Example sentences of "[pron] put a [adj] " in BNC.

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1 If I put a two there , I 'll have an extra three characters and gives me a full stop and two zeros .
2 White , the No 3 seed , said : ‘ I put a new tip on my cue and I 've got a lot more to offer .
3 So I present this pattern I push it through the decoders and I see that that line 's maybe is active so I put a one in there to record the fact that that logic term er occurred .
4 Oh , no I put a six where a five should be , in my pin number , that 's all I did , but I just , I just stood there and my mind just completely went blank , I could n't remember it at all .
5 Right , I put a nine in , that was a bit more than seven , okay .
6 I think I put a nine in the box .
7 I put a good bit on there and soaked it let it soak in .
8 I put a five in .
9 I put a cautious hand to the kettle .
10 I put a trimmed log in its place , to be taken up by the stair .
11 After taking a series of measurements I put a numbered ring on each bird 's leg so that if one came to grief and was picked up at some time in the future , its identity could be established .
12 I put a multistorey car park on it .
13 I 've changed the specifications of the fence , so my brother got the but I put a smaller fence in there , not the huge three bar one which was er previously , it does n't really change specifications .
14 ‘ When my kids have colds I put a homeopathic remedy called Olbas Oil on their chests and pillows when they go to bed .
15 so I put a false in that one .
16 I went down the steps at the sign of the big neon M. I put a five-copeck piece into the automatic entrance which wo n't prevent non-payers travelling but buses in order to embarrass them .
17 So if I put a twenty four one on then it could leave that like that , right ?
18 Yes I put a twenty four pence one on and a two pence one .
19 I put a brave face on it , as one must .
20 I put a few pink flowers on the plant and remember that I must n't overdo this
21 I put a few more matches down .
22 I put a thick book under the head end of the cot so that the baby 's chest can clear . ’
23 I put a big crust on the hook , dip it for a couple of seconds at the edge of the river to give it casting weight , and then swing it into the current .
24 The first British commercial guided expedition to Everest is now certain and fixed for 1993 , pre-monsoon , courtesy of the Bristol firm Himalayan Kingdoms , which put a paying client on the top of 8,000-metre Broad Peak earlier this year .
25 The process took exactly one year from the coup d'état and on 2 December 1852 came a second plebiscite which put a formal proposition to the electorate : ‘ The people wishes to re-establish the Imperial dignity in the person of Louis-Napoleon Bonaparte … ’
26 I am grateful both to the Education spokespersons who put a great deal of time in , in order to carry out erm their preparations towards this report and to and to take part in the consultation exercises and to my own colleagues .
27 You put a certain amount of power into the cell .
28 It 's not surprising then that , if you put a do-it-yourself camera into our hands , the ideas for video production immediately begin to flow .
29 But if you put a poor team under pressure they 'll have no chance and Ince and Palmer are the two who must do that job .
30 ‘ If you put a frozen product into oil heated to 180°C the temperature will immediately drop to maybe 145°C , so it is important to allow for the recovery rate to let the oil return to 180°C to brown the chip .
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