Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] on the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We really felt that this was a book to push on , and so we talked to the trade very early on , consulted them on the jacket and so on . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | George Yaxlee took the contents of the back pocket and laid them on the mantelshelf . |
| 4 | He took an envelope from his breast pocket , extracted three photos , laid them on the desk . |
| 5 | Taking out a sheaf of documents , he laid them on the desk top . |
| 6 | He took the locket and the manuscript out of his pocket and laid them on the desk in front of the headmaster . |
| 7 | Zen took out a notepad and pencil and laid them on the desk . |
| 8 | So all attending had brought their freshly picked bunches with them and laid them on the coffin as they arrived , and I must say that it looked — and smelled — lovely . |
| 9 | Carson appeared with the towels , a bath-sized and two hand-sized , and laid them on the duvet by her bag . |
| 10 | Carter took out his packet of cigarettes and a box of matches and laid them on the locker . |
| 11 | She took some notes from her pocketbook and laid them on the table by her plate and her half-empty glass . |
| 12 | But he s he met me on the road one day and he said to me , Miss , it would pay you to give a decent price for it , he said to me . |
| 13 | I took down our saddle bags from the hook in the wall and flung them on the bed . |
| 14 | only your mother was n't sure she asked me on the phone |
| 15 | He slung them on the banister in a casual manner . |
| 16 | ‘ They got me on the face , stomach and legs . |
| 17 | A hawthorn hedge divided them on the left from the field belonging to Upmeadow Farm , while on the right-hand side their territory was bounded by a swift little stream . |
| 18 | Everyone laughed , and the captain clapped me on the back and called me a good fellow . |
| 19 | They laughed and clapped me on the back and handed the container round the circle again . |
| 20 | Then they clapped me on the back with too many hands , thrust upon me the plastiform wafer that confirmed payment of the rest of my fee , and proclaimed that they would create a song for the festival in praise of ’ the , most safe and reliable Delmore Curb , master courier ’ . |
| 21 | Ryan stopped and clapped me on the shoulder . |
| 22 | Ralemberg smiled , sheathed his dagger and clapped me on the shoulder . |
| 23 | He laughed and clapped me on the shoulder . |
| 24 | He clapped me on the shoulder , proclaiming I was a great fellow , before sweeping away to join the dancers . |
| 25 | He clapped me on the shoulder . |
| 26 | Benjamin grinned and clapped me on the shoulder . |
| 27 | They laughed and clapped me on the shoulder . |
| 28 | He pulled a helpless face , took off his glasses , and wiped them on the tail of his shirt . |
| 29 | His hands were getting messy ; he wiped them on the creature 's cloak . |
| 30 | Boldly coloured ties draped Levinsky 's neck ( he sold them on the street ) , his synapses now like two eggs over light , in permanent sizzle , as he tried to move into stride with a young Cassius Clay . |