Example sentences of "placed [pers pn] [prep] the [noun sg] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mobuto folded the glasses and placed them on the coffee table in the centre of the room . |
| 2 | Taking two , freshly caught Highland sea-trout , he placed them on the mud flats below the bridge , where they were found the next morning . |
| 3 | Eddy v Niman is open to the criticism that in the terms of s.3(1) there was an assumption of the rights of the owner when he took the goods from the shelf and placed them in the shopping trolley . |
| 4 | George washed up his cup and saucer carefully and placed them in the plastic drainer . |
| 5 | Gently she placed them in the carrier bag . |
| 6 | It gave him four and a half years of power without full responsibility — although he no doubt did not consider that this placed him in the harlot class . |
| 7 | Her General Practitioner referred her to the surgical Outpatients Clinic where the surgeon examined her and placed her on the waiting list for stripping ( removal ) of varicose veins . |
| 8 | On the other hand , there were ‘ Romantic ’ straws in the wind : strong personalities who directed without instrument ( in Berlin , J.F. Reichardt ; for Paris , see below ) ; and the move towards an ‘ international ’ concert repertory which took responsibility away from the keyboardist ( by tradition , the composer ) and placed it with the violin leader . |
| 9 | She took his beaker away and placed it on the balcony wall . |
| 10 | Pat poured the doctor out a cup of tea and placed it on the bedside table . |
| 11 | He placed it on the bedside table . |
| 12 | ‘ I 'll help you , ’ Ellen said to Rickie , then she took his hand and placed it on the mop handle . |
| 13 | The merger would have resulted in by far Britain 's largest food company and placed it among the world league of major food groups , capitalised at around £5bn . |
| 14 | The fungal affinity of these bizarre forms was not recognised until the 1850s , when Charles Robin and Camille Montagne described the genus Laboulbenia and placed it in the class Ascomycetes . |