Example sentences of "and [vb past] it on the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nathan closed the folder and laid it on the starched tablecloth . |
| 2 | She took some bread from the pantry cupboard and placed it on the wooden table . |
| 3 | He removed his straw hat and placed it on the empty chair beside him . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Then I got a hand bowl full of fresh sawdust from a sack in the little warehouse and sprinkled it on the clean boards . |
| 7 | And left it on the second hole . |