Example sentences of "[vb past] them on [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We really felt that this was a book to push on , and so we talked to the trade very early on , consulted them on the jacket and so on . |
| 2 | If you did , if you failed them on a regular basis , you would n't be here , right ? |
| 3 | She picked up my underclothes from the floor and laid them on a chair . |
| 4 | He once caught a pigeon , but it was mostly sparrows so small that , when he laid them on the embers to cook , they were ready by the time the feathers had singed and were hardly worth even sharing , except with the twins who insisted . |
| 5 | So all attending had brought their freshly picked bunches with them and laid them on the coffin as they arrived , and I must say that it looked — and smelled — lovely . |
| 6 | A human chain of soldiers , castle employees and members of the royal family carried out paintings , carpets , furniture , Sevres vases , books and drawings and laid them on the lawns before being transported by convoys of lorries . |
| 7 | He took an envelope from his breast pocket , extracted three photos , laid them on the desk . |
| 8 | Carson appeared with the towels , a bath-sized and two hand-sized , and laid them on the duvet by her bag . |
| 9 | She took some notes from her pocketbook and laid them on the table by her plate and her half-empty glass . |
| 10 | They had bought flowers in the village and they laid them on the new grave . |
| 11 | Taking out a sheaf of documents , he laid them on the desk top . |
| 12 | George Yaxlee took the contents of the back pocket and laid them on the mantelshelf . |
| 13 | He took the locket and the manuscript out of his pocket and laid them on the desk in front of the headmaster . |
| 14 | Zen took out a notepad and pencil and laid them on the desk . |
| 15 | Carter took out his packet of cigarettes and a box of matches and laid them on the locker . |
| 16 | Ronni carried them indoors and laid them on the kitchen table , scarcely able to bear the mouth-watering aromas that were escaping from beneath the tin foil . |
| 17 | One of these papers was a recent statement by the county education committee that no change in the status of the grammar school was contemplated : on that basis , I was able to reassure my anxious colleagues , when I met them on the first day of term , that abrupt change was not imminent . |
| 18 | Who met them on the beaches ? |
| 19 | The flight was successfully undertaken to the area of Kerkenah Island , where two 22X Squadron Sunderlands met the Hurricanes and led them on the last leg to the island . |
| 20 | I took down our saddle bags from the hook in the wall and flung them on the bed . |
| 21 | He slung them on the banister in a casual manner . |
| 22 | A hawthorn hedge divided them on the left from the field belonging to Upmeadow Farm , while on the right-hand side their territory was bounded by a swift little stream . |
| 23 | ‘ And how was Mrs Parkin ? ’ asked Dexter , while Blanche took a packet of chocolate digestives from her filing cabinet and arrayed them on a plate . |
| 24 | The man took off his spectacles and wiped them on a snowy white handkerchief . |
| 25 | He pulled a helpless face , took off his glasses , and wiped them on the tail of his shirt . |
| 26 | His hands were getting messy ; he wiped them on the creature 's cloak . |
| 27 | Boldly coloured ties draped Levinsky 's neck ( he sold them on the street ) , his synapses now like two eggs over light , in permanent sizzle , as he tried to move into stride with a young Cassius Clay . |
| 28 | You also got them on a |
| 29 | She could never ignore them as she passed them on the street , and they , as if they sensed it , turned to her , picking her out at once from a throng of a hundred other pedestrians as the one who saw and heard them . |
| 30 | He said nothing as we climbed the stairs , but he did n't switch the lights on as we passed them on the landing . |