Example sentences of "and placed it [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 Mrs Lennox filled Laura 's cup and placed it on the table .
2 He removed his straw hat and placed it on the empty chair beside him .
3 ‘ Well , then — ’ Alice walked across the kitchen to the open fireplace and , bending towards the oven at the side of it , she opened the door and took out a casserole dish and placed it on the table before she went on , ‘ If that 's how you 're feeling I think it 's about time you got yourself married . ’
4 Myles blew out the lamp and placed it on the sideboard .
5 So remorseful was Shiva that he took the head of the first creature he encountered and placed it on the boy 's shoulders .
6 ‘ I 'll help you , ’ Ellen said to Rickie , then she took his hand and placed it on the mop handle .
7 He took off his jacket with over-exaggerated deliberation , folded it with studied care , and placed it on the floor , parroting a curious sales pitch of clichéd adspeak .
8 She took some bread from the pantry cupboard and placed it on the wooden table .
9 ‘ I 'll take charge of this , ’ he said , and placed it on the tray .
10 He went to the lavatory , lifted a large tin bath off its wall hook , took it into the bedroom and placed it on the floor .
11 Pat poured the doctor out a cup of tea and placed it on the bedside table .
12 Going to the sink she filled the kettle with water and placed it on the gas .
13 Then Garry carefully took one of the filled cartridges and placed it on the grass .
14 ‘ Please , I insist , ’ Bernard said then took a five-dollar note from his wallet and placed it on the counter .
15 The Doctor took his hat off and placed it on the floor in the centre of the junction .
16 He took his bowler hat off and placed it on the chest .
17 Celia arrived with a tray of tea and placed it on the table .
18 She carried the censer carefully over to the bed and placed it on the floor .
19 She took his beaker away and placed it on the balcony wall .
20 She lifted his hand from her leg and placed it on the steering-wheel , surprised that he showed no resistance .
21 After a minute , she wrote out the check and placed it on the table .
22 He grabbed a tray from a cupboard and placed it on the table .
23 The door opened and Karl Gesner entered with a flourish , turned , took the tray from Frau Schmidt who was just behind him , and placed it on the table .
24 Belatedly she took the figurine from her shoulder-bag and placed it on the table that stood between them .
25 She took his suitcase and placed it at the bottom of the stairs .
26 Each girl lit a candle and placed it at the altar , symbolic of the light of Christ which burns throughout the world .
27 Finally he stood and placed it at the head of the mound .
28 Serving and former guardsmen stood to attention as Princess Diana , dressed in black , took the wreath from two old soldiers and placed it at the foot of the memorial in Horseguards Parade .
29 He picked up a toy and placed it with the others on the pile .
30 On the other hand , there were ‘ Romantic ’ straws in the wind : strong personalities who directed without instrument ( in Berlin , J.F. Reichardt ; for Paris , see below ) ; and the move towards an ‘ international ’ concert repertory which took responsibility away from the keyboardist ( by tradition , the composer ) and placed it with the violin leader .
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