Example sentences of "[vb past] them on [pron] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mrs Clamp shook her head once more , went to the sink , reached up and over while on her tip-toes , turned on the hot water , rinsed her hands , wiped them on her blue-check , bri-nylon work-coat and took some cheese from the bike . |
| 2 | As I wiped them on my pinafore Mr Vulcan asked what was wrong with me . |
| 3 | His contempt shrivelled them on her tongue . |
| 4 | She lifted her legs and scissored them on his back . |
| 5 | The following day he bought her a bunch of violets and dropped them on her lap as she sat in the prompt corner . |
| 6 | Isabel pulled her hands out of a wooden bucket of sudsy water and dried them on her gown . |
| 7 | Quickly though she dried them on her wrist . |
| 8 | In his excitement , he took off his glasses and polished them on his pocket handkerchief , which was no longer clean . |
| 9 | Once again , the counter-revolution has taken over the key concepts of this approach and turned them on their head . |
| 10 | He warmly congratulated them on their foresight . |
| 11 | They had removed their tall hats and placed them on their knees . |
| 12 | Kneeling beside her , he took her hands and placed them on his chest , tracing the graceful line of her arms with his fingers . |
| 13 | Grabbing her hands , he placed them on his shirt-front . |
| 14 | He says the letter bombs could have injured any of the people who handled them on their way to their targets . |
| 15 | The boys would probably have been even more helpful , but Fagin hit them on their heads and shoulders until they left Oliver alone . |
| 16 | As though sensing her presence , he opened his eyes and focused them on her face . |
| 17 | He took her arms and braced them on his shoulders . |
| 18 | Albert took off his glasses and rubbed them on his handkerchief and put them back on , as if clean spectacles might make him think better . |
| 19 | I crushed some of the flowers and rubbed them on my forehead as I 'm told it has an invigorating effect on cabbages and thought it might do the same for me . |
| 20 | This sent them on their way without having to trouble too much over casting about for tracks . |
| 21 | With that comforting little homily , the King sent them on their way . |
| 22 | Bertha always wore them on her dress , and they clinked as she walked along . |
| 23 | ‘ Constanza put them on her walls . |
| 24 | Then he put them on his arms , grew tired and left them . |
| 25 | He put them on my table , and I read them upside down . |
| 26 | A pisteur outdid them on his day off by skiing the top section of the mountain nonstop all day and notching up at least 130,000 vertical . |
| 27 | They seemed to have their own stools , Quiss had observed ; they carried them on their backs as they made their way from one range to another , and Quiss had seen quite violent fights and rows breaking out over the disputed ownership of one of the small three-legged platforms . |
| 28 | They 'd only just pitched camp , but I soon had them on their way . ’ |
| 29 | I got quite a lot of reading done — John managed to persuade one of the nice Italian staff at the British Council Library to let me have two more books than my five allowed , so I had them on her ticket ! |
| 30 | A boathook pushed the launch from the jetty , a wheel spun in capable hands , the engine coughed them on their way . |