Example sentences of "[verb] they on [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Before you oil your hands , place them on either side of your partner 's head . |
| 2 | Practical jokes were the order of the day during the making of The Jokers ; everyone played them on each other . |
| 3 | But , we 've seen them on this side as well ! |
| 4 | And erm oh just put them on that table over there . |
| 5 | You put them on those planning calendar pages . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | He seemed to resent them on that occasion and will not wear them today . |
| 9 | He seemed to resent them on that occasion and will not wear them today |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 |
| 16 | Would it not help if the board gave a written assurance to the people who 've been complaining here that they will meet them on any occasion to discuss the problem in writing please because from Brenda it appears that it just does not happen . |
| 17 | Erm , another reason why I ca n't give you the whole story of course is because then there 'd be no reason to take this baby rather than this baby at the hospital , you know , so their histories are exactly identical , I E nil , erm , nothing individuates them on that account . |
| 18 | Her substantial and brilliant book A Rhetoric of the Unreal uses the work of French intellectual stars in a familiar and matter-of-fact way , without any of the bedazzlement that surrounds them on this side of the Channel . |
| 19 | I was just reaching out to get the bottle — I keep them on that sideboard just behind me chair — when I heard this noise … . ’ |
| 20 | We never did persuade them , but for six valuable hours we managed to hold them on that course far out into the Flores Sea , until finally they came to their senses , noticed the distant and almost invisible shore , and hurriedly tacked towards it again . |
| 21 | They leave them on all night , even when the shop 's shut . |
| 22 | Preceding them on this sett however was Richard Patrickson of Calder Abbey and Thomas Anison , Esquires . |
| 23 | Again , we do n't know if this was a record but Pauline explained how she made the sweaters saying , ‘ My Brother 950i makes large motifs very straightforward to knit as you can place them on any size of garment without having to push back unwanted needles at the edges . ’ |
| 24 | Indeed , she did not accompany them on this stroll along the Western Esplanade to the Dumpton Gap even in their thoughts . |
| 25 | Because these instructions are stored , and not the pattern of dots , it is possible to reproduce them on any system at whatever size is required . |