Example sentences of "[vb base] [pers pn] on the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Will the hon. Gentleman please lay them on the table ? |
| 2 | Then they would bring their talons forward and reach their beaks out and in one swift movement crash them on the surface of the still lake , and out of the splashing spray caused by their wings as they beat to gain height again they would rise struggling with a fish in their talons . ’ |
| 3 | Emotivism claims that the distinctive meaning of ethical words lies in their power ( in virtue of our early linguistic conditioning ) to stimulate emotions and attitudes in a hearer , and vent them on the part of the speaker . |
| 4 | But you pat me on the bottom and send me home , and hope I 'll ‘ keep in touch ’ ! |
| 5 | We pat them on the back , as if they were dogs ; |
| 6 | The boys spear them on the reef . |
| 7 | She stripped the bed and lay me on the bed . |
| 8 | Then , with the right side of the garment facing the machine , pick up the stitches around the neck and place them on the machine . |
| 9 | If you just place them on the back seat of your car , or they are removed from an arrangement and not packed up in any special way , some of the petals will almost definitely become bruised , which will cause brown lines , patches and spots once the flowers have been pressed . |
| 10 | Make the invitations in the shape of a skull and crossbones and place them on the door instead of balloons . |
| 11 | They erm , what they do they drive these big Tugmasters now with these lorries so that they plant all these erm forty foot trailers with er with er erm with a container on and place them on the ship . |
| 12 | It would be possible to test a large sample of readers , who would read nine texts and place them on the network . |
| 13 | You know , particularly , you know the female may have only a state pension you know the part state pension nothing else coming in , and a lot of these accounts are still net , not gross , so the revenue have got money to give away , and they 're quite happy to do that providi providing that people tap them on the shoulder . |
| 14 | I thought we were going to walk down the line of men , touch them on the shoulder maybe , like some cop programme on TV , but that was n't it at all . |
| 15 | If you ever get to be a concert violinist , which I personally doubt , you 'll always wonder if people want you on the platform because of your looks or because you 're any good . ’ |
| 16 | Place him on the bed . ’ |
| 17 | I often have to get up with Graham , carry him into the living room and nurse him into the living room and nurse him on the armchair . |
| 18 | ‘ I asked my childminder to do what I do when Laura is naughty , and that is tap her on the hand and tell her ‘ no ’ — and that is all , ’ she explained . |
| 19 | I kiss him on the cheek . |
| 20 | Then I imagine she turns round and I lean over and kiss her on the mouth . |
| 21 | Holding out her hand , her smile wide , she said , ‘ It 's good to see you home again , Martin , ’ and his answer was to take her hand and kiss her on the cheek and say , ‘ It 's good to be home , Aunt . |
| 22 | ‘ Well , here we are , ’ Andy says , sitting forward and slapping his hands on his knees , then taking the J when I tap him on the elbow . |
| 23 | I told the others , ‘ we either write some new songs and start behaving like a proper band again or knock it on the head , this time for good ’ . |
| 24 | Your last option , if everything is closed off , is knock it on the top and try and lead into chase . |
| 25 | Forget it on the 443-yard par-four 18th , unless you 're left-handed . |
| 26 | No you build it on the brick . |
| 27 | Why do you think it might be important that we think about what we say and how we say it on the telephone ? erm There is a gap here for you to respond ! |
| 28 | As they do this , take a card from the top , deftly place it on the bottom and turn the pack over . |
| 29 | Tell your audience that you are going to spell out the names of a complete suit of cards and , each time you spell out a letter , you are going to take the top card and place it on the bottom . |
| 30 | The object is for players , taking it in turns , to remove one of the pieces and place it on the top without the whole structure collapsing . |