Example sentences of "and [verb] it [adv] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | Presently she slid her hand away and wiped it furtively on the upholstery of the seat beside her . |
| 2 | Cati 's eyes opened , gummily , and she watched Rosa as she smoothed the bed , patted her hand , wetted the cloth again and adjusted it gently on her brow . |
| 3 | Release your prisoners now and make it easy on yourselves . ’ |
| 4 | I then took all the cabinets and gave them deep-dish handles , plus I used the old logo from the early '50s and expanded it length-wise on a computer , to see how it looked . |
| 5 | Badoglio lost no time in advancing on the capital , Addis Ababa — from which the Emperor , Haile Selassie , had already fled to Britain — and entered it triumphantly on 5 May 1936 . |
| 6 | We are standing in that kitchen where I 've shared her meals and laughter , and she finishes drying the glass and places it carefully on the table . |
| 7 | From 10 or 20 yards you can sometimes force the ball directly into the bank , the first jump taking it almost vertically upwards and landing it softly on the edge of the green . |
| 8 | Because the money lenders were usually Brahmis , the effect of colonialism was to strengthen the caste system and place it firmly on a class basis . |
| 9 | Disconnect the basin waste , lift the basin from its brackets or pedestal ( or both ) , and place it upside-down on the floor . |
| 10 | Roll out a small ball of fondant or marzipan trimmings and place it centrally on top of the roof drum to act as a support for the triangles . |
| 11 | George Robinson , 18 , of Phoenix Road , Pennywell , Sunderland , admitted taking an F-reg Ford Sierra from the Roker Hotel car park and driving it recklessly on the A19 , A183 and various roads in Sunderland . |
| 12 | ‘ Do n't panic again , ’ he grinned , flattening her lower arm back on the deck at right angles to her elbow , catching her other arm as she lifted it in protest , and pushing it flat on her other side . |
| 13 | Murray cut a small neat slice and put it deftly on her plate . |
| 14 | While her boss took the unsuspecting Carolyn out to lunch , workers hoisted her H-reg Volkswagen Polo 20ft into the air with a borrowed crane and parked it neatly on the roof . |
| 15 | Tie the bag at the top , leaving a tiny gap , and lie it flat on a baking sheet or roasting pan . |
| 16 | The Doctor reversed his hat , flipped it back along the length of his arm and perched it nonchalantly on his head . |
| 17 | He took the bubble-gum ( by now exhausted ) from his mouth and stuck it deliberately on Queen Victoria 's swelling stone backside . |
| 18 | She dosed the door softly behind her , took off her coat and folded it neatly on the small divan bed and snuggled down in the flowery corner armchair . |
| 19 | Their sense of tradition is also very strong and instead of dying out in 1951 when enthusiasm was beginning to wane a little , it was revitalised when Stanley Robshaw took it in hand and set it firmly on its feet again . |
| 20 | Then he lifted his other foot from the ground and set it firmly on the rough stone surface too . |
| 21 | She unzipped her dress and hung it decorously on a coat-hanger . |
| 22 | ‘ I like it here , ’ said Dot , stretching out along her bed while Gloria took off her hat and placed it carefully on the luggage rack . |
| 23 | Willie did so and placed it carefully on the table . |
| 24 | With both hands she pulled her right foot out from under her left thigh and placed it flat on the green carpet as a dancer will consciously reorganize his body . |
| 25 | Abruptly he stopped doing this , took hold of the brim on either side of the crown , raised the hat and placed it firmly on his head . |
| 26 | We lifted the lid and placed it gently on the floor . |
| 27 | Microsoft Corp chairman Bill Gates reportedly came up with an ingenious solution when he was romancing venture capitalist Ann Winblad : observing that the same movies are usually playing at the same time all over America , they came up with the Virtual Date — they 'd each go alone to the same movie at the same time , and discuss it afterwards on their car phones . |
| 28 | But because he has not disowned his book , himself applying the match and hoisting it aloft on a stick , his gestures have done him no good . |
| 29 | Occasionally he would mutter a few words of comfort , or reach out a hand and lay it reassuringly on Sigarup 's blanketed body to let him know that he was still awake . |
| 30 | He recalled once buying a foal and taking it home on the bus ! |