Example sentences of "[pers pn] [adv prt] on the [noun sg] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | One day Glumdalclitch put me down on the grass in the palace garden , while she went for a walk with some of the Queen 's ladies . |
| 2 | What I 'm planning to do is to put them back in the order , colleagues could you settle down please , I 'm planning to put them back on the agenda in the order that they fell off , and er , hopefully , the first opportunity in that connection may be Wednesday afternoon , but I need to have a discussion with colleagues about that , but I 'll certainly let you know at the first available opportunity . |
| 3 | The sheets felt a bit damp so Mary spread them out on the terrace in the sun to dry . |
| 4 | Depending on this year 's crop of foals , Jonadab was hoping to send him out on the road in the following spring . |
| 5 | They set it down on the floor in the middle of the room , as the T'ang had instructed them earlier , then backed away , heads lowered . |
| 6 | Making a fist Michael smashed it down on the desk in front of him , causing their empty coffee cups to rattle in their saucers . |
| 7 | I carried a tray across and set it down on the table in the window . |
| 8 | She put it down on the table in the hall and went upstairs smiling . |
| 9 | I see myself putting it down on the table in front of me at the Assessment Group and the papers slipping loose … |
| 10 | So as you watch Manchester United and Nottingham Forest battle it out on the box in the Rumbelows Cup final this afternoon , be aware that technological advances and television 's equivalent of the newspaper circulation war are about to transform coverage of the game beyond all recognition . |
| 11 | As , managing director of business psychologists , John Nicholson Associates , explained : ‘ A crude analogy is if you are a fleet manager and one of you cars is not working properly , then you check out the problem and see if it can be fixed in-house or go to external specialists to get it back on the road in peak condition as soon as possible . ’ |