Example sentences of "put [art] [noun] [adv prt] for [art] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ I went to the restaurant and put the money down for a large brandy .
2 The poor creep out of alleyways while the rich put the BMW in for the night and hit the rich over the head and steal the tyres .
3 So I 'm zooming down , which I thought must have been fifty mile an hour , but it was probably only about five really , or ten , but er put the brake on for the platform to stop , no chance , it just kept going .
4 Put the facts down for the specialist to see .
5 As soon as I was clear of the entrance to the voe , I let the boat steer herself while I put the kettle on for a cuppa after a modest breakfast of bread and cheese .
6 Half way through Edward gave up , scraped the rest into Tam 's food bowl and put the kettle on for a cup of tea ; behind him , Tam slurped as though rescued from the brink of starvation .
7 Put the kettle on for a cuppa .
8 I put the receiver down for a moment so that I could take two hands to the strawboard .
9 It 's not no y you using a you put a boiler in for a purpose , is to heat your water up in n it ?
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