Example sentences of "dropped [pers pn] [adv] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He unzipped the holdall , took out a couple of Boyt shoulder holsters and dropped them on to the table before delving into the holdall again for two handguns carefully wrapped in strips of green cloth . |
| 2 | He lifted his hands feebly and , leaning forward , dropped them languidly on the blanket in front of him . |
| 3 | Tenerife was basking in afternoon sunshine as a taxi dropped them off at the sea-front . |
| 4 | Detectives also want to trace a driver who is thought to have given 3 men a lift and dropped them off in the Blisworth area on Sunday night . |
| 5 | ‘ At the house — he dropped me off on the way . |
| 6 | The Land Rover dropped me off on the edge of the town , surprisingly on a tarmac road , and I arranged to meet the lads nine miles further on . |
| 7 | ‘ We had breakfast and Mummy dropped me off at the playground , ’ Verena told police . |
| 8 | Dropped me off at the cross roads and went straight down there to drop off at Newark Road . |
| 9 | It set off packed from top to bottom with Sheffield area anglers , fishing rods and maggots and dropped you off on the canal at Clayworth where George lived until he died about ten years ago . |
| 10 | ‘ Thank you for the meal , ’ she said as Fen dropped her off at the end of the towpath . |
| 11 | Dropped her knee-deep into the Harriet Shakespeare business and asked her to think . |
| 12 | When it dropped her back inside the moment , the external realities of Kärtnerstrasse seemed a pastiche of the Middle Ages . |
| 13 | The kiss went on forever , and she offered no resistance as he swung her up into his arms and dropped her gently on the bed , coming down with her . |
| 14 | The shapechanger dropped him on to the ground . |
| 15 | I dropped it somewhere near the door . |
| 16 | Hooking the shirt off over his dripping head , he dropped it on to the pile . |
| 17 | He dropped it on to the desk in front of Scott who picked it up , studying the outlines of Paula Wilson 's face . |
| 18 | He pulled the brassiere from her body and dropped it on to the floor . |
| 19 | ‘ I know , ’ she replied and dropped it on to the couchette . |
| 20 | Dress your hair in the way I intended , put on my pearl necklace and — ’ Anne drew off her gold ring and carelessly dropped it on to the coverlet ‘ — my wedding-ring . |
| 21 | She dropped it back on the pile . |