Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] [prep] [art] floor [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Trent found them on the floor and watched the old man thread the sprung arms over his ears . |
| 2 | A curved arm scythes through the air and the body follows its lead , spiralling to the ground where deft work ( and powerful abdominal and back muscles ) produce a smooth synthesis of movement , driving it across the floor and up into the next sequence . |
| 3 | I came home , put them on the floor and they virtually sorted themselves into two piles . |
| 4 | And er there used to be these er like Scotch people you know , with kilts , with swords and put them on the floor and dance round the swords and . |
| 5 | The court heard that Mr Farmer , who was shot four times , died saving his father Robert by pushing him to the floor and shouting a warning when he spotted the gunman . |
| 6 | He dropped it on the floor and Jess kicked it out of the way . |
| 7 | For a moment , I thought he was going to hit me with the shoe ; then he dropped it on the floor and began to pull at my clothes . |
| 8 | There is times I 've casually picked it up , dropped it on the floor and forgotten to pick it up for a while because I 'm on the phone and sometimes it is quite loud in my ear . |
| 9 | Yeah , well I got a kit there and I wir I wired , just put it on the floor and it |
| 10 | On one occasion she threw him on the floor and on another she had deliberately broken his toys . |
| 11 | When she felt the time was right , she took the cushions from the couch , arranged them on the floor and asked me to lie face down . |
| 12 | The two prisoners , in their yellow raincoats , tried to get to the door , but the men in white knocked them to the floor and handcuffed their hands behind their backs . |
| 13 | But when the frail widow let the man into her home to shelter , he knocked her to the floor and put her through a savage attack . |
| 14 | Well I , I would n't lay it on the floor cos i , cos it 'll just er it tends to hold the condensation in it . |
| 15 | The victim claimed that the Canadian bullion dealer had ‘ slapped her , pinned her to the floor and ripped off her trousers ’ . |
| 16 | This time there was no knife , they just got him on the floor and it was just a fist which had come down on the man 's face again and again . |
| 17 | And then Claire got a bag and winged it round her head , chucked her on the floor and goes school , she goes I hate it ! |
| 18 | She fumbled , dropping them on the floor and picking them up , sorrying wildly , before shoving them onto the rack with the others . |
| 19 | I chuck them on the floor and kick at them . |
| 20 | He eased her to the floor and squatted beside her , rubbing her shoulders to help her arms relax . |
| 21 | ‘ He turned to face her , brought her to the floor and battered her to death , ’ he said . |
| 22 | the notion of getting hold of a sort of re a perceived object and dropping it on the floor and watching it split into it 's component parts is quite appealing If you take a , if you imagine , you could take an object that you 're perceiving , yes ? |
| 23 | The big dog had snapped it from his fingers eagerly enough , but after rolling it around in her mouth a few times she spat it to the floor and pawed at it , growling and sniffing her distaste . |
| 24 | I laid it on the floor and I was hit in the back . |
| 25 | I 'm crying a bit as I try and stick the pieces together , but I ca n't do it so I just leave them on the floor and sit back in the chair . |
| 26 | ‘ He came round the desks and I kicked him in the back of his legs to get him to the floor and I used my shirt to put out the flames and Hazel gave him first aid . ’ |
| 27 | He goes , no , you 're not supposed to do it like that you 're supposed to get her on the floor and step on her head ! you 're not doing it right ! |
| 28 | gave it to Tim and Tim holded it in the right he put it on the floor and Ian pricked him . |
| 29 | Bandsaw out the seat leaving a couple of ‘ ears ’ to screw it to the floor or a baseboard . |
| 30 | ‘ The attacker dragged her to the floor and snatched the bag off her arm . |