Example sentences of "[verb] they on the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Used to hit them on the arm , never on the head . |
| 2 | The smaller bits we 'd look at for a time and then he 'd throw them on the fire . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | You do n't fucking expect to see them on the side of a bar though do you ? |
| 5 | Will the hon. Gentleman please lay them on the table ? |
| 6 | ‘ Why did they build them on the top of hills ? ’ she asked Christopher . |
| 7 | But you must not build them on the graveyard . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | ‘ Have I said something , then ? ’ he asked , taking off his cap and overcoat and hanging them on the door peg . |
| 10 | Ronni carried them indoors and laid them on the kitchen table , scarcely able to bear the mouth-watering aromas that were escaping from beneath the tin foil . |
| 11 | George Yaxlee took the contents of the back pocket and laid them on the mantelshelf . |
| 12 | He took an envelope from his breast pocket , extracted three photos , laid them on the desk . |
| 13 | Taking out a sheaf of documents , he laid them on the desk top . |
| 14 | He took the locket and the manuscript out of his pocket and laid them on the desk in front of the headmaster . |
| 15 | Zen took out a notepad and pencil and laid them on the desk . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | Carson appeared with the towels , a bath-sized and two hand-sized , and laid them on the duvet by her bag . |
| 18 | Carter took out his packet of cigarettes and a box of matches and laid them on the locker . |
| 19 | She took some notes from her pocketbook and laid them on the table by her plate and her half-empty glass . |
| 20 | Well you 'd you 'd think they would n't want them on the road cos if they had an accident the people would get killed , they 'd just |
| 21 | I took down our saddle bags from the hook in the wall and flung them on the bed . |
| 22 | Then they would bring their talons forward and reach their beaks out and in one swift movement crash them on the surface of the still lake , and out of the splashing spray caused by their wings as they beat to gain height again they would rise struggling with a fish in their talons . ’ |
| 23 | However , because of their wide scope , when judging such clauses under s 3 of the UCTA , one has to treat them on the basis that they exclude or restrict liability for total failure to perform by reason of wilful default . |
| 24 | He slung them on the banister in a casual manner . |
| 25 | Logging remains crucial to the economy in the central provinces of Binh Dinh and Gia Lai and the bans are seen as being largely for international consumption , with little effort made to enforce them on the ground . |
| 26 | ‘ I have to like them on the phone , ’ she says . |
| 27 | Emotivism claims that the distinctive meaning of ethical words lies in their power ( in virtue of our early linguistic conditioning ) to stimulate emotions and attitudes in a hearer , and vent them on the part of the speaker . |
| 28 | A hawthorn hedge divided them on the left from the field belonging to Upmeadow Farm , while on the right-hand side their territory was bounded by a swift little stream . |
| 29 | We pat them on the back , as if they were dogs ; |
| 30 | The boys spear them on the reef . |