Example sentences of "you put [pron] [noun sg] [prep] the " in BNC.
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1 | But you must ask the person , do n't put just somebody 's name down , thinking they might go on the committee , erm , you must ask them first before you put their name on the list . |
2 | But maybe it would be better , son , if you put your basket on the counter , and then we can watch it slide along to the cash-register . ’ |
3 | So you put your dryer in the garage ? |
4 | ‘ For God 's sake , ’ said Ellen , ‘ you put your foot on the accelerator not the brake . |
5 | You rely on speed and on raising an lowering the tappet , so when you put your foot on the decelerator it drops the tappet down and stops the value opening , then you 're on full compression and then you pull up , and that 's your main brake . |
6 | Ha , so when you put your foot down the meter goes smack ! |
7 | You put your staircase into the dining room . |
8 | Now you put your shoulder to the wheel , your nose to the grindstone , your best foot forward and your back to the wall to see how many clichés you know and how they are to be interpreted or ignored . |
9 | ‘ Well , you 'd better make your will out before you come in again , ’ said Dolly , ‘ because I 'm goin' to do you in as soon as you put your face round the door . ’ |
10 | But once you do that , soon as you put your mallet against the hoop , you push the hoop if it 's loose forward anyway |
11 | No I like the light because like , as soon as as soon as you put your key in the door |
12 | Well it 's not that hot if you put your hand at the side . |
13 | But if you put your hand on the table like this , look the light stops , look there . |
14 | but when ya , when you stand at the front door and er there 's a blower breeze and it 's cold , if you put your hand round the door like that , you can feel a draught , you can feel it colder than the you know and the letter box , the draught but if you take that and put a curtain up , it 'll keep the cold out , you 've stopped the draught so you 're gon na win |
15 | I thought ooh , what if you put your hand in the wrong place urgh urgh ! |
16 | ‘ It is a dangerous sport , every time you go out there , you put your neck on the line , and working together in that kind of atmosphere does make you closer . |
17 | Look if you put your boat into the boat-house now , he would n't see it till he got right down here again , and then perhaps- ’ |