Example sentences of "[verb] her [noun sg] on [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | As she flopped down in a corner seat , Constance looked at the man pushing her case on to the rack opposite . |
| 2 | There was a slight clatter as Aggie dropped her trotter on to the plate , demanding , ‘ Who says she 's goin' to stay here ? |
| 3 | As he brushed past her , she dropped her head on to the cold stone of the tomb . |
| 4 | She dropped her robe on to the stool near by and stepped into the water , sinking slowly down into the warmth . |
| 5 | Robyn banged her hand on to the steering-wheel , cursing violently as she did so , and then slumped despondently with her head on her arms for a moment and lived her only recurring nightmare — that one day she would be stranded in some unknown place in the pouring rain in this damned broken-down wreck of a jeep with no one to help her . |
| 6 | Caroline hitched her bottom on to the wide windowsill , put up one leg , and leaned back against the frame . |
| 7 | Wiping away the first drop , which might be contaminated by perspiration , she waited until a second drop formed , then pressed her finger on to the chemically treated reagent strip . |
| 8 | There was one girl there today , she was about fifteen or seventeen and she had to put her coat on over the top of the gown because it was |
| 9 | Robyn dumped her holdall on to the floor and sank on to one of the chintzy sofas . |
| 10 | Anne came into the kitchen , dumped her handbag on to the table and gawped in astonishment . |
| 11 | He watched her climb on to the chair , and she saw him grin at the sight of her sore rump , which she thought must burn as brightly as any beacon . |
| 12 | Then to stop her crying , anything to stop that , he had to buy her the set of antique-look brass fire-irons she had set her heart on for the lounge , to give an extra touch of authenticity to the rustic stone fireplace and the imitation-log gas fire . |
| 13 | Lindsey was still breathing hard as she strode through hospital reception , with an effort managing to smile at the small group of people sitting there before going through to the consulting-room and flinging her jacket on to the nearest chair . |
| 14 | All humour had vanished as he turned to face her , dropping her key on to the stand beside the door , his features stamped with hostility . |
| 15 | Well , I 'd just like to say , about the lady who kept her hat on in the house all the time , and if someone called that she did n't like , she would say I 'm just going out . |
| 16 | Unclocking her front door , she tossed her anorak on to the wall-peg . |
| 17 | She opened her car door , and tossed her handbag on to the passenger-seat . |
| 18 | Rachaela tossed her bag on to the bed . |
| 19 | He rose and helped her to her feet , steadying her as she eased her weight on to the injured ankle . |
| 20 | Just as a wild leopard would store its prey out of the reach of scavengers and rival predators high in the branches of a tree , Harriet took her victim on to the roof out of Elie 's reach . |
| 21 | FACTORY workers fed-up with secretary Carolyn Bullock 's dodgy parking hoisted her car on to the firm 's roof with a crane . |
| 22 | This morning , Mum had her programme on in the kitchen . |
| 23 | Defries continued to shoot , locking her beam on to the diminishing targets and sending light-fast bursts of energy into the shadowy interstices of metalwork high above . |
| 24 | Laura unloaded her cargo on to the sofa . |
| 25 | Virginia pushed her bike on to the grass-verge and stood under the heavy foliage of the trees for shelter . |