Example sentences of "[pron] and [verb] [pron] on the " in BNC.

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31 But he had written all over this one — the handwriting was unmistakable — before tearing it and throwing it on the floor .
32 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 .
33 I washed and sterilised it and put it on the hall table , beside the front door .
34 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 .
35 He withdrew it and threw it on the ground .
36 ‘ Tell me , ’ said Ali , ‘ why do they bring their filth before us and spread it on the ground like raiment ? ’
37 So we used to take a big old transistor with us and put it on the back shelf .
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