Example sentences of "he [vb past] it [adv prt] on the " in BNC.

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1 I was in the kitchen when he played it back on the TV — I remember that day so well — and he called me into the living room to take a look .
2 He put it down on the tray then captured her hand , suddenly very much the professional consultant .
3 But three weeks later he put it back on the market .
4 Rosa Guy is also very descriptive and emotional in her writing , one of my favourite descriptions is on pages 53–54 which tells us how Mrs Aimsley has all her glasses set out on shelves and the higher the shelf , the more expensive the glass and of course not being used to drinking out of glasses , Imamu takes the most expensive type from which to drink milk and syrup and after washing and drying it , he put it back on the shelf , but as he takes his hand away , the glass tips over and falls , smashing on the sink .
5 He set it down on the bit of rug .
6 Instead , he set it down on the worktop .
7 He spread it out on the table and looked briefly at its incomprehensible , oriental symbols .
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