Example sentences of "place they on the " in BNC.

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1 So she had placed them on the mantel with the vase and the dragon plates , and Gerry had promised her two more , next time he docked in Cape Town .
2 Make the invitations in the shape of a skull and crossbones and place them on the door instead of balloons .
3 If you just place them on the back seat of your car , or they are removed from an arrangement and not packed up in any special way , some of the petals will almost definitely become bruised , which will cause brown lines , patches and spots once the flowers have been pressed .
4 Then , with the right side of the garment facing the machine , pick up the stitches around the neck and place them on the machine .
5 They erm , what they do they drive these big Tugmasters now with these lorries so that they plant all these erm forty foot trailers with er with er erm with a container on and place them on the ship .
6 It would be possible to test a large sample of readers , who would read nine texts and place them on the network .
7 They stood to the side as I entered then the woman showed me to a chair as the man brought two glasses and placed them on the table in front of me , then said very seriously , ‘ This is my wife .
8 Taking two , freshly caught Highland sea-trout , he placed them on the mud flats below the bridge , where they were found the next morning .
9 He placed them on the kitchen-dresser , then put away the milk , sugar and butter .
10 I then brought two sample-books and placed them on the counter for their perusal .
11 I understand he 's ill. , Seating herself on one of the wooden chairs , she drew off her fine kid gloves and placed them on the table .
12 After the monitor had gathered up the papers and placed them on the small , square , wooden table that acted as the sister 's desk , the class sat quiet , waiting anxiously for the verdict , a tick or a large cross , the while automatically mumbling Hail Marys .
13 As she placed them on the table , Roy spoke up .
14 Mobuto folded the glasses and placed them on the coffee table in the centre of the room .
15 As he caught them , he placed them on the counter in front of her , all in a row , all of them heads .
16 He picked her legs up one by one , and placed them on the two benches .
17 Self-consciously they took the tureens from the kitchens into the dining room , placed them on the trolley , and took it round an empty table .
18 She pulled her glasses from her pocket and placed them on the end of her nose .
19 The train stopped , doors slammed , a man further up the line lifted out two suitcases and placed them on the ground .
20 Try to place them on the same page so you can see they all work together .
21 Economic pressures on forests are immense , placing them on the cutting-edge of the reconciliation between environment and development .
22 Firstly , the weight transmitted through the sailor 's feet can be used to counter the capsize by placing them on the rail ( W2 ) .
23 This layout was a physical expression of the administrative structure that Hammond was organizing for the office particularly , as Mary Anderson points out , the special status awarded to the Under Secretaries and their political departments , by placing them on the same level as the Secretary of State .
24 ‘ I 'll have these , ’ he said , placing them on the counter .
25 Ensure the flowers are as dry as possible before placing them on the blotting paper , as any remaining moisture will encourage mildew to form and spoil all your efforts .
26 Lucinda jumped to her feet , collecting cups , plates and cutlery together and placing them on the tray .
27 Chubb has sold 47.5m Sun shares to brokers S G Warburg , Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs who are placing them on the market .
28 With a tea cloth around her hand she opened up the oven and took out the mince pies and sausage rolls , placing them on the top of the stove to cool as she put the turkey in to cook .
29 He was running water over the dishes in the sink , swilling them round rapidly and then placing them on the side .
30 When I arrived on tie scene there appeared to be hundreds of people there , but a civilian — the works and bricks engineer seemed — to be the boss , and even the station commander was happily taking orders from him about filling sandbags and placing them on the Bund to strengthen it against the rising tide .
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