Example sentences of "[adv] and [verb] [pron] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | Use the half pattern below and enlarge it on dressmaker 's graph paper . |
| 2 | P.S. I think we left some skeletons in water , if so , tell James to take them out merely and lay them on the table to dry . |
| 3 | ‘ I put all the ingredients together and put them on individual plates , but lots of people helped get the lobster out of their shells , and Alfred made the mayonnaise . |
| 4 | If you do all that for us you can then get gather all those bits and pieces together and put them on your commission claim . |
| 5 | Lucinda jumped to her feet , collecting cups , plates and cutlery together and placing them on the tray . |
| 6 | Odd-Knut muzzles the dog with a piece of trace line , ties its front and back legs together and lies it on its side . |
| 7 | " We 're going to string them together and hang them on our Christmas tree . " |
| 8 | 4 Gather the nuts together and place them on card . |
| 9 | She lifted it away and put it on Lowell 's knee . |
| 10 | She took his beaker away and placed it on the balcony wall . |
| 11 | ‘ He will hear a tune on a programme and go away and play it on a keyboard . |
| 12 | ‘ We know that , Mr Vigo , ’ he said , wrenching his eyes away and fixing them on an eggshell thin service , made to contain jasmine tea . |
| 13 | One hesitates over publicising these things for fear of sparking imitations , but you 're going to read about it somewhere so it might as well be here — over the past few weeks it has become clear that setting up telescopes to watch people tapping their numbers into automatic teller machines and then scavenging for discarded receipts bearing the account number is a really outdated way of defrauding banks and their customers — these days , you set up a bogus teller machine of your own and record the card details as the customer keys in the number : in the latest instance , a gang in Manchester , Connecticut set up a mobile teller machine in the Buckland Hills Mall Associated Press reports , sabotaged the other machines in the shopping mall to encourage people to use it , and later wheeled the machine away and debriefed it on all its card secrets , using the data to make up counterfeit cards which were subsequently used to withdraw cash from the accounts in the New York area ; moral — stick to machines you know . |
| 14 | Ronni carried them indoors and laid them on the kitchen table , scarcely able to bear the mouth-watering aromas that were escaping from beneath the tin foil . |
| 15 | It is important that colleges and universities use the access funds sensitively and target them on those who need them . |
| 16 | She had indeed once worked for a silversmith but had discovered that it was much easier to buy beads and acquire old pieces of jewellery , rearrange them artistically and sell them on market stalls throughout the country . |
| 17 | Go right across two platforms and catch the lift , go up on the lift and go left , take the weight and continue left , throw the weight onto the person , go left , up , up the pipe , take the weight , go right and throw it on the button , go up on the lift and go left , go up , take the weight , throw it on the person and fly up the pipe , go left , take the weight , go right and fall down the wall , go left , throw the weight on the button . |
| 18 | Finally I decided to decline politely and throw myself on the mercy of an acquaintance instead . ’ |
| 19 | I took off my coat quickly and tossed it on the chair in front of my desk . |
| 20 | Before we sat down in the restaurant Jamila took me aside and kissed me on the mouth . |
| 21 | He knew he deserved nothing and so he decided to go home and throw himself on his father 's mercy . |
| 22 | But we had to choose , early on , which side we belonged to , and children have to come down on the side that brings the food home and gets it on the table . |
| 23 | ‘ I 'll go home and put them on tape . |
| 24 | He closed the book at once and put it on the bedside table . |
| 25 | She can listen to TV tunes once and play them on a piano with one hand and on an accordion with the other . |
| 26 | He filled the kettle carefully and set it on the gas stove but in spite of his care he slopped water . |
| 27 | Whereas I — ’ he sighed theatrically and smote himself on the chest — ‘ am Arab . ’ |
| 28 | Lizzie was taking off her coat and hat now and laying them on a chair as she said , ‘ I 'm fine , fine . |
| 29 | ‘ Most people consolidate their information periodically and report it on a monthly basis : they tend to have huge consolidation exercises that go on for days . |
| 30 | The current took the dinghy immediately and started it on its way downstream , and I edged past Harry into the stern space behind him and retrieved my piece of pole . |