Example sentences of "and placing [pers pn] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He wrapped me in a warm coat and placing me in the car took me several miles over the moor . |
| 2 | Russian President Boris Yeltsin issued a decree , reported on May 21 , transferring the troops of the Baltic border district to Russian Federation jurisdiction and placing them under the command of the C.-in-C. of Border Troops , financed from the Russian budget . |
| 3 | Lucinda jumped to her feet , collecting cups , plates and cutlery together and placing them on the tray . |
| 4 | When I arrived on tie scene there appeared to be hundreds of people there , but a civilian — the works and bricks engineer seemed — to be the boss , and even the station commander was happily taking orders from him about filling sandbags and placing them on the Bund to strengthen it against the rising tide . |
| 5 | He pushed the wadding carefully into the cartridge before taking it from Benny and placing it on the garden wall . |
| 6 | ‘ There , ’ she said , taking a jar from the sideboard and placing it on the table . |
| 7 | ‘ Comin' up , ’ Jenkins replied , uncapping a Budweiser and placing it on the counter in front of Laidlaw . |
| 8 | ( Constanza has a habit of slipping it off and placing it on the table in front of her . |
| 9 | Picking up rubbish and placing it in the bin is one small step in an ever-growing waste crisis . |
| 10 | This can become a real problem unless the situation is handled cautiously , because simply lifting the dog up and placing it in the car will be counter-productive . |
| 11 | I helped this along by taking some Flocor from an established filter and placing it in the vat filter . |
| 12 | ‘ It 's the severing of the head and placing it in the font which is so brutal , is n't it ? |
| 13 | Central to this was a process of taking control of the workplace away from the operatives and placing it in the hands of management by providing the latter with the technical information that had formerly been monopolized by the former . |
| 14 | ‘ Well ’ Peggy drained her glass before walking to the table and placing it in the tray , and her back to her mother , she , said , ‘ When one is an executive one must act like an executive , must n't one ? ’ |