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Example sentences of "[conj] [vb past] it on the " in BNC.

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1	Someone who has received an object in exchange is like a buyer ; and so is someone who has received it in payment or retained it after settlement of a law suit or obtained it on the basis of a promise otherwise than as a gift .
2	I took my gun out of the closet and put two bullets in the magazine and laid it on the table beside my bed .
3	Louis carefully folded his handkerchief into a square and laid it on the deck beside his chair .
4	He took the flare from its bracket and laid it on the top of the trap-door .
5	The teacher then took a length of string , cut it to the height of the child and laid it on the ground on top of the shadow of Leanne .
6	He frowned , pulled the napkin from his lap and laid it on the table as he stood up , shrugging apologetically to his mother , seeming to indicate that it was the kind of thing that had happened before , from time to time .
7	She took off her hat and laid it on the table , and he saw with a sense of shock that her hair was white down the line of the parting where the tinting had grown out .
8	She put out her hand and laid it on the book , then said :
9	Gentle took off his heavy coat , and laid it on the chair by the door , knowing when he returned it would be warm and covered with cat hairs .
10	Then , on 11 April 1951 , they drove the stone to Arbroath and laid it on the altar of the ruined abbey , draped in the saltire flag of St Andrew .
11	He took a 78 from the shelf in the cabinet , wiped it with a fat hand , and laid it on the turntable .
12	He hastily unfastened the shoulder holster , too , and laid it on the table , then crossed to the fridge , found a can of 7-Up and drank deeply .
13	Donna pressed the ‘ End ’ button on the phone and laid it on the table .
14	Donna took the envelope upstairs with her and laid it on the bedside table .
15	She made an offering of flowers and fruits , spurred pennants of scarlet heliconia from the rainforest , blue-blushed rue and sorrel vines with tendrils trailing , and laid it on the pit .
16	She took it through to the lounge and laid it on the rug and at first I was amused But I could see all was not well because she sat as she usually does , but for a long time — over half an hour — then she lay down like this and she has n't moved . "
17	From a drawer she took out a cardboard box , and laid it on the table .
18	Wycliffe took her letter to Riddle from his pocket and laid it on the desk in front of her .
19	Nathan closed the folder and laid it on the starched tablecloth .
20	He and Broughton carried the dead body of Hilary Frome from its resting place at the top of the stairs , and laid it on the bed in the sick bay .
21	She took the dress and laid it on the bed again .
22	She drained her glass and laid it on the cane table .
23	Cranston took out his dagger and laid it on the floor beside him .
24	Pulling a little face , she carefully folded the tea-towel she 'd been using and laid it on the work surface .
25	I pulled out some money and laid it on the bar , followed by a pair of black leather driving gloves with the tops of the three middle fingers cut off the right hand , a tube of mint-flavoured lip salve and a metal hip-flask engraved with the words : ‘ I am not a diabetic ; in case of accidents please rush me to the nearest public house . ’
26	‘ I 've got your tissue-typing result , Juliet , ’ said David , and laid it on the bed-table .
27	He took the spoon out of her hand and laid it on the table .
28	She got a salad , already prepared , out of the refrigerator and laid it on the table .
29	The strange boy grinned and wiped it on the seat of his shorts .
30	Barbie said she 'd rather have a cigarette anyway and gave them back to us , but we could n't break any of them off , so we kept passing this lump backwards and forwards , sucking it and grinding little chunks off it , till we got fed up with it and chucked it on the floor .