Example sentences of "[art] [noun sg] [conj] [verb] [pron] on " in BNC.

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31 Emmie took the tray and put it on the floor .
32 As budgeting is an integral part of any business plan , it is usually preferable both to express the plan and to review it on an annual basis that coincides with the firm 's accounting year .
33 I 'll just shove it through the window and put it on the desk .
34 The TV reporter swung his eyes back from the window and trained them on the superintendent in a long , calculating stare .
35 At a certain point , evidently prearranged , for he did n't consult Nenna and hardly glanced at the banks , Richard put about , switched off the engine and hauled it on board .
36 ‘ And there 's some shortbread and chocolates and a jar of chicken breasts , ’ she said , taking them out of the basket and putting them on the table .
37 As you 'd expect from the range that prides itself on keeping your garden in shape .
38 T. B. You had to see what they were passing through and you had to have a chit and you had to time this chit and sign it and then you went to the hut and put it on the spike .
39 I cut out the caption and stuck it on the cover of my French notebook .
40 He had hustled her out of the kitchen into the boudoir and kissed her on the lips , slipping his arm round her waist .
41 He crossed to the guard and tapped him on the arm .
42 Down in the shuttered shop below Fred Bradley finished scrubbing the cutting-board and stood it on its end against the wall to dry .
43 He took her gently by the waist and pulled her on top of him .
44 undoes the clasp and rests it on his knees — a black accordion to celebrate the Sabbath .
45 Her husband Harold was a lamplighter and when he came home from work he was obliged to take off his boots in the passage and place them on a sheet of newspaper before entering the inner sanctum .
46 Her substantial and brilliant book A Rhetoric of the Unreal uses the work of French intellectual stars in a familiar and matter-of-fact way , without any of the bedazzlement that surrounds them on this side of the Channel .
47 Nathan closed the folder and laid it on the starched tablecloth .
48 He divided his force into three , one division under Fraser to sack the village and set it on fire ; one under the Border chiefs to round up all the cattle and stock they could find in the vicinity — they were the experts at this ; and his own grouping to encircle the castle and at least present Dacre and Balliol with a challenge .
49 An individual suspecting that an unwarranted invasion of privacy may about to be published would be able to approach the council 's director , who , when satisfied of this , ‘ should instantly contact the editor and put him on notice of the complaint .
50 If satisfied , the director should instantly contact the editor and put him on notice of a complaint .
51 Fumbling , panicking , he got the grey metal wastebin from under the desk and set it on top .
52 Taking the purple book off the pillow and laying it on the floor , he had tried to think logically .
53 She moved back against the pillow and drew me on top of her .
54 The teacher then took a length of string , cut it to the height of the child and laid it on the ground on top of the shadow of Leanne .
55 After a minute , she wrote out the check and placed it on the table .
56 Up my elbow and er anyway put it used to take it back to the shop and er well I was still inside the shop , down to a certain place in the shop and put it on a on a stand and then there 'd be a on that stand , beside the bucket , was a a box of not Lux not Lux soap but er yellow soap .
57 Sammy sniffed at the food in the bag and Tom tapped him tenderly on the nose and slung it on his back .
58 Lavender filled it half-full of water and carried it , together with a glass , into the classroom and set it on the teacher 's table .
59 Then , unable to contain the drive and enthusiasm building up inside us , Enrique went alone , leaving me to dither between living the moment or trapping it on film .
60 Pat Johnstone took the package and placed it on her lap .
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