Example sentences of "[conj] placed [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He might begin with between one and four different sizes of tesserae — separated into heaps or placed a partitioned box — and would make more than he intended to use ( manufacture continuing as the pavement was laid ) . |
| 2 | His face assumed the condition of … rigid fixedness while in council … ; he kept his immense ceremonial hat on , and placed a large eagle 's wing in front of his eyes and nose ’ . |
| 3 | ‘ Just a minute , ’ Laura , partially recovered , went to April and placed a hand on her mother . |
| 4 | The loss of Elliott left Hammer very lightweight in attack and placed a heavy burden on regular strikers White and Harris . |
| 5 | The Committee was impressed and placed a bulk order for 37 cars , comprising 11 more toastracks , 12 open-toppers and 14 double-deckers with railcoach features . |
| 6 | Thiercelin drew a deep breath and placed a hand to his brow . |
| 7 | Mike Vessey spotted his brother 's long run and placed a superb long ball in his path which Alan duly put away to set up St Albans ' third appearance in the final and a change of the League and Cup double . |
| 8 | One day Leonie 's employer had got wind of what was going on , sacked Leonie and placed a telephone call to Victor Nicholson , the ignorant , ill-tempered manufacturer Hugo was contracted to at the time . |
| 9 | The Philippines also acted and placed a ban on all hardwood exports — again the industry will look elsewhere for its timber , most prominently Sarawak and Sabah on which there is already great pressure . |
| 10 | Mr Bush dealt with the older children first and placed a few evacuees with them at the back . |
| 11 | to take over all public transport in the London area and placed a Bill before Parliament early in April , to enable this to happen . |
| 12 | After a couple of minutes , one of them returned and placed a hand on Beattie 's shoulder and said that he was arresting him under Section 10 and Schedule 1 of the Northern Ireland ( Emergency Provisions ) Act . |
| 13 | Then he closed the eyes of the boy with the broken neck , and placed a coat over him to keep him from the eyes of the students he would never get to know . |
| 14 | And with that she took two of Granny 's pennies from her pocket , put her fingers on Granny 's eyes to push her eyelids down and placed a penny over each eye . |
| 15 | I built two caves at the back , and placed a flat rock at each back corner to give a choice of spawning areas . |
| 16 | It was a policy which reinforced traditional methods in the older sectors of industry and placed a premium on short-term production at the expense of innovative development . |
| 17 | He 'd come round to Oscar 's side of the table and placed a glass of neat malt whisky in the executioner 's freshly wiped fingers . |
| 18 | Establishing the outside measurements , I completed a scaled drawing of the boardroom space and placed a suitable rectangle within it . |
| 19 | Nathan had come up now , and placed a heavy hand on Tristram 's shoulder , " Hollo ! " he boomed . |
| 20 | She squeezed Elaine 's fingers , and placed a hand on Francis 's shoulder . |
| 21 | This effect lessened our national productive capacity and placed a higher burden on the primary manufacturing industries like Engineering , Car manufacture , Aircraft makers , in order to keep an increasing number of nonproducers . |
| 22 | He then took the pigeons south , and placed a drop of olive oil on the bills of half of them , and a drop of turpentine on the bills of the other half . |
| 23 | He smiled , then leaned across and placed a white stone on the board , breaching the space between two of the black masses , threatening to cut . |
| 24 | He came to her and placed a hand beneath her elbow . |
| 25 | He stretched out an arm and placed a gnarled hand tenderly on her scarred brow ; then he turned back to me . |
| 26 | He got up suddenly and placed a pile of clothes on the end of the bed . |
| 27 | Robyn looked up from the kitchen sink and placed a washed plate on to the draining-board . |
| 28 | Then she coaxed her employer into a fresh nightgown and placed a clean , although old-fashioned day-cap of cotton and lace upon the freshly washed and combed hair . |
| 29 | They returned to the Grand Hotel , ascended together to Harvey 's room on the second floor , drew the curtains and placed a bedside lamp on the floor . |
| 30 | A full cabinet reshuffle two weeks later seemed , at first sight , to be designed to appease the Falangist sector , for it included the creation of a separate Ministry of Labour ( it had been covered by the Ministry of Agriculture thereto ) and placed a hard-line Falangist , José Antonio Girón de Velasco , at its head . |