Example sentences of "[pers pn] placed [pers pn] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As I placed them in the water , the bone-china cups and saucers became first glass then nothing ; the water was cold as a glacier . |
| 2 | Then I remembered that , in the car was the last red rose from Bayeux — I placed it on the rough ground outside the house , and prayed for the family whose happy , safe home it had once been . |
| 3 | As she placed them on the table , Roy spoke up . |
| 4 | She placed them in a casserole dish and then shouted for Piers to come inside and eat . |
| 5 | Gently she placed them in the carrier bag . |
| 6 | He nodded without looking up as she placed it on the counter . |
| 7 | Then she placed it on the flames . |
| 8 | She placed it on the desk and removed the lid , then the tissue paper underneath . |
| 9 | Taking the plate gently from him she placed it in the sink , then checked the turkey one last time , turned the gas down as low as it would go and made her way up to bed . |
| 10 | We placed it by the spot were she went in and out , and every day I moved her food nearer to the cage until , eventually , she had to go right in to eat . |
| 11 | The same social worker eventually , quite inappropriately , arranged Part 3 accommodation for Mrs X and they placed her in a residential old people 's home . |
| 12 | Once a femur or a forearm would have played a pure note if you 'd used one for a pipe , but the pieces would whistle harsh and offkey now from the holes bored into them by the efficient mandibles of her companions in the vertical grave , the cenote where they placed her after the battle , during the truce . |
| 13 | But by integrating these theories with their version of structural linguistics , they developed them in a very important direction : they placed them within a semiotic or semiological framework , semiotics and semiology being to all intents and purposes interchangeable terms . |
| 14 | Group 5 felt , for example , that sentence ( i ) , the opening of the original and idealised versions , accomplished this much more effectively — which is why they placed it near the end in their version . |
| 15 | There were significant differences , for the factory system not only took child labour outside of the home , it placed it in an inferior overall environment . |
| 16 | Taking two , freshly caught Highland sea-trout , he placed them on the mud flats below the bridge , where they were found the next morning . |
| 17 | He placed them on the kitchen-dresser , then put away the milk , sugar and butter . |
| 18 | As he caught them , he placed them on the counter in front of her , all in a row , all of them heads . |
| 19 | Sightless , seeing all , he placed them by the bones of his brother . |
| 20 | He placed them in a neat pile , patting them into position with his large hands , frowning slightly . |
| 21 | He placed me on the ground and saw at once that I could not fly . |
| 22 | He placed her on a wooden table in an open space . |
| 23 | He placed her on the bed and looked down at her . |
| 24 | When he placed her on the bed and sat beside her she was left in no doubt of his love . |
| 25 | Waiting a moment , he placed it to the boy 's mouth again . |
| 26 | He placed it on a bale of straw and pulled up an upturned bucket as a chair before hopping on to a meal bin where he sat like a pixie on a toadstool with his arms around his knees , regarding me with keen anticipation . |
| 27 | He placed it on the table and took out the contents . |
| 28 | Pushing a chair gently to one side , he placed it on the table and sat down . |
| 29 | He placed it on the bedside table . |
| 30 | He placed it on the table and left slamming the door behind him . |