Example sentences of "[noun sg] placed a [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 For each trial , the experimenter placed a stimulus card in the tachistoscope and checked that all the switches were reset .
2 I tried to make him as comfortable as possible and with the assistance of a French Commando placed a shell dressing into the large wound in his back .
3 Later that evening , they were in a pub and my friend placed a pound coin in another condom machine .
4 As Britannia 's shares dropped 8p to 125p , one analyst placed a break-up value of 180p a share on the company .
5 SOLDIERS step in a stooped position through the narrow steel door placed a foot off the ground in the concrete wall .
6 ‘ We 'd better go back to the car , ’ he announced , and , without more ado placed a hand beneath her elbow and guided her back to his car .
7 James R. Silke was to refer to how Warners offered ‘ heroes made from life ’ and Janet Graves has explained how the rigid financial limits imposed at the studio placed a premium on good dialogue and good acting .
8 On 20 September 1941 , the Ministry of Aircraft and Production placed a contract for the production of Horsa gliders with a number of firms , and Wolverton Works , together with three other firms , formed a Wing Group for the production of outer mainplanes and detachable bays , the others being Messrs Cravens Ltd , Railway Carriage & Wagon Works , Sheffield , ( holding the Group Chairmanship ) ; LNE Railway , Doncaster & York ; Wolseley Motors Ltd , Birmingham .
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