Example sentences of "[verb] they on [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They would also remove any personal belongings which were removable and next day place them on prominent display , according to Polperro 's Quiller Couch , ‘ … to disclose the disgraceful want of vigilance supposed to characterise the owner ’ . |
| 2 | Before you oil your hands , place them on either side of your partner 's head . |
| 3 | However , for patients in their forties it is usually a simple matter to establish them on similar insulin regimens to the Type I patients . |
| 4 | True , a small band of bridge trolls tried to ambush them on one occasion , and a party of brigands nearly caught them unawares one night ( but unwisely tried to investigate the Luggage before slaughtering the sleepers ) . |
| 5 | A particularly interesting feature of the trestle piers was the method used for founding them on irregular river beds . |
| 6 | But she had earned them on sheer merit . |
| 7 | Practical jokes were the order of the day during the making of The Jokers ; everyone played them on each other . |
| 8 | But , we 've seen them on this side as well ! |
| 9 | And erm oh just put them on that table over there . |
| 10 | ‘ Yes , I put them on one side for you . |
| 11 | and put them on one side . |
| 12 | You put them on those planning calendar pages . |
| 13 | Well I used to the grindstone was in the cart shed , you see , and er I used to turn the handle whilst he ground his knives down and then he 'd take them in the slaughterhouse , after he got them ground , and put them on this stone to get them smooth , to get a fine edge on the knife . |
| 14 | Think about it , though , do n't just blindly put them on any word that ends in s , make sure you know why you 're putting it there . |
| 15 | Pour off the pulp , strain the seeds and spread them on absorbent paper to dry ; then store in a cool , dry place . |
| 16 | Ellen had gone to her one-room apartment in town while Thessy was reading his Bible in the main-cabin , so I heated myself some baked beans in Wavebreaker 's microwave , spread them on buttered toast , soaked them in brown sauce , then ate a morose supper on deck until the bugs drove me to the screened sanctuary of the staterooms below . |
| 17 | He seemed to resent them on that occasion and will not wear them today . |
| 18 | He seemed to resent them on that occasion and will not wear them today |
| 19 | You 've only had them on one morning . |
| 20 | They were arguing about whose fingernails were longest , thinnest and sharpest and thought that the only way to see would be by testing them on each other 's bony arms . |
| 21 | And they get them on one machine ? |
| 22 | Let's see if we can move them on this year so that they start to think it 's a charity I know I really want to support . |
| 23 | But whereas Edouard loved cars for their design , and their beauty , and collected them on that basis , Grégoire loved them for the engines under their gleaming bonnets . |
| 24 | Although the ministers were too polite to commit themselves , even when I pressed them on this point , it was clear to me that they felt they , and their church , had been used . |
| 25 | In some cases , again , his links with the local gentry can be inferred only from his readiness to use them on sensitive business after 1483 . |
| 26 | In some cases , again , his links with the local gentry can be inferred only from his readiness to use them on sensitive business after 1483 . |
| 27 | As he put the glass to his lips to wash out the thought , his eye caught the soldierly portraits all around , the Divisional insignia above the mantelpiece , the roll of battle honours flanking them on each side , and he had a sudden vision of the mess walls decorated not with these trumpery monuments to man 's stupidity but with the torn and mangled limbs of countless unfortunates and , in the place of honour , Corporal Byford 's shattered , still bleeding leg . |
| 28 | and I 've mounted them on green germ , but I 'm going to put them on a table , and then hang the germs from the ceiling or something , round , cos I have n't got a board for that . |
| 29 | ‘ Instead of a pay freeze for Ministers , it would have made sense to put them on performance-related pay , so that if this statement does n't work , they do n't get paid at all , ’ he said . |
| 30 | Mm , mm I 'd of put them in the , even with these new glasses I these dark ones , you know the dark ones I had to put them on this morning I had to put these dark glasses on cos the light hurt me eyes , so I had to put these on |