Example sentences of "[coord] [verb] [pron] [adv prt] on " in BNC.
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| 31 | Cut it out , mark it with ‘ armchair ’ or whatever and juggle it around on your plan together with any other pieces you 're planning to buy until you 're sure it fits in . |
| 32 | Taczek hoisted his fist and smacked it down on the table with a hollow bang . |
| 33 | Still , I did n't risk a second run and instead I turned left at the end and found myself back on Plumstead Road . |
| 34 | So he dug a bomb shelter in the back yard , which was fine for his wife and little daughter , William 's mum-to-be , but not so convenient for him when he joined the Merchant Navy and found himself out on Atlantic convoys with the wolf packs at his heels . |
| 35 | And she clapped her hands together , and suddenly they all rose in the air , man , woman , house , glass flasks , heap of dust , and found themselves out on a cold hillside where stood the original little grey man with Otto the hound . |
| 36 | We try and slip him in on the sly when we think we 've got them hooked . |
| 37 | Neither of them now took notice of Aggie 's returning to the room and seating herself down on the leather couch . |
| 38 | With the Apostles in mind , he has produced twelve wooden blocks , akin to children 's bricks , and lined them up on shelves . |
| 39 | A deadline was set up but it has come and gone and we no have no alternative but to reclaim the shares and place them back on the market . |
| 40 | The cigarette glowed again in the dark , and he hitched himself up on one elbow and ground it out on the earth . |
| 41 | ‘ He got what he wanted and slammed it down on the counter . |
| 42 | Cranston stuck his red , bulbous nose into a tankard , took one slurp and slammed it down on the table . |
| 43 | Sir John drained his tankard and slammed it down on the table . |
| 44 | Surprisingly , Cranston agreed , drained the cup and slammed it down on the table . |
| 45 | Cranston lifted the alejack , remembered the rat , and slammed it back on the table . |
| 46 | 1 small twentieth-century ornamental dinner plate with picture of Scarborough Beach ( this is optional , actually , but I always find it adds spice to a tour of a house if , when interest is flagging , you quietly get it out and prop it up on a table and then say innocently to an attendant : ‘ What 's the story behind that plate ? ’ and then wait to see what sort of explanation is invented by someone who has never seen it in his or her life before ) |
| 47 | Oh , very often my wife goes out and digs one up on Christmas Eve and that has happened regular . |
| 48 | He drew in a deep breath , paused for a second and let it out on a sigh . |
| 49 | His clothes were shabby , his linen clean ; the former housekeeper washed it and dried it out on the grass . |
| 50 | Pulling on navy shorts and a pale blue polo shirt over her white lace bra and pants , she made sure the cabin skylight was open as far as it would go , then gave her sleeping-bag a brisk shake and spread it out on the mattress to air . |
| 51 | He fetched the map and spread it out on the table . |
| 52 | Reaching down beside him , he retrieved a map , unfolded it and spread it out on the ground . |
| 53 | I took out the 8000 and put them down on the table . |
| 54 | Thirdly , and most important of all in the genesis of Doctor Who , are the people who inspired it — the few who drew the notion of Doctor Who from the seeds of human inventiveness and put them down on paper . |
| 55 | I carried the coffee jug and filter and two cups back into the living-room and put them down on my coffee table , which sounds posh but in fact it doubles as a dining table , poker table and ironing-board . |
| 56 | The boy came in through the back carrying Russell 's blanket roll and carbine and put them down on the passenger bench . |
| 57 | Vivienne would pick them up and say , it 's alright I 'll just wash them down and put them back on the rack . |
| 58 | Albert took off his glasses and rubbed them on his handkerchief and put them back on , as if clean spectacles might make him think better . |
| 59 | ‘ And he tied the horse up ; took the shoes off and put them back on again . |
| 60 | and she says she sat , she sat er still you know with her arms folded and all like that and she says , oh she says I think you er collect the books and stamp them and put them back on the shelves and she said they all laughed , but she got the job in opposition to er , a few others you know |