Example sentences of "[adv] and [vb past] it on the " in BNC.

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1 She took his beaker away and placed it on the balcony wall .
2 I took off my coat quickly and tossed it on the chair in front of my desk .
3 The Doctor took his hat off and placed it on the floor in the centre of the junction .
4 He took his bowler hat off and placed it on the chest .
5 Turning from the window , Polly picked her bag up and opened it on the desk .
6 That evening one of the Corporals made me clean out the crow 's cage ; I lifted the large black bird out and parked it on the gravel beside a flowerbed .
7 Helen picked it out and dropped it on the floor ; beneath was a tangle of string .
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