Example sentences of "paper [coord] [verb] [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If the plaster is still in reasonable condition , have the walls lined with bitumen paper or brush them with a waterproofing liquid , adding battens treated with a preservative , and hang with plasterboard to make a new surface in front of the old one . |
| 2 | Take away a sheet of paper or fold one in half each time to make the game more difficult . |
| 3 | I wrapped Jo 's pendant in some soft toilet paper and lodged it in the jacket 's inside pocket . |
| 4 | Devotedly Meredith , she experienced such a choking sensation of jealousy — she thought it must be like parachuting from an aeroplane , in that she could n't breath and the world dropped away — that she scrumpled up both scraps of paper and flung them into the metal basket beneath the counter . |
| 5 | My master was in the habit , when he was particularly busy with his scientific work , of writing orders on pieces of paper and leaving them on the stairs . |
| 6 | He folded the paper and tucked it into his pocket . |
| 7 | One answer is to cut out a gull in white paper and sketch it from all angles ; at other times you can catch these interesting shapes with a camera . |
| 8 | Get green material or green paper and cut it into the shape of lily pond leaves . |
| 9 | Ease the snowflakes off the paper and stick them on the cake using white royal icing . |
| 10 | Then , as slowly and deliberately as before , Macmillan drew from an inside pocket of his coat a smallish piece of paper and raised it to within a couple of inches of his right eye . |
| 11 | And put it on a piece of paper and put it on the notice board so that if anybody rings up you can say well this is what it is . |
| 12 | Write your favourite joke or riddle on to a small piece of paper and put it inside your cracker . |
| 13 | When you he carefully folded the paper and put it in the desk on top of the blotter . |
| 14 | When he had finished reading he carefully folded the paper and put it in the desk on top of the blotter . |
| 15 | When he had finished reading he carefully folded the paper and put it in the desk on top of the blotter . |
| 16 | When he had finished reading he carefully folded the paper and put it in the desk on top of the blotter . |
| 17 | When he had finished reading he carefully folded the paper and put it in the desk on top of the blotter . |
| 18 | First , the testator takes a blank piece of paper and signs it at the bottom . |
| 19 | ‘ I thought we could go out for a meal , ’ he said folding the paper and slipping it into his jacket pocket . |
| 20 | She crumpled the sheets of paper and tossed them on the coffee-table . |
| 21 | He folded the paper and tossed it across the table to eagerly awaiting hands . |
| 22 | Legal advisers suggest that anyone wishing a piece of jewellery or other valuable to go to a particular person , should list such unofficial bequests on a piece of paper and keep it with the official will . |
| 23 | But what brought her to the point of retaliation was the sight of his hands mauling a plate of sliced mutton , digging his fingers into the pieces of meat and snatching them up and trying to screw them up like pieces of paper and hurl them at the bookcase . |
| 24 | Henry continued to place the puppets in folds of Christmas paper and lay them in their boxes as he said , ‘ It 'll be like last year ; the Lord of the Manor will have bought her so much that everybody else 's presents will be eclipsed . ’ |
| 25 | When you have the chart , write down the results of your 20 matches onto a slip of paper and slide it along the chart , counting the points gained in each line as you go . |
| 26 | Miller quoted Mark Catesby , who always packed dry seeds in paper and sealed them in a dry gourd shell . |
| 27 | Without any help he drew a net onto squared paper and copied it onto card . |
| 28 | I could have written ‘ It 's me ’ on a piece of paper and passed it to him . |
| 29 | Type such notes on one side of the paper and limit them to three or four sheets which can be laid out in front of you and not moved during the programme . |
| 30 | He laid aside his paper and allowed himself to be lulled into a rhythmical vacuity by the swaying of the ambulance . |