Example sentences of "[v-ing] it carefully [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | She slipped it from his shoulders , folding it up and placing it carefully on the chair . |
| 2 | Leonora collected the steaming mug and went into the study , placing it carefully on the only unoccupied space on the desk . |
| 3 | Hauser was talking again after removing his jacket , placing it carefully over the back of his chair . |
| 4 | She set the candelabrum and the tray down on one of the tables , removing his greatcoat and placing it carefully over the back of a chair so that she might lay out a cloth and utensils . |
| 5 | He left a token bloom behind , abstracting it carefully from the centre of the cellophane-wrapped bunch . |