Example sentences of "[vb past] they [adv prt] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He laid them out on the desk , got a plastic bag out of the bottom drawer of the filing cabinet and swept all the bits and pieces into it . |
| 2 | The man with the shears laid them down on the grass , took a handkerchief from his pocket , made a knot in each of its four corners and placed this improvised sun-hat on his head . |
| 3 | She rolled the two cloaks into a bundle and laid them down on the shore where the tide could come and take them . |
| 4 | I mean I do n't , I do n't know whether say they flung them out on the street is the right thing , cos I , I , I mean there 's all these places like Mencap and there 's a big one in Wellingborough |
| 5 | Yes yes I was I had a month 's terminal leave er I 'd er I 'd heard that there was a job going , er phoned them up on the on the Monday , had an interview Tuesday , started the Friday . |
| 6 | Stripping off the rest of her wet clothes , she bundled them out on the landing , then irritably turned on the shower and stepped beneath the hot jets . |
| 7 | He flicked through them , then threw them down on the table . |
| 8 | He reached towards her with his strong hands and pressed them down on the fine-boned structure of her shoulders , massaging with rhythmic , kneading movements . |
| 9 | He took the tins of food through to the lean-to and piled them up on the draining board . |
| 10 | He got out his pills , tipped them out on the table and started counting them — which took absolutely ages because he never did count too well . |
| 11 | He has , to switch metaphors , grabbed by the throat the Tories ' controversial team of young election campaign advisers , shaken them vigorously , and hung them up on the nearest meat hook . |
| 12 | His wife packed a box with various goodies for Leonora to take to Penry , then walked with them to the jetty , and waved them off on the Sea-Fret , a sturdy fishing-boat a lot newer than Penry 's . |
| 13 | Cohen 's men broke them up on the spot . |
| 14 | As Floy and Snodgrass watched in silence , the Elms stretched out their hard , lichen-crusted branches and brought them down on the prisoner 's shoulders and thighs , at the place where the skin had started to tear . |
| 15 | He picked up his glasses and rubbed them up on the tablecloth . |
| 16 | But long before he reaches him he recognizes him — from the way he 's sitting , sprawled back in an armchair with his feet on a coffee-table , reading an ancient Amazing Science Fiction ; from his spectacles and rumpled hair ; from the fact that he 's taken his shoes and socks off to cool his feet , and tossed them down on the coffee-table ; from the way he does n't look up , even as Howard comes right up to him , goggling head leading the way , unable to believe his eyes . |
| 17 | You could cut me in a thousand pieces and lay them out on the street . |
| 18 | Instead of wasting time hawking his book around the publishing houses , he simply printed up the first three chapters , complete with his own photos and illustrations , and took them out on the streets . |
| 19 | He opened the rear door and folded Goldman on to the seat ; his legs trailed into the road and Elliott tucked them up on the seat . |
| 20 | After making each man check that his own line was securely attached , he moved them to the far end of the cage and sat them down on the wooden bench . |
| 21 | She sat them down on the sofa . |
| 22 | An ordinary pack ; a Tarot pack ; she spread them out on the polished mahogany . |
| 23 | The sheets felt a bit damp so Mary spread them out on the terrace in the sun to dry . |
| 24 | He gave the women a thirty-second start and picked them up on the northbound carriageway with ease . |