Example sentences of "[coord] [verb] it [adv prt] on the " in BNC.
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| 31 | 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 . |
| 32 | But Bush waited , and then he took something out of his pocket and threw it down on the desk . |
| 33 | the man said , lifting the card machine from behind the counter and slamming it down on the top . |
| 34 | 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 . |
| 35 | He made a radio receiver when we were children and set it up on the main bridge over the Salzach . |
| 36 | ‘ You took the Wheel to the site and set it up on the ramp ; was it left unattended at any time ? ’ |
| 37 | Quietly , humbly , Cameron took off his headset and set it down on the floor . |
| 38 | I carried a tray across and set it down on the table in the window . |
| 39 | He emptied his cup and set it down on the table . |
| 40 | Taking a cooking bowl from the side he part filled it from the water jar and set it down on the ring . |
| 41 | Curval took out the slide — it seemed not as carefully as before — and set it down on the table beside him . |
| 42 | Let's have a sit down , ’ Otley suggested taking off his camouflage jacket and spreading it out on the grass . |
| 43 | So , get the local sheet of the 1:50,000 Ordnance Survey and lay it out on the table . |
| 44 | Caroline stared at him , then shook her head wearily and lay it back on the seat . |
| 45 | If you were to read the box of the Polyfilter , you would probably smile and put it back on the shelf — do n't . |
| 46 | The customs officers were very understanding and found a mirror and propped it up on the customs bench for her . |
| 47 | I think what radical feminism has done is popularised that and taken it out on the streets and provided a core of anger and rage and has mobilized women . |
| 48 | Regular users of it wrap the edges round wooden batons , secured with a few tacks , leaving these to rest on the ground , and rolling it up on the batons when the season is over . |
| 49 | It was that in no way was I going to bring a coffin from Stoke-on-Trent to Llandderfel on the roof-rack of a Metro and that they were driving north for the weekend and would stop off and pick it up on the way home . |
| 50 | After a while she thought of ‘ angel ’ and wrote it down on the telephone pad . |
| 51 | Kim turned away , taking the last of the objects from the bag and setting it down on the bedside table . |
| 52 | Her father squinted down at the page but she banged the book shut and slid it back on the shelf . |