Example sentences of "and [verb] the [noun] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | The room , reached this time from the veranda , was just as lovely as she had remembered , and after folding some clothes neatly in drawers and hanging the rest on satin-padded hangers in the wardrobe she fussed for quite some time with the scanty collection of knick-knacks she had brought , trying to arrange them so that they harmonised with the tranquil simplicity of the décor . |
| 2 | " The only fun I get , " he muttered in the voice of a man with nothing left to live for , " is at the end of every day when I have fed the dog and I climb in the tent and change the bandages on my blisters . " |
| 3 | These Acts extended the powers of secondary picketing and the ability to negotiate closed shop agreements , and limited the grounds on which individuals could refuse to join a trade union . |
| 4 | If you have already pressed and arranged the flowers on a mount , the recipient will be able to assemble their own picture rather than take the risk of a glass frame smashing during its journey through the post and damaging the picture . |
| 5 | He heard her whisking and wailing on her way , and he bent down and laid the cock-feather on the stone , and behold with a heavy groaning and grinding the huge stone swung up in the air and down in the earth , as though on a pivot or balance , disturbing waves of soil and heather like thick sea-water , and showing a dark , dank passage under the heather-roots and the knotty roots of the gorse . |
| 6 | He who hears his words and obeys them ‘ is like a man building a house , who dug down deep and laid the foundation on rock ’ ( Luke 6:48 ) . |
| 7 | Dr Mann concluded that students are uninstructed in the use of books , and laid the blame on the lecturers . |
| 8 | He pumped a shot into the breech and laid the gun on the portside cockpit settee , covering it with his shirt weighted down against the wind with the coiled stern line . |
| 9 | He made his choice and watched fascinated as the arm jerked across and laid the record on the turntable . |
| 10 | Thus , Chapters 2–8 will , among other things , describe and evaluate the controls on goal selection , the controls relating to the efficiency with which permitted goals are pursued , and the controls designed to prevent the diversion of corporate assets to management . |
| 11 | Then , before he has quite finished , and he 's associating the trailer with a good place to be , take the horse away and repeat the Meals on Wheels business again the next day . |
| 12 | He then goes on to fit the tenons to the mortise saying ‘ fit the stretchers to the posts and repeat the exercise on the mullions . ’ |
| 13 | He could read the threat in the Mason 's words , the blackmail ; he wore a wry sort of a smile , and clapped the bully on the back . |
| 14 | Rosten bent down and wiped the sword on the back of Wolfe 's tunic , then straightened , facing Gosse . |
| 15 | He went round to the stage door afterwards and asked the man on duty to send up his name . |
| 16 | She let go of her hot grief , which dissolved and became the dew on his garments . |
| 17 | She had written to Felicity before she left the house , and posted the letter on her way ; and already she was feeling less pessimistic concerning the arrival of the third Musketeer . |
| 18 | Meredith and Markby stood by the hedge as the parade ambled past , the child at the rear , a minute figure compared to his charges , whistling , shouting insults and slapping the laggards on their muddy behinds . |
| 19 | He crossed the room and consulted the list on the wall . |
| 20 | It does this not only in its narrative preoccupations ( active male protagonist , with woman as victim or sexual object ) but also — and crucially — in its conventions , in the way the camera moves and produces the image on the screen . |
| 21 | Spokesman Tony Diggins said they believed the men planned to take away the animals and sell the meat on the black market . |
| 22 | Spokesman Tony Diggins said they believed the men planned to take away the animals and sell the meat on the black market . |
| 23 | And before the children left they were given a carrier bag with all sorts of things that you could think of and to see the delight on those little children 's faces ! |
| 24 | This simple and straightforward balance of skills appears typical of the operation of small enterprises in the multilingual market of European business ; i.e. focusing on two major tasks : response to verbal and written enquiries and handling the accounts on computer . |
| 25 | The corps de ballet neglect the turn-out and step forwards sur les pointes , raising the working knee and resting the toe on the calf of the other leg , before moving forwards . |
| 26 | And when the Orcadian came to Stronsay , the paper , the a man used to read he used to get the Orcadian and read the news on the pier . |
| 27 | Puts watch on table and records the time on a pad . ) |
| 28 | If you have been thinking this way , practise having height in hand and using the airbrakes on the base leg . |
| 29 | Representatives of four main opposition parties met in Avrankou , in Porto Novo province , and announced the founding on Jan. 15 , 1990 , of a united opposition grouping , the Rally of Democratic Forces . |
| 30 | Pascoe got up and checked the lock on the door . |