Example sentences of "he [verb] they on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He once caught a pigeon , but it was mostly sparrows so small that , when he laid them on the embers to cook , they were ready by the time the feathers had singed and were hardly worth even sharing , except with the twins who insisted . |
| 2 | Taking out a sheaf of documents , he laid them on the desk top . |
| 3 | Boldly coloured ties draped Levinsky 's neck ( he sold them on the street ) , his synapses now like two eggs over light , in permanent sizzle , as he tried to move into stride with a young Cassius Clay . |
| 4 | He slung them on the banister in a casual manner . |
| 5 | His hands were getting messy ; he wiped them on the creature 's cloak . |
| 6 | He crushed them on the open field of battle . |
| 7 | He dumped them on the table by the scales , and Donaldson went over to sort through them . |
| 8 | There 's one at Kentish Town , a businessman who smokes big fat cigars like this and he 's half finished them and he throws them on the train and when the doors open no-one clears out the way and he steps on and he 's such as bastard |
| 9 | Taking two , freshly caught Highland sea-trout , he placed them on the mud flats below the bridge , where they were found the next morning . |
| 10 | He placed them on the kitchen-dresser , then put away the milk , sugar and butter . |
| 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 rolled them on the floor , growling in mock fury , and they giggled . |
| 13 | He tossed them on the floors -so ! |
| 14 | He put them on the counter and asked , ‘ Tea or coffee ? ’ |
| 15 | ‘ he put them on the shelf and said , ‘ Let's watch over them and see how long it takes to sell them ’ . |
| 16 | In his key he differentiates them on the number of arm spines and suggested that A. grandis could be separated from A. otteri by its ridged proximal ventral arm plates and by a lower number of arm spines . |
| 17 | He had to put archers and javelin-throwers of his own up all the climbable trees before he had them on the run , and lost a dozen men to no purpose . |
| 18 | He left them on the road and went and tried again . |
| 19 | In fact Auguste and Sid were the only volunteers and even Auguste had second thoughts as he smelt them on the gridiron . |
| 20 | His room key and tag feel bulky in his pocket so he leaves them on the table with his newspaper before visiting the well assorted buffet table . |
| 21 | but it 's like you see , he gives them spellings and he puts perhaps three or four wrong in twenty and they 're supposed to come home and check 'em , meanwhile he leaves them on the board for a whole week , which I think I 've told you before |