Example sentences of "placing [pers pn] [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The French troops in Saudi Arabia moved up to Hafar al-Batin , some 100 km from the Kuwaiti border , placing them effectively in the front line . |
| 2 | She flicked him a quick glance , then concentrated on lifting two green-patterned mugs from the cupboard and placing them neatly on the marble counter , all too aware that he was watching her every move . |
| 3 | ‘ Certainly the play advocates a continuation of the war , as plays nowadays are required to do , ’ said Deems , folding his hands and placing them gently on the table before him , as if to show that he concealed nothing . |
| 4 | He carried him easily , placing him gently on the front seat of his car . |
| 5 | She slipped it from his shoulders , folding it up and placing it carefully on the chair . |
| 6 | Leonora collected the steaming mug and went into the study , placing it carefully on the only unoccupied space on the desk . |
| 7 | Hauser was talking again after removing his jacket , placing it carefully over the back of his chair . |
| 8 | She set the candelabrum and the tray down on one of the tables , removing his greatcoat and placing it carefully over the back of a chair so that she might lay out a cloth and utensils . |
| 9 | This has the value of removing prophecy from the realm of the mysterious and placing it firmly in the practical . |
| 10 | Terra Sigillata ware , including lamps , now date an early alteration to the palace around the year nought , placing it well within the possibility of identification as the Herodian palace described by Josephus , the Jewish historian ( 37–100 AD ) , together with the city of Caeserea , its great harbour , temple to Augustus the Emperor , and theatre . |
| 11 | Remembering her host 's clever trick of the night before , she had made a sandwich of the remaining ham and wrapped it carefully in one of her pocket handkerchiefs , placing it securely in the pocket of her pelisse . |
| 12 | In Saussure 's theory we identify and attach meaning to an individual word in a sequence by placing it mentally against the background of other words , not present in the sequence , which are both similar and different to it . |
| 13 | Join the lining to the blind at hemline by placing it centrally over the blind fabric with right sides facing and bottom raw edges level . |
| 14 | Then , placing it gently on the jacket , he took the syringe from off the floor and began to draw the liquid up into it . |