Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] they [adv] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I did not dare risk Pollock and young Duncan Pugh and so I left them firmly on the bench . |
| 2 | But the ones who went into it professionally , I see them often on the telly advertising things and I do n't really want to do that . |
| 3 | Did you leave them there on the verge ? he asked me . |
| 4 | They went into the staff-room and grabbed a coffee while they waited for the results , then they studied them together on the lightbox . |
| 5 | Counting out seven pound notes , he laid them carefully on the table . |
| 6 | Anyone seeing them together on the common outside Oswaldston would have taken them for husband and wife , though Hilary was by nearly three years the younger . |
| 7 | He placed them firmly on the man 's chest and pressed the buttons . |
| 8 | He placed them carefully on the table in the centre of the room . |
| 9 | Unlacing her boots , he put them tidily on the floor , then kicked off his own shoes , removed his cravat , unhooked the top button of his shirt , and joined her on the bed . |