Example sentences of "and [verb] on [art] floor " in BNC.
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| 1 | I go and sit on the floor by the mattress and watch her . |
| 2 | ( He goes and sits on the floor to one side . ) |
| 3 | A body lay tied , gagged and struggling on the floor by the bed . |
| 4 | ‘ She would often get out in the night and sleep on the floor , usually next to us . |
| 5 | Somewhere , party glasses slid from a table and shattered on the floor and one of the computer consoles fell from the end of its desk with splintering impact . |
| 6 | The empty glass fell from her hand and shattered on the floor . |
| 7 | I had a nightmare that night which ended with me rolling out of bed and landing on the floor where I was sick . |
| 8 | If the sleeve is released and dropped on the floor , the dog will pick it up and run round shaking it in a play-type mode . |
| 9 | Melanie had tried to fill the bath from it only once and then it had exploded with such ferocity that the toothbrushes leapt and quivered in the rack and Uncle Philip 's toothglass had taken a suicide jump from the shelf and bounced on the floor , fortunately without breaking . |
| 10 | The mute teenager has also drawn herself bound to a bed being forced to take part in a ceremony , and slumped on the floor , with her mother holding a syringe and a key . |
| 11 | When they feel drained of spiritual energy the students go there and lie on the floor , their bare feet against the granite , to re-charge their batteries . ’ |
| 12 | There is a new phone box , ripped from the wall and lying on the floor of her office to prove it . |
| 13 | It 's just one I 'm taking out and lying on the floor . |
| 14 | Jay poured brandy and sprawled on the floor . |
| 15 | I flopped down in the seat but missed and landed on the floor . |
| 16 | But before the book could hit the creature , it dropped off the rope and landed on the floor . |
| 17 | He bounced off it , and landed on the floor . |
| 18 | When we came to a final stop we were carried up many flights of stairs , taken into an apartment and dumped on the floor . |
| 19 | Then all movement stopped and he was funnelled haphazardly into a whole again and dumped on the floor . |
| 20 | ‘ And when assembly lasts too long they start getting bored and roll on the floor or play Pat-a-cake . ’ |
| 21 | Duvall , semi-conscious and moaning on the floor . |
| 22 | A small portion of the scene showing the couple with the cart flaked away and broke on the floor . |
| 23 | The scarf came away and fell on the floor , twisted in a multiple S. |
| 24 | She passed him the tin and the spoon , and lay on the floor looking at the gas fire , and then she went to sleep . |
| 25 | In the absence of any finer and more private place , I retreat to a stairwell , and crouch on the floor , studying the grime in the comers , while I mull over what to do next . |
| 26 | She bought potatoes and carrots and apples and bananas and oranges and every time she lifted her bag an orange fell out and rolled on the floor . |
| 27 | For sure Cabinets were made and unmade on the floor of the House , but the Cabinet for its part could unmake the House of Commons because it enjoyed the right to ask for a dissolution and after the election it could look for support from amongst members in a new House of Commons . |
| 28 | Once settled in , Crawford established a routine of returning from each night 's performances at the Ethel Barrymore Theater and sitting on the floor eating English food , drinking orange squash out of Woolworth glasses and playing Monopoly . |
| 29 | Order dropped from my memory as a sticky substance melted in the sun might drop from a table and spread on the floor . |
| 30 | As to the poetry , sir , I do not think there is much done in that direction though paper aplenty is screwed up and thrown on the floor . |