustful, quirkily and dryly humorous, yet poignant stories from the other side of love.
By adding the chlorides of strontian, uranium, potassium, sodium, iron, or copper to the liquid, various effects may be produced, and these bodies will be found to produce the same color on the plate that their flame gives to alcohol. American Hand Book of the Daguerreotype
As I did at FIAC, I selected 18 galleries and asked their most anglophonic expert to pick an image and talk about it for under two minutes. Michael Kurcfeld: Doing Shots: The Old and the New at Paris Photo 2011 (VIDEO)
Hopefully, North Norfolk will soon shake off this surreal obsession with the Lib Dems and embrace their NE Cambs neighbour's decent Tory stance. Will Iain Dale have to repay the donations ?
In 1850 Joy and Edward Wilson patented twin boilers working in parallel within the same casing.
There's a big difference between an amateur video and a slick Hollywood production.
But then on the other hand, the whole cosmos or universe is based on this love or compassion.
He made a very positive contribution to the overall success of the project.
Then there are the PIP implant problems that thousands of women have had to contend with. The Sun
The aerobrake - a huge, convex disc underneath the spacecraft - was producing friction with the Martian atmosphere.
They have recognized that their business depends on world of mouth, and that world of mouth is based on customer satisfaction.
Everyone's at it - apart from a few notable and honourable exceptions. The Sun
A second problem is damage caused by the buildup of excessive electrical charges in the plate from the unwanted ions.
On the other hand, a blazer and slacks would probably be acceptable. Times, Sunday Times
The scale of the economic gulf between the two parties came as two polls yesterday showed that the election remained wide open. Times, Sunday Times
Here's the good news: When you bring what I call unconditional presence to the trance of fear, you create the foundation for true spiritual awakening. Undefined
One infers that all of this would be computerised information.
Warner wrote from Egypt expressing sympathy for their unfurnished state of affairs, but added, "I would rather fit out three houses and fill them with furniture than to fit out one 'dahabiyeh'. Mark Twain, a Biography. Complete
Davis looked up and gave a signal of approval, and after a quick bow, the pair of messengers was gone.
Leaked Reports Detail Iran's Aid for Iraqi Militias," blared the headline on afront page story inThe New York Times, which went on to report on several incidents recounted in WikiLeaks documents that journalist Michael Gordon called "the shadow war between the United States and Iraqi militias backed by Iran's Revolutionary Guards. Ali Gharib: What Did WikiLeaks Really Tell Us About Iran?
She is daunted by the task ahead in the second of the six-part series. The Sun
As a book about a nonoperational aircraft, Valkyrie will probably attract only a limited audience within the Air Force community.
It might as well be closed, because in many American hospitals you're simply shooed from the windowsill after you've been nursed back to health (usually in 72 hours or less), and you're expected to "fly" on your own. Mark Lachs, M.D.: Care Transitions: The Hazards of Going In and Coming Out of the Hospital
If the indoor tables don't satisfy you, and if the weather is right, do ask for a table on the terrace.
In Bermuda, Sam's father took him on an excursion to a coral barrier.
If there was any hope of holding on to even a shred of her dwindling self-respect, she should do exactly what she knew Margo would do—close the laptop, take her de-scrunchied, perfumed, and nearly thonged self down to the nearest club, pick up the first passably good-looking stranger who asked her to dance, and bring him back to the apartment for some safe but anonymous sex. Goodnight Tweetheart
Rows of brick garden apartments all backed onto a massive common garden: a shared backyard for children to play, dogs to gambol, and families to eat picnics together. Day of Honey
Someone who really wanted to stop unsanctioned immigration would begin here, by busting the small contractors who employ these workers on a contingent basis.
He pulled himself up and stumbled to the bathroom, where he turned on the cold tap and collapsed at the bottom of the shower, barely awake.
In her house apron and with her hair a little ruffled she looked younger, startled and then angry. THE WHITE DOVE
The extended period of damage was probably brought on by the cool/wet growing conditions.
The bombardment of the GPO had fascinated MacMurrough: the annunciatory puffs of smoke and the flames that roared to greet them; then the crashing gun’s report, the shell’s eruption—an illogical sequence, effect before cause, an object lesson in the madness of war. At Swim, Two Boys
The defendant was released on bail until his trial next year. Times, Sunday Times
We had engaged a very nice mare and stanhope, which we knew we could depend upon, when, the day before the race, the chestnut was declared lame, and not a presentable four-legged animal was to be hired in Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 363, January, 1846
Sir, his definement suffers no perdition in you; though, I know, to divide him inventorially would dizzy the arithmetic of memory, and yet but yaw neither, in respect of his quick sail. Act V. Scene II. Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
We kept Mnemosyne for over two months, and never once did she misconduct herself or behave in an unseamanlike manner. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 153, December 26, 1917
The time is nigh for the resurrection of these long-forgotten principles.
Malory won the toss and will serve.
She had a constant parade of young men coming to visit her.
Will you sing a song to us?
Yet, there are times when I wonder if my love is misplaced, if I should temper my affection.
Some groups consistently face discrimination: age is one mode of socially structured disadvantage.
We need first of all a fact finding mission and then we need to put together a coalition of conservators, a cultural coalition.
It is the way they keep their finger on the pulse and keep in touch with their audience.
The caller urges the often elderly victims to transfer their money to a'safe' account set up in their name. Times, Sunday Times
Once cool, release and tease hair with your fingers. The Sun
Not for a very long time has the discovery of new music so profoundly moved and excited me as the contents of this disc.
Nursing commissioned officer ( NNCO ) is a special necessary colony. Educate to NNCO is a new thing.
The demonstration is set for Sunday to coincide with World AIDS Day.
Mr. Sorapong, 35 years old, selected industrial estate developers Hemaraj Land & Development PCL and Amata Corporation PCL among his top picks, with Hemaraj returning 147% over the course of 2010 and Amata providing a 99% return on investment. Real Estate
Pay particular attention to zoning in each of the alternatives proposed for your area.
Chartists at once organized resistance to what they called the usurpation and, after a long civil war, were successful. The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 12: Philip II-Reuss
His eyes were fixed on a small house in the middle distance.
I often position an athlete in front of a mirror that has grid lines on it, ask them to close their eyes and stand up straight. Muscle Management
The League Against Cruel Sports issued a statement Wednesday calling on Ottawa to "take steps to end the immense cruelty to animals in events such as calf-roping, which is practised at rodeos including the Calgary Stampede. CTV BritishColumbiaHome
Keeping specific goals and metrics for testing in mind not only helps track status and results, but also avoids the last-second scramble to pull together necessary reports.
The main superstructure frame is formed from reinforced concrete with post-tensioned, ribbed slab floors.
Last year there was only me and AA who were 1st years, plus AA is heaps older and I didn't know her at all.
The receipts from his shows have long since moved from the realms of the fantastic into those of the ludicrous.
Metformin and sulfonylurea drugs -- the latter a class of diabetes drugs including glyburide, glipizide, chlorpropamide, tolbutamide and tolazamide -- are often among the first medications prescribed to lower blood sugar levels in people with type 2 diabetes. Drug linked to increased risk for older diabetics
Attention, Kmart shoppers: privacy for sale, aisle nine.
Everyone needed time to take stock after the most prestigious solo race had turned into a demolition derby. Times, Sunday Times
Thus, the power of drawing iron is one of the ideas of the complex one of that substance we call a loadstone; and a power to be so drawn is a part of the complex one we call iron: which powers pass for inherent qualities in those subjects. An Essay Concerning Human Understanding
I find it hard to get my tongue round these Polish names.
Deirdre cast him one last look, then shut her eyes tight.
It continues as an usual inland resort set in woodland of silver birches, rhododendrons and conifers.
The striker was criticised by fans after voicing concerns about the club 's financial plight. The Sun
First to unfold were the two 14-foot-wide drogue chutes, which oriented the craft and continued slowing it.
By then, the town had been well-fortified and withstood a siege of nine weeks before the Mexicans were forced to surrender from starvation. Cinco de Mayo: What is everybody celebrating?
My store-bought long dresses are too "dressy" and made of rayon and other finer fabrics that are not suitable for housework. Sewing Simple Clothing
Taiwan grabbed two gold medals, two silvers and one bronze at the Athens Olympics.
Schedule 3 comprises a number of toxic or precursor chemicals with widespread industrial uses, such as phosgene, hydrogen cyanide, phosphorus trichloride and thionyl chloride.
So there is mounting concern at the top of government about how close to meltdown the prison system is. The Sun
There's no massive hills and the swim won't be rough. Times, Sunday Times
The scene near the Chennai Kaliappa Hospital, on Tuesday was supremely ironical, and drew sharp reactions from tree lovers who were passing by.
She described him as 'maddening, but lovely' and the untidiest and clumsiest person she had met. Times, Sunday Times
Add the toasted almond slivers and mix well before turning into the pastry case. Times, Sunday Times
The BBC never tires of telling us how passionately it seeks the interest and participation of the public in its political output, particularly the young.
He had 112 helpers, many of whom had worked on some of the best fantasy movies of the past decade. Times, Sunday Times
At least five people were killed when an overcrowded migrant boat capsized last month which was dramatically caught on camera by Italian coastguards. The Sun
The little divil that stole the dog-team an 'wint over the Pass in the dead o' winter for to see where the world come to an ind on the ither side, just because old Matt McCarthy was afther tellin 'her fairy stories? CHAPTER I
The seeds were then cut in half longitudinally and deposited on a sterile Whatman No.1 filter paper impregnated with 1% tetrazolium chloride.
She regarded him as a somewhat crazy and delusional man, no matter how good he looked.
The process of inspiration is active and requires energy for muscle contraction.
There is already one clear parallel between them. Times, Sunday Times
Thereafter thought, weighing the truth or falseness of the notion, determines what is true: and this explains the Greek word for thought, dianoia, which is derived from dianoein, meaning to think and discriminate. NPNF2-09. Hilary of Poitiers, John of Damascus
In recent years, Laganside Corporation has transformed the inner core of Belfast city centre, specifically along the Lagan river and in the surrounding area.
A man came to load it onto the bus as we ran to find Ranwen's parents and siblings.
After such a long time in storage, all the oil will have drained to the sump.
The increased number of detectors and tube rotation times combine to give faster coverage of a given volume of tissue.
The men practised various traditional crafts, such as carving toys out of bone.
Flakes with concavities exhibiting steep, unifacial retouch were used to whittle or plane wood, and flakes displaying spurs were used to incise bone or antler.
My hand came into contact with a small lump.
Some of these chemicals may mimic hormones, thereby disrupting the endocrine system.
And we -- it does extent all the way up toward Jacksonville, all the way down into West Palm Beach, all the way over to Fort Myers, and northward, almost kind of budging into the pan -- the Big Bend area, almost into the Panhandle, but not quite just yet. CNN Transcript Sep 5, 2004
Suddenly I heard a clash of metal on metal which brought me out of my thoughts - I looked up and found I could see two people fencing ahead.

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