Example sentences of "[noun sg] and drop [pron] into the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Monks tied the locket to a heavy weight and dropped it into the water . |
| 2 | She waited until it had stalked away before picking up the remains of the Geiger-Muller counter and dropping them into the holdall . |
| 3 | I dried off the needle and dropped it into the metal box where I carried my suture materials , scalpels and blades . |
| 4 | She scooped up the bits of spilt polystyrene in her hand and dropped them into the waste-paper basket . |
| 5 | Absently she twitched a fading tulip from its vase and dropped it into the waste-paper basket . |
| 6 | She screwed up the letter and dropped it into the kitchen bin . |
| 7 | Suppose you are required to perform the simple task of placing each of a pile of twenty counters into a jam jar , picking up one counter at a time and dropping it into the jar . |
| 8 | She brought hot water and watched as he unwrapped a sachet and dropped it into the cup . |