Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] on the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Used to hit them on the arm , never on the head . |
| 2 | They were prepared to hit me on the head , were n't they ? ’ |
| 3 | ‘ You might have heard me on the radio , ’ she said . |
| 4 | Please do n't throw me on the floor ! |
| 5 | The smaller bits we 'd look at for a time and then he 'd throw them on the fire . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | She leaned in and pecked me on the lips . |
| 8 | You do n't fucking expect to see them on the side of a bar though do you ? |
| 9 | I asked her to come to see me on the day after her arrival and at the hour of sunset , the best time for the wonderful view that I then had to offer her . |
| 10 | See , she came to see me on the bridge . ’ |
| 11 | Will the hon. Gentleman please lay them on the table ? |
| 12 | ‘ Why did they build them on the top of hills ? ’ she asked Christopher . |
| 13 | But you must not build them on the graveyard . |
| 14 | You see I would like to see people at the end of this programme to have some idea , not just of fancy figures in the air , but of practical effects that will affect them on the ground . |
| 15 | ‘ Do you want me on the search , sir ? ’ |
| 16 | ‘ Have I said something , then ? ’ he asked , taking off his cap and overcoat and hanging them on the door peg . |
| 17 | When I 'm fighting my sister he kicks me on the wotsit . ’ |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | George Yaxlee took the contents of the back pocket and laid them on the mantelshelf . |
| 21 | He took an envelope from his breast pocket , extracted three photos , laid them on the desk . |
| 22 | Taking out a sheaf of documents , he laid them on the desk top . |
| 23 | He took the locket and the manuscript out of his pocket and laid them on the desk in front of the headmaster . |
| 24 | Zen took out a notepad and pencil and laid them on the desk . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | Carson appeared with the towels , a bath-sized and two hand-sized , and laid them on the duvet by her bag . |
| 27 | Carter took out his packet of cigarettes and a box of matches and laid them on the locker . |
| 28 | She took some notes from her pocketbook and laid them on the table by her plate and her half-empty glass . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | But he s he met me on the road one day and he said to me , Miss , it would pay you to give a decent price for it , he said to me . |