Example sentences of "[verb] they on the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Who met them on the beaches ? |
| 4 | Well , perhaps we can count them on the fingers of one hand . |
| 5 | You could almost count them on the fingers of two |
| 6 | Then he 'd , he used to try them on the hairs on his arm and if that cut them off that suited him you see |
| 7 | Would n't be very hard to find them on the streets would it ? |
| 8 | Beside him on the counter were large dirty bottles of gilt glass from which he would take out the stoppers and daub them on the sleeves of passers-by . |
| 9 | Late-night scheduling has been a consistent feature of lesbian and gay programming , exploiting the gay audience 's motivation to watch these programmes while keeping them on the edges of broadcasting . |
| 10 | The workshops mentioned later in the chapter may provide a hub for the self-directed learning by basing them on the problem(s) . |
| 11 | When , in 1609 , Galileo constructed his first telescopes and trained them on the heavens , he made dramatic discoveries . |
| 12 | ‘ We would light matches and while the heads were still hot press them on the ticks — a long job . |
| 13 | We could hang them on the walls . |
| 14 | I I like writing them writing them on the nodes like that . |
| 15 | Unless they 're gon na do them on the roads there 's the motorway , that 's Manchester , unless they 're gon na do them on the roads |
| 16 | Unless they 're gon na do them on the roads there 's the motorway , that 's Manchester , unless they 're gon na do them on the roads |
| 17 | Sister Cooney picked up a pile of books and began to replace them on the shelves . |
| 18 | This means that customers who like the retailer 's own brand goods can quickly identify them on the shelves . |
| 19 | There were many in the ruling party who treated the proposals with great suspicion , however , and who worked to delay and discredit them on the grounds that they would undermine the current factional structure of the LDP . |
| 20 | But I 've seen them on the pictures . |
| 21 | I put them on the chairs , here in front of the fire , to dry nut and the kitchen was like a steam-bath all winter . ’ |
| 22 | The Government can not pretend to be concerned with security at army barracks and then , without regard for the soldiers , put them on the streets of London as easy targets for the terrorists . ’ |
| 23 | The Government can not pretend to be concerned with security at army barracks and then , without regard for the soldiers , put them on the streets of London as easy targets for the terrorists . ’ |
| 24 | and they 've I gave them to them and they put them on the hedges |
| 25 | Now you put them on the shelves , and I 'll check you . ’ |
| 26 | You put them on the backs of the calendar card . |
| 27 | Periodically we had lifted and turned them on the banks , where the sun and wind had shrunk and hardened them . |
| 28 | At least it keeps them from the dangers which await them on the streets . |
| 29 | And then erm one afternoon we went in a dug out canoe erm to look for crocodiles and we did actually see them on the banks of the river as we were going down in our canoe , so that was quite exciting . |
| 30 | You can almost remember them on the fingers of one hand . |