Example sentences of "would [verb] them on the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The smaller bits we 'd look at for a time and then he 'd throw them on the fire . |
| 2 | I thought I 'd put them on the window sill I think |
| 3 | He still treated Edward coolly , stating with conviction that he had his orders direct from London and saw no need to go over them in detail , and no possibility that he would modify them on the say-so of a junior officer he did not know . |
| 4 | Experience convinced her that the man who was drunk would lecture them on the futility of dying , a theme prompted by the first mention of hospices . |
| 5 | They 've been open all hours … at Kingsholm this week … running on overtime getting ready for a game that could simply make or break the season … you know what they say about it never raining … it 's been pouring on Gloucester this season … defeat for the Cherry and Whites tomorrow would put them on the relegation trapdoor … |
| 6 | Some aircraft were prevented from appearing the ‘ pans ’ on the crowd-side of the airfields , because their turning circle would place them on the grass and at risk of bogging . |