Example sentences of "placed [pers pn] on [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He placed me on the ground and saw at once that I could not fly . |
| 2 | George whipped the trousers off the table and placed them on a hanger which he attached to a wooden creel . |
| 3 | They stood to the side as I entered then the woman showed me to a chair as the man brought two glasses and placed them on the table in front of me , then said very seriously , ‘ This is my wife . |
| 4 | Taking two , freshly caught Highland sea-trout , he placed them on the mud flats below the bridge , where they were found the next morning . |
| 5 | He placed them on the kitchen-dresser , then put away the milk , sugar and butter . |
| 6 | I then brought two sample-books and placed them on the counter for their perusal . |
| 7 | I understand he 's ill. , Seating herself on one of the wooden chairs , she drew off her fine kid gloves and placed them on the table . |
| 8 | After the monitor had gathered up the papers and placed them on the small , square , wooden table that acted as the sister 's desk , the class sat quiet , waiting anxiously for the verdict , a tick or a large cross , the while automatically mumbling Hail Marys . |
| 9 | As she placed them on the table , Roy spoke up . |
| 10 | Mobuto folded the glasses and placed them on the coffee table in the centre of the room . |
| 11 | As he caught them , he placed them on the counter in front of her , all in a row , all of them heads . |
| 12 | He picked her legs up one by one , and placed them on the two benches . |
| 13 | Self-consciously they took the tureens from the kitchens into the dining room , placed them on the trolley , and took it round an empty table . |
| 14 | She pulled her glasses from her pocket and placed them on the end of her nose . |
| 15 | The train stopped , doors slammed , a man further up the line lifted out two suitcases and placed them on the ground . |
| 16 | His comments inspired the students , but placed him on the list of suspicious intellectuals . |
| 17 | He placed her on a wooden table in an open space . |
| 18 | He placed her on the bed and looked down at her . |
| 19 | Her General Practitioner referred her to the surgical Outpatients Clinic where the surgeon examined her and placed her on the waiting list for stripping ( removal ) of varicose veins . |
| 20 | After the original grants to her supporters in the coup d'état of 1762 which placed her on the throne , Catherine made very few presents of this kind during the decade 1762–72 , when her dependence on noble support is usually supposed to have been at its height . |
| 21 | When he placed her on the bed and sat beside her she was left in no doubt of his love . |
| 22 | His whole life seemed to hang on each letter in Annie 's hand , his eyes following it until she handed it into the crowd or placed it on a pile to one side and then he would fix on the next letter and the next . |
| 23 | Jonadab drained his cup and placed it on a table before answering . |
| 24 | He poured the beer into a glass and placed it on a coaster in front of Whitlock . |
| 25 | He placed it on a bale of straw and pulled up an upturned bucket as a chair before hopping on to a meal bin where he sat like a pixie on a toadstool with his arms around his knees , regarding me with keen anticipation . |
| 26 | She came back , put the kettle on the stove , picked up the magazine and placed it on a pile in the window . |
| 27 | Mrs Lennox filled Laura 's cup and placed it on the table . |
| 28 | He removed his straw hat and placed it on the empty chair beside him . |
| 29 | ‘ Well , then — ’ Alice walked across the kitchen to the open fireplace and , bending towards the oven at the side of it , she opened the door and took out a casserole dish and placed it on the table before she went on , ‘ If that 's how you 're feeling I think it 's about time you got yourself married . ’ |
| 30 | Myles blew out the lamp and placed it on the sideboard . |