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Example sentences of "and [vb past] [pron] [adv prt] on the " in BNC.

No	Sentence
1	Riven had lost his in the river , but he snatched up one of the long river poles and stabbed it down on the crowds of hairy heads which thronged the water , clicking against skulls .
2	She rolled the two cloaks into a bundle and laid them down on the shore where the tide could come and take them .
3	We unpacked our kit and laid it out on the floor , and then started the lengthy and tiresome process of folding it ‘ à carré ’ so that it sat on our shelves in tidy , identical bricks .
4	Jake drained his coffee-cup and laid it down on the saucer .
5	Guido drained his champagne glass and laid it down on the wall beside him .
6	She took off her jacket and slung it down on the settee .
7	He sighed and flung himself down on the chair .
8	She gave an irritated sigh and flung herself back on the pillows , staring straight up at the ceiling .
9	Taczek hoisted his fist and smacked it down on the table with a hollow bang .
10	The cigarette glowed again in the dark , and he hitched himself up on one elbow and ground it out on the earth .
11	‘ He got what he wanted and slammed it down on the counter .
12	Cranston stuck his red , bulbous nose into a tankard , took one slurp and slammed it down on the table .
13	Sir John drained his tankard and slammed it down on the table .
14	Surprisingly , Cranston agreed , drained the cup and slammed it down on the table .
15	Cranston lifted the alejack , remembered the rat , and slammed it back on the table .
16	His clothes were shabby , his linen clean ; the former housekeeper washed it and dried it out on the grass .
17	It set off packed from top to bottom with Sheffield area anglers , fishing rods and maggots and dropped you off on the canal at Clayworth where George lived until he died about ten years ago .
18	What if he had n't left yet — she could ring him and tell him she 'd chickened out , and he could flap his wings and tease her but at least she would n't have to — oh , hell , here he is , she thought , and watched as the huge bike rolled to a halt and he switched off the engine and hauled it up on the stand .
19	On the bank , the trumpet twittered again , and the water became full of spray and hurtling bodies as shoremen left their attack and threw themselves back on the sand .
20	I was told they sent for a nurse who came at me with a needle so I grabbed her by the breast and threw her down on the hors d'oeuvres .
21	But Bush waited , and then he took something out of his pocket and threw it down on the desk .
22	She scuffed through the gap in the chalk circle and threw herself down on the sacks .
23	She laughed and threw herself back on the pillows .
24	She jumped up and thrust him down on the seat , holding his shoulders .
25	He reached towards her with his strong hands and pressed them down on the fine-boned structure of her shoulders , massaging with rhythmic , kneading movements .
26	He took the tins of food through to the lean-to and piled them up on the draining board .
27	He has , to switch metaphors , grabbed by the throat the Tories ' controversial team of young election campaign advisers , shaken them vigorously , and hung them up on the nearest meat hook .
28	His wife packed a box with various goodies for Leonora to take to Penry , then walked with them to the jetty , and waved them off on the Sea-Fret , a sturdy fishing-boat a lot newer than Penry 's .
29	But long before he reaches him he recognizes him — from the way he 's sitting , sprawled back in an armchair with his feet on a coffee-table , reading an ancient Amazing Science Fiction ; from his spectacles and rumpled hair ; from the fact that he 's taken his shoes and socks off to cool his feet , and tossed them down on the coffee-table ; from the way he does n't look up , even as Howard comes right up to him , goggling head leading the way , unable to believe his eyes .
30	You could cut me in a thousand pieces and lay them out on the street .