Example sentences of "[verb] [noun sg] by [noun sg] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the moment , the gloves and hat were placed side by side on the gleaming wood of the table before her and her hands were folded in an attitude of prayer — although her humour was anything but reverent . |
| 2 | These two tasks completed , the exposed pith was cut into narrow strips like ribbons , which were then placed side by side on a large , perfectly-flat slab of limestone which was kept permanently damp by boys scattering water on it , ever-moving fingers flicking across from earthenware pots . |
| 3 | They took their seats on canvas chairs which were placed side by side on the strip of red tiling , as if they were about to be photographed or to review a marching column . |
| 4 | A pair of Jacobean Dersinghams , husband and wife in about half life-size , kneeling side by side on a plinth , looked stolidly into eternity . |
| 5 | We lay side by side on the floor all over the house — there must have been a dozen or more of us , including nice old Ma Mi who was delighted to see us . |
| 6 | In Isfield , Sir John Shurley and his two wives lie side by side on a mighty tomb of alabaster with their children carved kneeling around the base . |
| 7 | To re-define charity by statute on the lines of existing law would not be easy and might well confuse rather than clarify the law , for the essential difficulties connected with benefit to the public require more explanation and analysis than is convenient in an Act of Parliament . |
| 8 | Even good-looking baskets set side by side on the floor can hold a good deal of paraphernalia — including bottles or books — with a certain panache . |
| 9 | Why now should they be prepared to recognise as Messiah precisely the imperial authority which , three centuries before , had crucified Jesus — and which continued to practise execution by crucifixion on rebels against the State ? |
| 10 | If there are two guns they should stand side by side on the edge of the burrow , one shooting to the right and the other to the left , so that neither is endangered by whatever the other fellow does . |
| 11 | Californian Wayne Rainey and Michael Doohan , separated by just two points in the title race , start side by side on the front row . |
| 12 | Wayne Rainey and Michael Doohan , separated by just two points in the title race , start side by side on the front row . |
| 13 | The other two people in the room were sitting side by side on the old sofa . |
| 14 | He could not help overhearing , in April 1986 , that North was about to go to Tehran , and asked Earl about it ; considering they were sitting side by side on the sofa , he said , it was bizarre to have one man briefed and the other not . |
| 15 | This put promotion by seniority on a more regular basis than ever before in any major European diplomatic service . |
| 16 | So many refugees had passed that way already , and the steamers were dirty with no accommodation , so that again we slept side by side on the decks , and ate cold and rather horrible curry and rice on filthy plates . |
| 17 | They were leaning side by side on the stone parapet of the oldest bridge over the Comer , and the same river that scoured so savagely at its banks upstream flowed beneath them here full , strong and smooth , partially tamed by two weirs in between . |
| 18 | For motorists who intend to travel west by road on N3 to Zurich or beyond , a short side-trip is to -be recommended . |
| 19 | Neither of them minded the burned taste in the least ; they sat side by side on the sand , the tall dark man and the small dark boy , at peace together . |
| 20 | They sat side by side on the hearthrug : the fire caught : Daniel held the toasting-fork to the grate . |
| 21 | But he gave her a hand and they sat side by side on the hot wood , pouring sea water , steaming . |
| 22 | A quiche and a cake sat side by side on the dresser veiled with a clean tea-towel . |
| 23 | Together they watched the setting up of the town 's first fish and chip shop , they saw the decline of Mr Healy in the hotel and stood side by side on the day that he was taken to the sanatorium . |
| 24 | Branson and McLaren stood side by side on the upper deck , incongruous partners in crime , the contrast almost comical — McLaren in drainpipes , Branson with shoulder-length hair tumbling over a multi-coloured sweater of Hobbit-like cosiness . |