Example sentences of "and [v-ing] it on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Like some coffee ? ’ said Wilcox , taking her coat and hanging it on the back of the door . |
| 2 | Then one morning I did not go early for my paper , and seeing it on the mat Cedric brought it to me . |
| 3 | Like tying a bottle on the door and sticking it on the window and knock the door and they had to come , crash the bottle would go . |
| 4 | After a quick wash she dragged on an old pair of jeans and an equally ancient navy sweater before emptying the bucket and replacing it on the dresser . |
| 5 | I remember boiling the milk and pouring it on the tea leaves . |
| 6 | Walter made quite a business from stealing rationed food from the grocer he worked for and selling it on the black market , while Theo dealt mostly in men 's clothes which he shifted on to a second-hand dealer who paid ready cash . |
| 7 | Would you say that cutting meat and getting it on the shelf every day , takes your department forward ? |
| 8 | Trrrrrrrrrrrrrfffaow ! ’ and kicking it on the run , blasting a dirty fountain of sand and jelly up and around mc . |
| 9 | ‘ I was , ’ he told her , snatching the blanket from his shoulder and spreading it on the ground . |
| 10 | They 're trying to pick it off and doing it on the big grass . |
| 11 | ‘ I am sorry to hear it , ’ said Theda , dragging her attention back and focusing it on the lady . |
| 12 | But , as a spokesman for the UN 's International Maritime Organisation said ‘ there 's nothing to stop a tanker 's skipper dumping oil and blaming it on the war ’ . |
| 13 | Its sudden reappearance , a product of the uncertain economic times in Eastern Europe , at first seemed easily explained , but whether it was wartime booty or a token of gratitude , whether a museum who may or may not have owned it wanted it back or not , whether it was legally correct or amoral , by putting it up for auction ( and illustrating it on the catalogue cover ) Sotheby 's assured themselves of one thing : whatever they did would be wrong . |
| 14 | the notion of getting hold of a sort of re a perceived object and dropping it on the floor and watching it split into it 's component parts is quite appealing If you take a , if you imagine , you could take an object that you 're perceiving , yes ? |
| 15 | Taking the score out of my brief-case and putting it on the podium : that is not my way . |
| 16 | Lean forward as you rise As in the beach start , by leaning down on a straight front arm you are taking the weight off the back of the board and putting it on the mast foot . |
| 17 | Mrs Blakey was already bustling about , taking butter from the fridge and putting it on the edge of the Aga to soften , taking a sliced loaf from the bread-bin . |
| 18 | ‘ Try harder , ’ he appealed and , taking her wine glass from her and putting it on the table , he drew her close . |
| 19 | It is planned to achieve this by renovating the original ( 1903 ) corrugated iron goods shed and extending it on the sou east side where the dilapidated lean-to addition will be removed . |
| 20 | He pushed the wadding carefully into the cartridge before taking it from Benny and placing it on the garden wall . |
| 21 | ‘ There , ’ she said , taking a jar from the sideboard and placing it on the table . |
| 22 | ‘ Comin' up , ’ Jenkins replied , uncapping a Budweiser and placing it on the counter in front of Laidlaw . |
| 23 | ( Constanza has a habit of slipping it off and placing it on the table in front of her . |
| 24 | But he had written all over this one — the handwriting was unmistakable — before tearing it and throwing it on the floor . |
| 25 | Taking the purple book off the pillow and laying it on the floor , he had tried to think logically . |