Example sentences of "he put a " in BNC.
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| 1 | At Ferrari it waited for him to put a foot wrong and there was blood all over the walls . ’ |
| 2 | In scene five , for instance , Anderson , attempting to leave the lecture theatre , is caught off-guard by the chairman , who selects him to put a question to the lecturing professor ( p. 63 ) . |
| 3 | Instead , he put a rich range of clear rainbow colours on his palette , replacing the dirty ochre colours with light and more luminous chromium colours , with the addition of Veronese green , ultramarine and lacquer colours , and following the Impressionist recipe in not mixing these colours with anything except white or closely allied colours . |
| 4 | Elsewhere , ‘ he put a teaspoonful-and-a-half of coffee granules into his mug and exactly the same into hers . ’ |
| 5 | One night he put a Belgian chocolate inside her and as it melted he licked away the cream . |
| 6 | This week , he put a good case for regarding Alec Douglas-Home , Lord Home of the Hirsel , as one of the most under-rated comedians of the last 30 years . |
| 7 | What Charles said in major speeches which he put a great deal of time and thought into , seldom went farther than the four walls he spoke within . |
| 8 | He put a hand to his forehead to ease the pressure . |
| 9 | Once he put a broody hen on a clutch of eggs and ten little chicks hatched out . |
| 10 | He put a forefinger in the pocket , coaxing Agrippa out . |
| 11 | He put a hand on her shoulder , and then one on Nathan 's . |
| 12 | He put a question mark against Harry , all the same . |
| 13 | Then he put a hand on her elbow to guide her to the door . |
| 14 | He put a thousand-franc note on his bedside table and told the porter to let Modigliani in whenever he wanted . |
| 15 | He put a piece of paper into Irina 's hand . |
| 16 | He put a supporting arm round Farquhar 's shoulders and grinned at the men rowing only hard enough to hold the ship steady . |
| 17 | He was intrigued , and sat still until she approached again and then , very gently , he put a hand out towards her . |
| 18 | The Prime Minister summed up what many of us wanted to say when he put a question to Tony Benn : ‘ what do you say about the thuggish act of a walk-out , without notice , from a Children 's Hospital ? ’ |
| 19 | He put a finger to his lips and brought his face close to mine . |
| 20 | Another owner discovered that if he put a line of coins on his sideboard his cat would knock them down one by one . |
| 21 | He put a copy of the timetable into my hands and said , ‘ You will need to know where we stop . |
| 22 | He put a hand across the table , which I shook . |
| 23 | He put a hand on her shoulder . |
| 24 | He put a finger to his temple like a pistol . |
| 25 | He put a couple of lamb chops under the grill , made a green salad and prepared to enjoy a few hours of solitude before the intrusion of Rickards and his preoccupations . |
| 26 | Leaning towards her , he put a hand on each side of her face on the smooth tree bark , thus imprisoning her . |
| 27 | He put a stop to it because his wife 's Jewish , ’ says Chris . |
| 28 | He put a direct question to Theo : did he ever experience moments when a groan or a sigh would be forced from him ? |
| 29 | He put a hand into a pocket of his elegant duster coat and brought out a small .22 pistol that he pointed at my face . |
| 30 | Outside on the landing he put a light on . |