Example sentences of "[conj] put it on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Place the joint in a trivet over the tin , or put it on the oven rack directly above the roasting tin , so that the juices from the meat ‘ weep ’ into the potatoes and onions . |
| 2 | ‘ So only the person who served the lobster or put it on the plates could have poisoned it ? ’ |
| 3 | I could tell he was pleased with himself but a bit scared , just like when he used to keep the half-crown Father gave him on Sundays , rather than put it on the collection plate . |
| 4 | The owner of the estate , American John Kluge , agreed in principle to sell the estate to the crown rather than put it on the open market , but he did not consider the resulting offer to be high enough . |
| 5 | So we used to take a big old transistor with us and put it on the back shelf . |
| 6 | I try and get it out with my fingers , but I ca n't reach it so I pour it into another bowl and put it on the floor for Satan to drink . |
| 7 | Philip took the vase and put it on the table where it had been before , wiping off some of the dust with his elbow . |
| 8 | I washed and sterilised it and put it on the hall table , beside the front door . |
| 9 | Confidently you open your portable projector and put it on the table . |
| 10 | She explains : ‘ I take a very deep breath before I get on the plane and then as soon as I am on board I get out all my make-up and put it on the table in front of me and spend hours putting it on . |
| 11 | The explanation is to do with the influence on one another of the communicating classes — the people who practise politics , write about it in the higher journalism , and put it on the screen . |
| 12 | When I had eaten the first course of cabbage , and the second of meat pudding , potato and carrots , I poured cold water into my used billycan and put it on the lighted stove . |
| 13 | Method 2 : Choose a record or tape of a piece of music which pleases you and put it on the turntable or in the cassette player . |
| 14 | I pulled the tin box out of my battle-dress and put it on the table . |
| 15 | T. B. You had to see what they were passing through and you had to have a chit and you had to time this chit and sign it and then you went to the hut and put it on the spike . |
| 16 | It was inspired by Brendan Foster and it brought international athletics to the town and put it on the map . |
| 17 | Patsy arrived with the teapot and put it on the stand . |
| 18 | Putting his hand inside his dirty bomber jacket , he drew out a long , thick kitchen knife and put it on the dashboard . |
| 19 | She tipped the rice into a pan and put it on the top on a low number and retreated to the living room where Alan was sprawled on the sofa reading the copy of a Sunday newspaper they had collected from a garage shop next to the pub . |
| 20 | He closed the book at once and put it on the bedside table . |
| 21 | Then , using a two pronged transfer tool , pick up just the end stitch and put it on the end needle ( 1 ) . |
| 22 | ‘ It will be your job to go to the kitchen and get the jug and fill it with water and put it on the table here with a clean empty glass just before the lesson starts . ’ |
| 23 | When the required effect is seen , note the position of the filter and put it on the lens . |
| 24 | When the table was ready she filled a deep pan with water and put it on the cooker , her movements slow and simpering in contrast to those of her mother , who quickly poured olive oil into a big black frying-pan , threw in the artichokes , covered them and rinsed her hands and arms before drawing a chair up to one of the cauldrons and sliding into the curd up to her elbows . |
| 25 | He took Duncan 's suitcase from him and put it on the back seat . |
| 26 | There , in that picture ’ — Myeloski took a photograph from the pile and put it on the top — ‘ they came along that river-bank . |
| 27 | Kate pulled her coat off and put it on the banisters . |
| 28 | She took the envelope into the small sitting-room and put it on the mantelpiece under the painting of the Victorian child with its crafty cat-like eyes . |
| 29 | He took off her white veil , and then he took off her black dress , and put it on the floor . |
| 30 | Then probably , if the weather was fine the next day or two , we would go and drag-rake it up with another horse in a drag-rake ; and then rake it all up and put it on the cock . |