Example sentences of "and [vb past] they on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | So all attending had brought their freshly picked bunches with them and laid them on the coffin as they arrived , and I must say that it looked — and smelled — lovely . |
| 2 | A human chain of soldiers , castle employees and members of the royal family carried out paintings , carpets , furniture , Sevres vases , books and drawings and laid them on the lawns before being transported by convoys of lorries . |
| 3 | Carson appeared with the towels , a bath-sized and two hand-sized , and laid them on the duvet by her bag . |
| 4 | She took some notes from her pocketbook and laid them on the table by her plate and her half-empty glass . |
| 5 | George Yaxlee took the contents of the back pocket and laid them on the mantelshelf . |
| 6 | He took the locket and the manuscript out of his pocket and laid them on the desk in front of the headmaster . |
| 7 | Zen took out a notepad and pencil and laid them on the desk . |
| 8 | Carter took out his packet of cigarettes and a box of matches and laid them on the locker . |
| 9 | Ronni carried them indoors and laid them on the kitchen table , scarcely able to bear the mouth-watering aromas that were escaping from beneath the tin foil . |
| 10 | The flight was successfully undertaken to the area of Kerkenah Island , where two 22X Squadron Sunderlands met the Hurricanes and led them on the last leg to the island . |
| 11 | He pulled a helpless face , took off his glasses , and wiped them on the tail of his shirt . |
| 12 | I took down our saddle bags from the hook in the wall and flung them on the bed . |
| 13 | She scowled at her sandals and scuffed them on the gravel . |
| 14 | I bought some Liquorice Perfections after my pie , beans and chips and sucked them on the bus to Thurso . |
| 15 | When , in 1609 , Galileo constructed his first telescopes and trained them on the heavens , he made dramatic discoveries . |
| 16 | The TV reporter swung his eyes back from the window and trained them on the superintendent in a long , calculating stare . |
| 17 | He worked each through a transition training programme with the assigned aircraft and schooled them on the forthcoming filming . |
| 18 | She dipped them in the washing-up bowl and dried them on the towel behind the door . |
| 19 | Her daughter , who had turned back to the window on her mother 's entry , sulkily moved a pile of film magazines and dropped them on the floor . |
| 20 | ‘ I think , ’ Nathan 's voice had an odd rasp as he pulled out a wad of papers and dropped them on the table , ‘ you 'd better get some sleep . |
| 21 | At the bottom of the companionway she struggled out of the wet oilskins and dropped them on the floor in a heap . |
| 22 | George lifted a stack of the day 's and Sunday 's papers none mentioned Miss Tuckey — and dropped them on the floor . |
| 23 | He scurried up the riverbank and joined them on the path . |
| 24 | He pulled out the bottom drawer , grabbed all the leaflets from the estate agents , all the newspaper cuttings of houses for sale , and threw them on the floor . |
| 25 | Then they dragged them to the edge of the platform and threw them on the track . |
| 26 | In June 1901 , the Board received a letter in which he expressed his gratitude for the provision of a room for himself , and congratulated them on the efficient way in which the alterations had been carried out . |
| 27 | UN officials suspect that , to ram the point home , his troops may have staged attacks and blamed them on the Khmers Rouges . |
| 28 | Mum furious that day when , aged seven , I emptied out the contents of her bag and arranged them on the table in descending order of size . |
| 29 | Wearily she took off her stockings and hung them on the back of the chair to get ready for bed . |
| 30 | It was alleged that he touched the boys ' genitals , put his arm around them and kissed them on the lips . |