Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] it on [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She took a playful swipe at his face , but Harvey caught it on the flat of his hand , then she struck at him with the palm of the other hand and they did a pat-a-cake routine . |
| 2 | My local authority of Calderdale spent responsibly , and a Government Department patted it on the back , saying that it was the second most efficient metropolitan authority in the country . |
| 3 | Nicholson laid it on a piece of black velvet that lay on the work top , allowing his visitors to get a better look at the tiny object . |
| 4 | The Presidium of the Czech National Council approved the draft on Feb. 12 , describing it as " the basic point of departure for the talks … on the final wording of the agreement " , but the Presidium of the Slovak National Council rejected it on the grounds that the Slovak delegation had made too many concessions . |
| 5 | Mr Tutton blamed it on a type of narrow laser beam used in early operations and said it had not been a problem for the British patients . |
| 6 | Usually when she got home with the bread Léonie dumped it on the kitchen table . |
| 7 | Lewis was inclined to ground his grudging acceptance of democracy on the doctrine of original sin ; Tolkien rejected it on the grounds that public virtue can not be mechanised or formulated . |
| 8 | Duncan landed it on the port main wheel with the wing dipped into the strong cross-current . |
| 9 | The school seemed cold and it was certainly dark for the main windows faced north and tall buildings surrounded it on the other three sides . |
| 10 | Susy 's affectionate and gentle nature eased it on the one side , James 's common sense and recognition of Susy 's value to his life made it easier on his . |
| 11 | Helen put it on the table . |
| 12 | It was only when The Sun newspaper displayed it on a girl in a highly provocative pose that she realized how easily the purity of the image could be sullied . |
| 13 | So obviously you just write down that Rita did it on the 10th . |
| 14 | This decision might have been regarded as one asserting the value of individual choice , but the Court put it on a rather different basis , saying that ‘ the implementation of the rights conferred on the employees by the Directive could not be dependent on the consent either of the transferor or of the transferee or of the employees themselves , wit |
| 15 | Rose left it on the coffee table by her husband 's chair , and when he had had his usual mixed fry-up and was preparing to have his snooze , his eye caught it as it lay there . |
| 16 | Charlotte put it in Emily 's hands , but after a moment Emily dropped it on the floor . |
| 17 | Perhaps Jamie dropped it on a visit to Puddephat 's rooms , and Puddephat put it in a drawer until he saw him again . |
| 18 | ah , I 've put you a three eight , wide eight thick piece of steel lay it on the top that would hold it down in the middle |
| 19 | Ira Sanchez offered a bet and the bookie took it on the nod . |
| 20 | As the New York Daily News put it on the eve of the ballot : ‘ The Muck Stops Here ! ’ |
| 21 | The telephone rang in the lounge and Carmen answered it on the extension in the kitchen . |
| 22 | At Headingley , David Gower , thirty-three years old , became the youngest player to reach one hundred Test matches — or , as Don Mosey put it on the radio , he reached his hundredth Test in fewer games than anyone else . |
| 23 | The foredeck man snubbed it on the cleat . |
| 24 | The rebels blamed the massacre on the government troops and the government blamed it on the rebels . |
| 25 | Christian Lacroix 's C'est la Vie dress : Sylvie Guillem wore it on the night |
| 26 | and a bloke down in Cardiff put it on the jig and he erm he er does all the taxi 's you know |
| 27 | Hey right guess how they put We Three Kings , it goes this is how Gary put it on the sheet , he goes We three kings , no is bitter perfume he will die and go in his tomb . |
| 28 | Claire made it on the Sunday , I said in n it about time you took your wife out ? |
| 29 | Charles exploited it on a scale his predecessors had not needed to try . |
| 30 | This band of gold probably originates from Egypt , where lovers wore it on the fourth finger of the right hand or ring finger . |