Example sentences of "and drop [pers pn] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Jazzbeaux caught her behind the head with a steelheel , and dropped her to the ground . |
| 2 | And finally two Ayr police officers said that a shelved 1969 report showed they had picked up a man ‘ of slight build and a Glasgow accent who said his name was McGuigan or McGuinness ’ some 600 yards from the Ross bungalow in the early hours of the morning of the murder and dropped him at the bus station ; and they now declared from photographs recently shown to them that the man was William McGuinness . |
| 3 | I kicked the blackguard in the guts as hard as I could , flogged him into insensibility , and dropped him in the canal . |
| 4 | She scooped up the bits of spilt polystyrene in her hand and dropped them into the waste-paper basket . |
| 5 | She picked the onions up between cupped hands and dropped them into the frying pan on the cooker . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | ‘ 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 . |
| 8 | At the bottom of the companionway she struggled out of the wet oilskins and dropped them on the floor in a heap . |
| 9 | George lifted a stack of the day 's and Sunday 's papers none mentioned Miss Tuckey — and dropped them on the floor . |
| 10 | When he was a couple of streets away from the pensione Aldo tore up the letter into pieces as small as he could manage and dropped them in the gutter . |
| 11 | She examined it for a moment , then squeezed it between thumb and fingernail and dropped it on the floor . |
| 12 | Gilly swiped the little wet paper across her mouth and dropped it on the floor . |
| 13 | Helen picked it out and dropped it on the floor ; beneath was a tangle of string . |
| 14 | Silently he took the notebook from her nerveless fingers and dropped it on the floor . |
| 15 | Corbett undid his cloak and dropped it on the ground . |
| 16 | Absently Luke took the carnation from his button-hole and dropped it on the bookshelves . |
| 17 | Kirov held it by one comer , wiped it with his sleeve , and dropped it into the post box . |
| 18 | Monks tied the locket to a heavy weight and dropped it into the water . |
| 19 | I dried off the needle and dropped it into the metal box where I carried my suture materials , scalpels and blades . |
| 20 | She brought hot water and watched as he unwrapped a sachet and dropped it into the cup . |
| 21 | Absently she twitched a fading tulip from its vase and dropped it into the waste-paper basket . |
| 22 | She screwed up the letter and dropped it into the kitchen bin . |
| 23 | Finally he lowered the weapon and dropped it onto the bed beside him , then fumbled in the drawer again for the box of ammunition . |
| 24 | The post office was owned by two white-haired sisters , Annie and Lizzie , far out cousins of her own , and Annie stamped the envelope for her , postmarked it and dropped it in the calico bag on the counter . |
| 25 | He detached it , and dropped it in the street . |
| 26 | On impulse he felt in his pocket for a tenpenny piece and dropped it in the box . |
| 27 | He lifted it up and dropped it in the white plastic bag which lines the litter bin . |
| 28 | And Hilderbridge lay in the sunshine , its slate roofs all turned to planes of silver , its spires sharp needles , as if a silversmith had made it and dropped it in the valley between the meadows and the moor . |
| 29 | From under the chair I watched as she scooped up the mess into a cloth , and dropped it in the bin . |
| 30 | With larger seeds you may find it easiest to use your finger and thumb and drop them onto the compost . |