Example sentences of "drop they on the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her daughter , who had turned back to the window on her mother 's entry , sulkily moved a pile of film magazines and dropped them on the floor . |
| 2 | At the bottom of the companionway she struggled out of the wet oilskins and dropped them on the floor in a heap . |
| 3 | George lifted a stack of the day 's and Sunday 's papers none mentioned Miss Tuckey — and dropped them on the floor . |
| 4 | She dropped them on the chopping-board and crushed them under the blade of her knife . |
| 5 | ‘ I think , ’ Nathan 's voice had an odd rasp as he pulled out a wad of papers and dropped them on the table , ‘ you 'd better get some sleep . |
| 6 | Out of the corner of my eye I watched him wipe himself with Kleenex tissues and drop them on the floor , indifferent to the smears of blood on them . |
| 7 | Starting in one corner , Helen began to lift garments from pegs and drop them on the floor in a pile — a mack of her father 's , something of Edward 's not worn within living memory , a very ancient corduroy jacket of Dorothy 's , also unused for many a year . |
| 8 | Instead of handing your valuables or bag to him or her , drop them on the ground between you . |
| 9 | Did you drop them on the floor ? |
| 10 | She fumbled , dropping them on the floor and picking them up , sorrying wildly , before shoving them onto the rack with the others . |
| 11 | She kept walking round her box , sighing , and picking bits out of her haynet and dropping them on the floor . |
| 12 | Why did I , why did I do , put them in the machine instead of dropping them on the floor then ? |
| 13 | The only thing to watch out for is dropping them on the pavement — because they shatter ! ’ |
| 14 | They started doing ‘ breakdown ’ [ lifting the boys above their heads and dropping them on the ground ] . |