Example sentences of "be [verb] and [vb past] it [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Pulling a little face , she carefully folded the tea-towel she 'd been using and laid it on the work surface . |
| 2 | He declined to make a decision on whether persons responsible for the shooting should be prosecuted and forwarded it to the Attorney General for the United Kingdom . |
| 3 | When Dixie Dean was on holiday in Ayr , he noticed that a professional sprint was to be held and entered it as an outsider and won ; he thereby not only demonstrated the outstanding athletic abilities of top footballers ( Matthews was also a fine athlete ) , but underlined the survival of the old pedestrian traditions at the new resorts catering for working-class holiday-makers . |
| 4 | He assumed the mural was being discarded and took it to his studio , hoping to repair and perhaps eventually sell it , as he had done with other works from that period . |
| 5 | There was not a needy person among them , for as many as were possessors of lands or houses sold them , and brought the proceeds of what was sold and laid it at the apostles ’ feet ; and distribution was made to each as any had need' ( Acts 4:32 , 34–5 ) . |
| 6 | He took off the heavy overcoat he was wearing and laid it across the top of the filing cabinet . |
| 7 | It snatched one of the sticks that Philip was holding and dragged it to the far side of the feeding-place , barking . |
| 8 | Lucie threw down the cup he was holding and drove it into the mud with his foot . |
| 9 | I poured out what was left and handed it to him . |