Example sentences of "put [pron] down on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I took out the 8000 and put them down on the table . |
| 2 | And if you had paper plates people put them down on the floor , inevitably , somebody got drunk and put their plate on the floor , they were probably thinking about something else , and then the beet juice or the goo or whatever , soaked through the paper plate and onto the carpet and you never , never got it out . |
| 3 | The boy came in through the back carrying Russell 's blanket roll and carbine and put them down on the passenger bench . |
| 4 | The boy carried me in my travelling box , and put me down on the beach , while he looked for birds ' eggs among the rocks . |
| 5 | She took hold of it and put it down on the floor . |
| 6 | I felt disinclined actually to hand to him the piece of paper I was holding , and so put it down on the end of his bed . |
| 7 | Carew folded the paper and put it down on the cluttered tray beside him . |
| 8 | From one of the voluminous pockets he produced a bottle of Scotch and put it down on the table . |
| 9 | He sipped at his wine again , then put it down on the arm of his chair and , keeping a finger and thumb on the stem , twisted it one way , then the other . |
| 10 | She wandered back into the small sitting-room with her mug of tea , put it down on the polished surface of a table but removed it hastily in case it left a tell-tale ring which S. Kettering might complain about in the future . |
| 11 | Julia got out of bed , took the tray back from Annunziata , put it down on the chest of drawers and hugged her . |
| 12 | Nick closed his book , put it down on the scorched grass beside him and got out his pipe . |
| 13 | Well put it down on the table for a minute then . |
| 14 | Just put it down on the side there . |
| 15 | Her mother handed her a glass of white wine , so generously filled that Kate was obliged to take a long sip before it was safe to put it down on the small table by the side of the chair . |
| 16 | One day Glumdalclitch put me down on the grass in the palace garden , while she went for a walk with some of the Queen 's ladies . |
| 17 | When he 'd put her down on the bed he said grimly , ‘ The doctor should be here shortly . |
| 18 | I put her down on the couch and said , ‘ Just put your head back , ’ and told her some Alexander Principles . |
| 19 | He put her down on the bed , and , removing the crutch from her nerveless hand , tossed it into the corner , before sitting beside her . |
| 20 | He carried her across the corridor and put her down on the bed . |
| 21 | Michele caught her and , carrying her back into the living-room , put her down on the long couch . |
| 22 | If the bird keeps struggling , it will be clawed and bitten repeatedly by its captor , but if it lies still the cat may then make the mistake of putting it down on the ground and releasing it from its jaws . |
| 23 | Putting it down on the table , he said flatly , ‘ There was never any chance ; you must know that . |
| 24 | I see myself putting it down on the table in front of me at the Assessment Group and the papers slipping loose … |
| 25 | Here , let me' As I put it down on the table I saw that her initials were etched on the flap in black . |
| 26 | Earl brought in a yellow legal pad with a number of acronyms on it in boxes , and North put it down on the table ; at that point , his secure telephone went off , and he had to ask Miller to leave . |
| 27 | Kalchu put it down on the roof and clamped the body between his knees . |
| 28 | Millie had come into the room carrying a tin tray , and as she put it down on the table , she looked from one to the other and said , ‘ What are you talkin' about , closed schools ? |
| 29 | She put it down on the floor beside her guitar . |
| 30 | Belinda put it down on the nearest table and sat there , shaking and desperately trying not to show how upset she was over Deana 's blunt accusation . |