Example sentences of "and [verb] [pers pn] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 31 | George Yaxlee took the contents of the back pocket and laid them on the mantelshelf . |
| 32 | Carter took out his packet of cigarettes and a box of matches and laid them on the locker . |
| 33 | She took some notes from her pocketbook and laid them on the table by her plate and her half-empty glass . |
| 34 | Carson appeared with the towels , a bath-sized and two hand-sized , and laid them on the duvet by her bag . |
| 35 | So all attending had brought their freshly picked bunches with them and laid them on the coffin as they arrived , and I must say that it looked — and smelled — lovely . |
| 36 | Ivan had wrapped them together in the curtains his mother had made for the sitting room , and laid them in the bottom of the grave . |
| 37 | Downstairs , the old man gathered together the piles of coins and laid them in the tin chest . |
| 38 | As the half-stifled bees crawled drunkenly across the stone and straw , they swiftly cut most of the heavy slabs of honeycomb off the sticks and laid them in the leather sacks . |
| 39 | If he 'd picked her up and laid her on the bed and taken her with all the passion and strength his virile body was promising her at that moment , she would n't have raised a finger to stop him , so when he swung her around in his arms and deposited her nearer to the bathroom door before removing his arms from her she was left gasping with surprise and a sinking feeling of disappointment mixed with humiliation which shook her with its intensity . |
| 40 | I snatched up my doll , Topsey , and laid her in the cart and ran after Mum who was half way down the street before I caught her up . |
| 41 | She walked across to the dresser flattened the cheque out and laid it beside the bucket . |
| 42 | He took off the heavy overcoat he was wearing and laid it across the top of the filing cabinet . |
| 43 | She made an offering of flowers and fruits , spurred pennants of scarlet heliconia from the rainforest , blue-blushed rue and sorrel vines with tendrils trailing , and laid it on the pit . |
| 44 | He and Broughton carried the dead body of Hilary Frome from its resting place at the top of the stairs , and laid it on the bed in the sick bay . |
| 45 | She took the dress and laid it on the bed again . |
| 46 | Wycliffe took her letter to Riddle from his pocket and laid it on the desk in front of her . |
| 47 | Louis carefully folded his handkerchief into a square and laid it on the deck beside his chair . |
| 48 | He took the flare from its bracket and laid it on the top of the trap-door . |
| 49 | He took a 78 from the shelf in the cabinet , wiped it with a fat hand , and laid it on the turntable . |
| 50 | I pulled out some money and laid it on the bar , followed by a pair of black leather driving gloves with the tops of the three middle fingers cut off the right hand , a tube of mint-flavoured lip salve and a metal hip-flask engraved with the words : ‘ I am not a diabetic ; in case of accidents please rush me to the nearest public house . ’ |
| 51 | ‘ I 've got your tissue-typing result , Juliet , ’ said David , and laid it on the bed-table . |
| 52 | Cranston took out his dagger and laid it on the floor beside him . |
| 53 | Pulling a little face , she carefully folded the tea-towel she 'd been using and laid it on the work surface . |
| 54 | She drained her glass and laid it on the cane table . |
| 55 | I took my gun out of the closet and put two bullets in the magazine and laid it on the table beside my bed . |
| 56 | He frowned , pulled the napkin from his lap and laid it on the table as he stood up , shrugging apologetically to his mother , seeming to indicate that it was the kind of thing that had happened before , from time to time . |
| 57 | She took off her hat and laid it on the table , and he saw with a sense of shock that her hair was white down the line of the parting where the tinting had grown out . |
| 58 | He hastily unfastened the shoulder holster , too , and laid it on the table , then crossed to the fridge , found a can of 7-Up and drank deeply . |
| 59 | Donna pressed the ‘ End ’ button on the phone and laid it on the table . |
| 60 | From a drawer she took out a cardboard box , and laid it on the table . |