Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] on [art] " in BNC.
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1 | Used to hit them on the arm , never on the head . |
2 | They were prepared to hit me on the head , were n't they ? ’ |
3 | ‘ You might have heard me on the radio , ’ she said . |
4 | Please do n't throw me on the floor ! |
5 | The smaller bits we 'd look at for a time and then he 'd throw them on the fire . |
6 | Through George Wigg I became reasonably close to Richard Crossman who consulted me on a number of occasions — I have already described the Spectator libel case — but who , I must confess , turned out to be a disappointment to me , since the reputation he had earned for more than occasional unreliability I found to be entirely justified . |
7 | We really felt that this was a book to push on , and so we talked to the trade very early on , consulted them on the jacket and so on . |
8 | She leaned in and pecked me on the lips . |
9 | You do n't fucking expect to see them on the side of a bar though do you ? |
10 | See , she came to see me on the bridge . ’ |
11 | I asked her to come to see me on the day after her arrival and at the hour of sunset , the best time for the wonderful view that I then had to offer her . |
12 | Jim is coming to see me on the fourth of May . |
13 | ‘ Did you , as a matter of interest , happen to see me on The Human Angle last week ? ’ |
14 | I said authenticity was one thing but did my devoted fans really want to see me on the big screen with spots a foot across all over my face ? |
15 | ‘ I hope you 're coming to see me on the first night , Georg . |
16 | Will the hon. Gentleman please lay them on the table ? |
17 | ‘ Why did they build them on the top of hills ? ’ she asked Christopher . |
18 | But you must not build them on the graveyard . |
19 | You see I would like to see people at the end of this programme to have some idea , not just of fancy figures in the air , but of practical effects that will affect them on the ground . |
20 | ‘ Do you want me on the search , sir ? ’ |
21 | ‘ Have I said something , then ? ’ he asked , taking off his cap and overcoat and hanging them on the door peg . |
22 | Have you ever thought of knitting them on a larger scale ? |
23 | When I 'm fighting my sister he kicks me on the wotsit . ’ |
24 | If you did , if you failed them on a regular basis , you would n't be here , right ? |
25 | She picked up my underclothes from the floor and laid them on a chair . |
26 | He once caught a pigeon , but it was mostly sparrows so small that , when he laid them on the embers to cook , they were ready by the time the feathers had singed and were hardly worth even sharing , except with the twins who insisted . |
27 | 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 . |
28 | A human chain of soldiers , castle employees and members of the royal family carried out paintings , carpets , furniture , Sevres vases , books and drawings and laid them on the lawns before being transported by convoys of lorries . |
29 | He took an envelope from his breast pocket , extracted three photos , laid them on the desk . |
30 | Carson appeared with the towels , a bath-sized and two hand-sized , and laid them on the duvet by her bag . |