Example sentences of "[coord] [verb] [pron] [adv prt] on the " in BNC.
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| 31 | The boy came in through the back carrying Russell 's blanket roll and carbine and put them down on the passenger bench . |
| 32 | Vivienne would pick them up and say , it 's alright I 'll just wash them down and put them back on the rack . |
| 33 | and she says she sat , she sat er still you know with her arms folded and all like that and she says , oh she says I think you er collect the books and stamp them and put them back on the shelves and she said they all laughed , but she got the job in opposition to er , a few others you know |
| 34 | He ate it in two bites , like a dog , and put me back on the gravestone . |
| 35 | The boy carried me in my travelling box , and put me down on the beach , while he looked for birds ' eggs among the rocks . |
| 36 | Then they take you out and put you back on the slab and you are lying there absolutely stark naked in a stone room with three masked people looking at you . |
| 37 | It was the third day in July , page four , seven , three and then I had to find a word that I 'd never heard off before and put it up on the board . |
| 38 | She took hold of it and put it down on the floor . |
| 39 | Carew folded the paper and put it down on the cluttered tray beside him . |
| 40 | From one of the voluminous pockets he produced a bottle of Scotch and put it down on the table . |
| 41 | Then he added a fatal dose of your ethylene stuff to it and put it back on the carving rest … ’ |
| 42 | ‘ Oh , O. K. ’ He lifted his leg off the floor with one hand and put it back on the bed . |
| 43 | She crossed the bedroom and picked up the cigar and put it back on the table . |
| 44 | And yet she knew it had been there when she closed the book and put it back on the shelf . |
| 45 | He turned the paper over and put it back on the top of the pile . |
| 46 | Pete lifted his knight but changed his mind and put it back on the board . |
| 47 | It set off packed from top to bottom with Sheffield area anglers , fishing rods and maggots and dropped you off on the canal at Clayworth where George lived until he died about ten years ago . |
| 48 | What if he had n't left yet — she could ring him and tell him she 'd chickened out , and he could flap his wings and tease her but at least she would n't have to — oh , hell , here he is , she thought , and watched as the huge bike rolled to a halt and he switched off the engine and hauled it up on the stand . |
| 49 | On the bank , the trumpet twittered again , and the water became full of spray and hurtling bodies as shoremen left their attack and threw themselves back on the sand . |
| 50 | I was told they sent for a nurse who came at me with a needle so I grabbed her by the breast and threw her down on the hors d'oeuvres . |
| 51 | But Bush waited , and then he took something out of his pocket and threw it down on the desk . |
| 52 | She scuffed through the gap in the chalk circle and threw herself down on the sacks . |
| 53 | She laughed and threw herself back on the pillows . |
| 54 | the man said , lifting the card machine from behind the counter and slamming it down on the top . |
| 55 | After spending considerable effort getting the boiler back into working order it was important to give it a steam test , obtain an insurance certificate and get it back on the chassis so that it could be used to haul trains . |
| 56 | Picking up the drinks , she crossed the room and set them down on the trestle , careful to keep her face turned away from the window . |
| 57 | She waited until the first few bars of the signature tune started to play , then unclipped her headphones and set them down on the desk with a sharp clatter before starting to gather up the stack of notes . |
| 58 | She allowed Margaret Seymour-Strachey to bring in the tea things and set them out on the bedside table without speaking further . |
| 59 | He made a radio receiver when we were children and set it up on the main bridge over the Salzach . |
| 60 | ‘ You took the Wheel to the site and set it up on the ramp ; was it left unattended at any time ? ’ |