Example sentences of "[noun sg] and [verb] they on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then , with the right side of the garment facing the machine , pick up the stitches around the neck and place them on the machine . |
| 2 | She took the two gifts from her handbag and set them on the table . |
| 3 | As Maggie took the things from the tray and set them on the table she said , ‘ I know what you 're thinking : we 're slightly barmy . ’ |
| 4 | Remove the stitches from the standard gauge machine with the garter bar and replace them on the chunky machine . |
| 5 | The TV reporter swung his eyes back from the window and trained them on the superintendent in a long , calculating stare . |
| 6 | 6 When the icing is dry , thread ribbon through the hole in the top of each cookie and hang them on the tree . |
| 7 | ‘ Have I said something , then ? ’ he asked , taking off his cap and overcoat and hanging them on the door peg . |
| 8 | ‘ And there 's some shortbread and chocolates and a jar of chicken breasts , ’ she said , taking them out of the basket and putting them on the table . |
| 9 | Jessamy picked them up , wandered through to the kitchen and put them on the table . |
| 10 | His flailing tail swept down a third of the stars of heaven and cast them on the earth . |
| 11 | Yeah cos what , what they said like , their own , cos they run out of wine at the bar and er , they went in the supermarket and got two bottles of wine and kept them on the table you see |
| 12 | I took down our saddle bags from the hook in the wall and flung them on the bed . |
| 13 | Zen took out a notepad and pencil and laid them on the desk . |
| 14 | Taking the boats out of the water and loading them on the cars is a chore . |
| 15 | He said I should remove my raincoat and my jacket and hang them on the hangers provided . |
| 16 | Then they dragged them to the edge of the platform and threw them on the track . |
| 17 | You know they 're either set up now you 've given them an education and thrown them on the world squandering it now they 'll only squander it when they get their hands on it you might as well squander it on yourselves , let the kids squander it for you . |
| 18 | Two days before the 1986 meeting I took my starting blocks home to my flat and left them on the kitchen floor . |
| 19 | Franco pulled glasses two at a time from the sink and set them on the tiny draining board . |
| 20 | My master was in the habit , when he was particularly busy with his scientific work , of writing orders on pieces of paper and leaving them on the stairs . |
| 21 | Ease the snowflakes off the paper and stick them on the cake using white royal icing . |
| 22 | She crumpled the sheets of paper and tossed them on the coffee-table . |
| 23 | He took some bills from his pocket and tossed them on the table , then rose to his feet . |
| 24 | George Yaxlee took the contents of the back pocket and laid them on the mantelshelf . |
| 25 | He took the locket and the manuscript out of his pocket and laid them on the desk in front of the headmaster . |
| 26 | She pulled her glasses from her pocket and placed them on the end of her nose . |
| 27 | My mother would take the three heavy cushions from the hide sofa and lay them on the floor . |
| 28 | a ) Measure the angles of each triangle and mark them on the drawings . |
| 29 | I think it 's unfair to anybody to show up with a tape recorder and ask them on the spot cos it puts them on the spot . |
| 30 | She kept walking round her box , sighing , and picking bits out of her haynet and dropping them on the floor . |