Example sentences of "[adv prt] on the [noun sg] in front " in BNC.
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| 1 | Making a fist Michael smashed it down on the desk in front of him , causing their empty coffee cups to rattle in their saucers . |
| 2 | She lifted Albert 's arms from the table , sat herself promptly down on the newspaper in front of Albert and let his arms fall on each side of her . |
| 3 | It was a little plane , and it was going to come down on the road in front of the prison ! |
| 4 | She watched him go back to the kitchen and when he had shut the living room door firmly , she sank down on the rug in front of the gas fire with her back propped against the armchair and sipped gloomily at the wine . |
| 5 | He sat down on the rug in front of the Anywhithers and leaned back on straight arms , gazing up at the sky . |
| 6 | I lay down on the rug in front of the fire and dozed off . |
| 7 | He put the plate down on the counter in front of him then lifted her on to a stool . |
| 8 | Gillian took a sip of wine , put the glass down on the table in front of her on top of the brochure from the dating agency , slipped off her shoes and curled her feet up under her on the sofa . |
| 9 | Kathleen gave a little cry and put the cardboard box down on the table in front of her , as if afraid of it . |
| 10 | She put her vase down on the table in front of me , then glancing around my pantry again said : ‘ If you wish , Mr Stevens , I might bring in some more cuttings for you . ’ |
| 11 | I see myself putting it down on the table in front of me at the Assessment Group and the papers slipping loose … |
| 12 | As I sit down to write I have a photograph propped up on the desk in front of me . |
| 13 | Meredith was sitting in the stalls with his feet propped up on the row in front . |
| 14 | But first , before the orders , true democracy had to be trotted out on the desk in front of the two men like a child 's board game , the dice tossed and a couple of moves played . |
| 15 | The glass was placed gently back on the counter in front of Newman . |
| 16 | It crunched round on the gravel in front of the house then sped off through the gates scattering white stones . |