Example sentences of "and [verb] it on the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nathan closed the folder and laid it on the starched tablecloth . |
| 2 | Th thing is , you can put it on there , put it on sta you can er film it , and bang it on the big screen over there . |
| 3 | For example , many a small child knows that to alleviate the pain and irritation of a nettle sting he need only reach for the nearest broad-leaved docken , ( Rumex obtusifolius ) and rub it on the offending part for instant relief . |
| 4 | Then take a second card from the middle pile and place it on the other outside pile . |
| 5 | If properly encouraged , they could carry the small amount of pollen necessary for fertilisation and place it on the exact spot in the female flower where it was required . |
| 6 | He removed the vase and put it on the occasional table next to the wedding photograph . |
| 7 | When I had eaten the first course of cabbage , and the second of meat pudding , potato and carrots , I poured cold water into my used billycan and put it on the lighted stove . |
| 8 | He had to drag out of nature whatever lay hidden and ‘ inferior ’ — to use Jung 's word — and exhibit it on the opened-out surface of a work of art . |
| 9 | Erm but er I hope you 're not going to way that er Westminster Council has gone , for each er er er , er er th their property into disrepair they bought it up , do it up and flog it on the open market when a few yards away there are people no a er now sleeping under bridges and canals ! |
| 10 | Walter made quite a business from stealing rationed food from the grocer he worked for and selling it on the black market , while Theo dealt mostly in men 's clothes which he shifted on to a second-hand dealer who paid ready cash . |
| 11 | With the authority of a man used to calling hounds to heel he 'd taken the arm from the dog , wrapped it in a towel and set it on the draining board . |
| 12 | They 're trying to pick it off and doing it on the big grass . |
| 13 | She took some bread from the pantry cupboard and placed it on the wooden table . |
| 14 | He removed his straw hat and placed it on the empty chair beside him . |
| 15 | Roland drew his breath in minor shock : Maud said , ‘ Oh , the dolls ’ — and Sir George brought his light back from a blank mirror entwined with gilded roses and focused it on the three rigid figures , semi-recumbent under a dusty counterpane , in a substantial if miniature four-poster bed . |
| 16 | Using the striped ribbon technique , make a small gift tag and lay it on the small red parcel with a white twisted ribbon to secure . |
| 17 | Then I got a hand bowl full of fresh sawdust from a sack in the little warehouse and sprinkled it on the clean boards . |
| 18 | And left it on the second hole . |
| 19 | She set it down on a footstool beside the open fire , then leaned across to take something from a bowl on the mantlepiece and sprinkle it on the burning logs . |