Example sentences of "[pers pn] put the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yer told me yerself 'e put the finger on the goin 's on at the Crown . |
| 2 | She put the shirt and the suit on a chair by the window . |
| 3 | So she put the letters in her desk with resolution and went up the stairs to see her aunt . |
| 4 | In her book , Scoundrel Time , she put the blame for the lack of guts shown during ‘ this sad , comic , miserable time of our history ’ on two things : the funk of the studio bosses and the selfishness of the entertainers they paid so well . |
| 5 | He struggled painfully on to one elbow , guarding his hands , and she put the tankard to his lips . |
| 6 | She put the knitting away carefully . |
| 7 | She put the idea of Friday swimming at the Smiths to the others . |
| 8 | But Leo , when she put the idea to him , was aghast . |
| 9 | She drank thirstily and when she put the bottle down , there was milk all over her lips , the bright whiteness of it shining on her face . |
| 10 | So she put the dress on , and thought for a moment that perhaps it was not quite so frightful after all , and then , after looking at herself for a little longer , wondered if it were not in fact more frightful than she had ever imagined . |
| 11 | Remember that first Christmas when she put the cat among the pigeons by saying to me your husband told me that he ca n't really afford he 's flying because you spend all his money , when I , when I 've been backing him , saving money for his aeroplane and his lessons and |
| 12 | She put the cover back over the Pavlov stock . |
| 13 | She put the tuna on a plate and set it down and I ate the lot . |
| 14 | She put the scarf back round her neck and went through to the shop . |
| 15 | Then she put the salad greens to soak . |
| 16 | She put the thought aside , ashamed of her disloyalty . |
| 17 | She put the thought down with all the other unpleasant thoughts she kept having and flew . |
| 18 | Then , forcing herself , she put the thought into words : If I 'd known , I would n't have used magic . |
| 19 | She put the thought out of her mind , and forced herself to march harder , peering determinedly through the rain for any signs of life , almost willing the barn to appear — |
| 20 | After much effort , she put the sentence together which the book now consisted of : We have fled before them . |
| 21 | Mildred did her best to arrange the bucket hanging from the back , but it was obviously going to spill the minute they took off , she put the bucket back onto the window-sill , climbed onto the broom first , and then settled the bucket in her lap . |
| 22 | Tears running down her face , she put the eggs back in their nest a false picture of natural felicity . |
| 23 | She put the soap back in the dish and straightened her clothes , leaving a white smear of soap on her skirt . |
| 24 | She put the brush back in the bucket . |
| 25 | The place where she put the tailor 's shop is now a Beatrix Potter shop and museum . |
| 26 | She put the case as high as this : that a discharge by accord and satisfaction is not a performance , so that C.T . |
| 27 | For now , she had enough shocks to assimilate , she thought , as she put the case into her bag , and took a last look round . |
| 28 | She put the bread under the grill , and her hands shook . |
| 29 | He sat down and watched her , fascinated , as she put the bread to her mouth , her eyes closing in a kind of ecstasy when she bit into it . |
| 30 | She put the money in her purse with a reverence shown only by people who rarely , if ever , had handled notes of over one pound denomination . |