Example sentences of "[noun pl] [conj] [vb past] [pron] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | She laid her hands on Peter 's shoulders and kissed him on the cheek . |
| 2 | She stretched Thérèse on the rack until her bones cracked , tore off her breasts with red-hot pincers , then flogged her with twigs and broke her on the wheel . |
| 3 | So we got a pair of football boots and some books and wedged them on the door , thinking that she 'd naturally see them . |
| 4 | He and Mr Fletcher sat at the table and Willie took one of the mugs and perched himself on the stool in front of the range . |
| 5 | He took limes from his pyjama pockets and left them on the blankets . |
| 6 | Whitlock sprung to his feet and caught him on the side of the head with a stinging haymaker then followed up with two brutal body punches that dropped him to his knees . |
| 7 | Florence Ames took off her old shoes and left them on the step . |
| 8 | I bought some Liquorice Perfections after my pie , beans and chips and sucked them on the bus to Thurso . |
| 9 | She scowled at her sandals and scuffed them on the gravel . |
| 10 | The flight was successfully undertaken to the area of Kerkenah Island , where two 22X Squadron Sunderlands met the Hurricanes and led them on the last leg to the island . |
| 11 | In the past a Welsh dealer had brought ponies and kept them on the moors at Hartshead to fatten them up for a few weeks prior to the fair , and Mr Rawson had often helped to drive them from there to Lee Gap . |
| 12 | Silently he took the notebook from her nerveless fingers and dropped it on the floor . |
| 13 | Wearily she took off her stockings and hung them on the back of the chair to get ready for bed . |
| 14 | Say , for example , they choose Friday , Saturday , Sunday , Monday and Tuesday for successive weeks and ringed them on the calendar . |
| 15 | McIntyre was able to drive her almost as fast to windward as the 50-footers and lost nothing on the downwind legs . |
| 16 | UN officials suspect that , to ram the point home , his troops may have staged attacks and blamed them on the Khmers Rouges . |
| 17 | At the bottom of the companionway she struggled out of the wet oilskins and dropped them on the floor in a heap . |
| 18 | ‘ Pounds , ’ I replied as I wrote out my name and address on the back of the particulars and left it on the counter . |
| 19 | Kozyrev highlighted the spirit of co-operation between the two sides : " We worked as friends and allies standing on one side of the barricade of all the problems that beset us on the other . " |
| 20 | They stood to the side as I entered then the woman showed me to a chair as the man brought two glasses and placed them on the table in front of me , then said very seriously , ‘ This is my wife . |
| 21 | Mobuto folded the glasses and placed them on the coffee table in the centre of the room . |
| 22 | I understand he 's ill. , Seating herself on one of the wooden chairs , she drew off her fine kid gloves and placed them on the table . |
| 23 | So Noel 's gone oh someone tripped me up , I fell down the stairs and hit it on the coffee table , right ! |
| 24 | Georgina took him in her arms and kissed him on the lips . |
| 25 | He stood there like an idiot as she clasped him by the arms and kissed him on the cheek . |
| 26 | Her daughter , who had turned back to the window on her mother 's entry , sulkily moved a pile of film magazines and dropped them on the floor . |
| 27 | She brought up both her fists and pummelled him on the chest . |
| 28 | I could n't stand it , I got him to retie my hands in front and then I unhooked the monsters and smashed them on the hearth . |
| 29 | When , in 1609 , Galileo constructed his first telescopes and trained them on the heavens , he made dramatic discoveries . |
| 30 | Carter took out his packet of cigarettes and a box of matches and laid them on the locker . |