Example sentences of "and [vb past] it on the floor " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cranston took out his dagger and laid it on the floor beside him . |
| 2 | Barbie said she 'd rather have a cigarette anyway and gave them back to us , but we could n't break any of them off , so we kept passing this lump backwards and forwards , sucking it and grinding little chunks off it , till we got fed up with it and chucked it on the floor . |
| 3 | She examined it for a moment , then squeezed it between thumb and fingernail and dropped it on the floor . |
| 4 | Gilly swiped the little wet paper across her mouth and dropped it on the floor . |
| 5 | Helen picked it out and dropped it on the floor ; beneath was a tangle of string . |
| 6 | Silently he took the notebook from her nerveless fingers and dropped it on the floor . |
| 7 | On one occasion he called a player into his office , took his hat from the hat-stand and threw it on the floor . |
| 8 | She removed the veil , tore it in two and threw it on the floor . ’ |
| 9 | He took off his jacket with over-exaggerated deliberation , folded it with studied care , and placed it on the floor , parroting a curious sales pitch of clichéd adspeak . |
| 10 | He went to the lavatory , lifted a large tin bath off its wall hook , took it into the bedroom and placed it on the floor . |
| 11 | The Doctor took his hat off and placed it on the floor in the centre of the junction . |
| 12 | She carried the censer carefully over to the bed and placed it on the floor . |
| 13 | All you do is fill the bag with lukewarm water and lay it on the floor . |