Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] [adv] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mrs Hollidaye took off her leather gloves and laid them neatly on top of her handbag on the pew beside her , straightened her hat and unhooked a cushion which hung from a brass hook beneath the shelf . |
| 2 | Counting out seven pound notes , he laid them carefully on the table . |
| 3 | Very slowly she took the headphones off and laid them carefully on the table , her eyes never leaving Luke 's for a moment . |
| 4 | He laid them out on Stephen 's desk and did his best to smooth them flat . |
| 5 | He laid them out on the desk , got a plastic bag out of the bottom drawer of the filing cabinet and swept all the bits and pieces into it . |
| 6 | The man with the shears laid them down on the grass , took a handkerchief from his pocket , made a knot in each of its four corners and placed this improvised sun-hat on his head . |
| 7 | She rolled the two cloaks into a bundle and laid them down on the shore where the tide could come and take them . |
| 8 | But he put up no defence ; he simply raised his hands and laid them lightly on Gentle 's shoulders . |
| 9 | We met them afterwards on stage . |
| 10 | I mean I do n't , I do n't know whether say they flung them out on the street is the right thing , cos I , I , I mean there 's all these places like Mencap and there 's a big one in Wellingborough |
| 11 | When I was making runs at Leeds Graham Gooch came up and asked me how on earth I was batting so well on that pitch . |
| 12 | But I was promoting a Neil Diamond concert and one day he got me up on stage during this tour , and introduced me to the audience . |
| 13 | Yeah me , it made me late on Friday |
| 14 | One by one he checked them off on his register , letting them stagger out into the corridor where the ghouls who liked disasters were already forming a pressing crowd . |
| 15 | Heather Mallender visited me here on Sunday the eighteenth of September . |
| 16 | Yes yes I was I had a month 's terminal leave er I 'd er I 'd heard that there was a job going , er phoned them up on the on the Monday , had an interview Tuesday , started the Friday . |
| 17 | And erm she phoned me up on the Sunday . |
| 18 | And you can guarantee , he was on t' phone on Saturday , he phoned me up on Monday , he phoned me on Tuesday and said , now I remember what I wanted . |
| 19 | ‘ It caught me right on the side of my face , ’ she said . |
| 20 | I took a firmer grip , squeezed tightly and immediately a cloven foot shot out like a whip lash and smacked me solidly on the knee . |
| 21 | With the Apostles in mind , he has produced twelve wooden blocks , akin to children 's bricks , and lined them up on shelves . |
| 22 | I invited her here on business . |
| 23 | He continued to go forward and even when Hodkinson caught him flush on the jaw with a straight right , it did n't stop his forward march . |
| 24 | The man ducked , weaving to his left so that Trent 's fist caught him high on the right cheek . |
| 25 | She beamed at her husband , bravely facing the barrage of produce , and winced as a particularly juicy specimen caught him right on the chin . |
| 26 | She caught him again on the way back between oven and table , and sank herself into him once more , but after a moment became conscious that he was having to make a considerable effort to hold the hot saucepan away from her at arm 's length . |
| 27 | Botham had the first six wickets before Marshall and Baptiste held him up for while , Marshall being lucky not to be on the wrong end of a legendary catch when Don Topley , a groundstaff boy who went on to play for Essex , brilliantly caught him one-handed on the square leg boundary , only to put one foot over the rope . |
| 28 | Her hand shot out and caught him fully on the side of the face , causing him to wince . |
| 29 | Daniel found her there on hands and knees , tears running down her face . |
| 30 | I found him here on the floor with his neck broken . |