Example sentences of "and [vb past] it on the " in BNC.
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1 | I took my gun out of the closet and put two bullets in the magazine and laid it on the table beside my bed . |
2 | Louis carefully folded his handkerchief into a square and laid it on the deck beside his chair . |
3 | He took the flare from its bracket and laid it on the top of the trap-door . |
4 | The teacher then took a length of string , cut it to the height of the child and laid it on the ground on top of the shadow of Leanne . |
5 | He frowned , pulled the napkin from his lap and laid it on the table as he stood up , shrugging apologetically to his mother , seeming to indicate that it was the kind of thing that had happened before , from time to time . |
6 | She took off her hat and laid it on the table , and he saw with a sense of shock that her hair was white down the line of the parting where the tinting had grown out . |
7 | She put out her hand and laid it on the book , then said : |
8 | Gentle took off his heavy coat , and laid it on the chair by the door , knowing when he returned it would be warm and covered with cat hairs . |
9 | Then , on 11 April 1951 , they drove the stone to Arbroath and laid it on the altar of the ruined abbey , draped in the saltire flag of St Andrew . |
10 | He took a 78 from the shelf in the cabinet , wiped it with a fat hand , and laid it on the turntable . |
11 | He hastily unfastened the shoulder holster , too , and laid it on the table , then crossed to the fridge , found a can of 7-Up and drank deeply . |
12 | Donna pressed the ‘ End ’ button on the phone and laid it on the table . |
13 | Donna took the envelope upstairs with her and laid it on the bedside table . |
14 | She made an offering of flowers and fruits , spurred pennants of scarlet heliconia from the rainforest , blue-blushed rue and sorrel vines with tendrils trailing , and laid it on the pit . |
15 | She took it through to the lounge and laid it on the rug and at first I was amused But I could see all was not well because she sat as she usually does , but for a long time — over half an hour — then she lay down like this and she has n't moved . " |
16 | From a drawer she took out a cardboard box , and laid it on the table . |
17 | Wycliffe took her letter to Riddle from his pocket and laid it on the desk in front of her . |
18 | Nathan closed the folder and laid it on the starched tablecloth . |
19 | He and Broughton carried the dead body of Hilary Frome from its resting place at the top of the stairs , and laid it on the bed in the sick bay . |
20 | She took the dress and laid it on the bed again . |
21 | She drained her glass and laid it on the cane table . |
22 | Cranston took out his dagger and laid it on the floor beside him . |
23 | Pulling a little face , she carefully folded the tea-towel she 'd been using and laid it on the work surface . |
24 | I pulled out some money and laid it on the bar , followed by a pair of black leather driving gloves with the tops of the three middle fingers cut off the right hand , a tube of mint-flavoured lip salve and a metal hip-flask engraved with the words : ‘ I am not a diabetic ; in case of accidents please rush me to the nearest public house . ’ |
25 | ‘ I 've got your tissue-typing result , Juliet , ’ said David , and laid it on the bed-table . |
26 | He took the spoon out of her hand and laid it on the table . |
27 | She got a salad , already prepared , out of the refrigerator and laid it on the table . |
28 | The strange boy grinned and wiped it on the seat of his shorts . |
29 | Barbie said she 'd rather have a cigarette anyway and gave them back to us , but we could n't break any of them off , so we kept passing this lump backwards and forwards , sucking it and grinding little chunks off it , till we got fed up with it and chucked it on the floor . |
30 | Anyway , I never thought , I just run out the kitchen and got we switched the electric off , and I just got four buckets of water and chucked it on the bed and then said to Rudy , you know what , we have n't got nowhere to sleep now ! |