Example sentences of "and [verb] [pron] on the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Have I said something , then ? ’ he asked , taking off his cap and overcoat and hanging them on the door peg . |
| 2 | ‘ Like some coffee ? ’ said Wilcox , taking her coat and hanging it on the back of the door . |
| 3 | So takes it up and knits it on the back . |
| 4 | It had been alleged that after hiring Mr Mullan 's taxi for a journey from Gourock to Greenock , he produced a hunting knife and stabbed him on the chest . |
| 5 | Too easily we stand still and pat ourselves on the back ; before long we are losing ground . |
| 6 | Victoria came up the room and seated herself on the couch , and without either greeting or preamble , she said , ‘ I 've had indigestion ever since Christmas Day . |
| 7 | He took the locket and the manuscript out of his pocket and laid them on the desk in front of the headmaster . |
| 8 | Zen took out a notepad and pencil and laid them on the desk . |
| 9 | Ronni carried them indoors and laid them on the kitchen table , scarcely able to bear the mouth-watering aromas that were escaping from beneath the tin foil . |
| 10 | George Yaxlee took the contents of the back pocket and laid them on the mantelshelf . |
| 11 | Carter took out his packet of cigarettes and a box of matches and laid them on the locker . |
| 12 | She took some notes from her pocketbook and laid them on the table by her plate and her half-empty glass . |
| 13 | Carson appeared with the towels , a bath-sized and two hand-sized , and laid them on the duvet by her bag . |
| 14 | So all attending had brought their freshly picked bunches with them and laid them on the coffin as they arrived , and I must say that it looked — and smelled — lovely . |
| 15 | If he 'd picked her up and laid her on the bed and taken her with all the passion and strength his virile body was promising her at that moment , she would n't have raised a finger to stop him , so when he swung her around in his arms and deposited her nearer to the bathroom door before removing his arms from her she was left gasping with surprise and a sinking feeling of disappointment mixed with humiliation which shook her with its intensity . |
| 16 | In some minutes the short hairs on the disc of the leaf began to bend , then the long hairs , and laid themselves on the insect . |
| 17 | She made an offering of flowers and fruits , spurred pennants of scarlet heliconia from the rainforest , blue-blushed rue and sorrel vines with tendrils trailing , and laid it on the pit . |
| 18 | He and Broughton carried the dead body of Hilary Frome from its resting place at the top of the stairs , and laid it on the bed in the sick bay . |
| 19 | She took the dress and laid it on the bed again . |
| 20 | Wycliffe took her letter to Riddle from his pocket and laid it on the desk in front of her . |
| 21 | Louis carefully folded his handkerchief into a square and laid it on the deck beside his chair . |
| 22 | He took the flare from its bracket and laid it on the top of the trap-door . |
| 23 | He took a 78 from the shelf in the cabinet , wiped it with a fat hand , and laid it on the turntable . |
| 24 | I pulled out some money and laid it on the bar , followed by a pair of black leather driving gloves with the tops of the three middle fingers cut off the right hand , a tube of mint-flavoured lip salve and a metal hip-flask engraved with the words : ‘ I am not a diabetic ; in case of accidents please rush me to the nearest public house . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ I 've got your tissue-typing result , Juliet , ’ said David , and laid it on the bed-table . |
| 26 | Cranston took out his dagger and laid it on the floor beside him . |
| 27 | Pulling a little face , she carefully folded the tea-towel she 'd been using and laid it on the work surface . |
| 28 | She drained her glass and laid it on the cane table . |
| 29 | I took my gun out of the closet and put two bullets in the magazine and laid it on the table beside my bed . |
| 30 | He frowned , pulled the napkin from his lap and laid it on the table as he stood up , shrugging apologetically to his mother , seeming to indicate that it was the kind of thing that had happened before , from time to time . |