Example sentences of "[pron] and [vb past] it on the " in BNC.
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1 | Mrs McDougall , with a quick , concerned look at me , took my basket from me and dumped it on the counter . |
2 | Julius immediately took the receiver away from her and replaced it on the rest . |
3 | Donna took the envelope upstairs with her and laid it on the bedside table . |
4 | It happens that what we 've done is we 've taken it and hung it on the starlight , the magic of starlight — how wonderful it is , how much you can tell from just looking at a star through a telescope and measuring the light that comes out of it , and this takes us into realms of why a star shines ; what do you mean by time when you go back millions of years into the universe lifetime ; what do you mean , why do stars shine with different colours . |
5 | However , when I stripped the pump off the block , cleaned it and left it on the workbench , I noticed it had leaked a small amount of oil from a 1.5mm hole located near the back underside of the pump . |
6 | 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 . |
7 | He withdrew it and threw it on the ground . |