Example sentences of "[pers pn] placed [pers pn] [prep] the " 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 Gently she placed them in the carrier bag .
5 He nodded without looking up as she placed it on the counter .
6 Then she placed it on the flames .
7 She placed it on the desk and removed the lid , then the tissue paper underneath .
8 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 .
9 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 .
10 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 .
11 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 .
12 Taking two , freshly caught Highland sea-trout , he placed them on the mud flats below the bridge , where they were found the next morning .
13 He placed them on the kitchen-dresser , then put away the milk , sugar and butter .
14 As he caught them , he placed them on the counter in front of her , all in a row , all of them heads .
15 Sightless , seeing all , he placed them by the bones of his brother .
16 He placed me on the ground and saw at once that I could not fly .
17 He placed her on the bed and looked down at her .
18 When he placed her on the bed and sat beside her she was left in no doubt of his love .
19 Waiting a moment , he placed it to the boy 's mouth again .
20 He placed it on the table and took out the contents .
21 Pushing a chair gently to one side , he placed it on the table and sat down .
22 He placed it on the bedside table .
23 He placed it on the table and left slamming the door behind him .
24 He placed it around the shoulders of the young woman , now almost fainting .
25 But as all the figures were multiplied by a factor of ten , the area was too great to be enclosed in the Mediterranean , so he placed it in the Atlantic ; and the date was put back into remote antiquity , thousands of years too early .
26 He placed it in the box and that eventually returned itself to the ticket office .
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