Example sentences of "putting [adv prt] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Long after America had thrown off the yoke of colonial rule , Americans still held such a poor opinion of the perfidious English that such a pool shot was also described as Putting on the English . |
| 2 | I remember during the rehearsals for Die Zauberflöte he criticized the Sarastro for putting on the kind of unctuous tone that , according to Gründgens , was best left to indoctrination meetings for the Party faithful . |
| 3 | After a rural upbringing and Sheffield University , he turned down many freelance jobs to run the minuscule Gate pub theatre , putting on the kind of rare European plays that critics adore . |
| 4 | Trying not to scream , she sat up and , without putting on the light , looked at the illuminated face of the alarm clock . |
| 5 | Without putting on the light , she slipped out of bed and tiptoed to the window . |
| 6 | Making her way to the bookcase , she was weighing up the possibility of reading the title spines without putting on the light when a table-lamp was clicked on at the other end of the room . |
| 7 | The notion of putting down the hardcore floor of the hangar using NAM volunteers and not the contractor made it possible to slice £10,000 off the cost of the project . |
| 8 | ‘ They 're putting down the foundations for the bar today , Paul , ’ she told him . |
| 9 | The Officer Commanding , Major Mike Lower , is putting down the phone as Captain Tuck-Brown knocks and enters . |
| 10 | ‘ That 's all arranged then , ’ she told me , putting down the phone . |
| 11 | Either Quinn knew just what he was doing or he was going to provoke the kidnapper into putting down the phone . |
| 12 | Quinn hit the opposite pavement thirty-three seconds after putting down the phone on Zack . |
| 13 | They have good days and bad days : days when things seem relatively easy , they are on the ball , and a lot gets done , and days when they just ca n't face it and phone in sick — only to feel much perkier half-an-hour after putting down the phone , and a little guilty that ‘ I could have gone in if I 'd really had to ’ . |
| 14 | The foreman was putting down the telephone . |
| 15 | Putting down the telephone , she tried to sort out her motive for promising to go out with Giles . |
| 16 | While he was putting down the plates , Loretta made up her mind . |
| 17 | Without putting down the West Coast loonies in so many specific words , Hoffman seemed to be putting them on with his canny deadpan expressions . |
| 18 | ‘ Do n't worry , my dear , ’ Fagin said , putting down the knife and becoming once again the kind old gentleman . |
| 19 | The pardon had been a central demand of previous Army mutinies , and the prospect of its being announced was thought to have encouraged the loyalty of the Army in putting down the Dec. 3 carapintadas rebellion . |
| 20 | The problem with this way of putting down the strategy is that the sense/reason/emotion division is difficult to handle in practice , and there is no clear guide to the balance required between the three categories . |
| 21 | He also believed , first , that France was unlikely to be able to secure an alliance with Britain ( because of the two countries ' disagreement about the Near East in 1840 ) ; second , that Britain might support Russia in the event of a Russian attack on the Ottoman Empire ( because of the Anglo-Russian discussions which had taken place in London in 1844 ) ; and third , that in any event he could count on the support of Austria ( because of the assistance he had rendered Vienna in putting down the Hungarians in 1849 ) . |
| 22 | It was by then already obvious that the schools had overcome their first reservations er about what the scheme had to offer and it was so obvious that they deserved recognition for their efforts that it led to my colleagues , Councillor and putting down the motion to Council in April of this year , drawing attention to the continuing success in schools throughout the district of the Local Management initiative . |
| 23 | He grinned at me , putting down the receiver . |
| 24 | ‘ I 'll tell you some other time , ’ he said , putting down the receiver . |
| 25 | Putting down the receiver Matthew returned to his table . |
| 26 | ‘ Oh , but you must be hungry after your long journey , ’ he insisted , putting down the record . |
| 27 | ‘ But how can President Aquino overhaul the leadership of the armed forces after she has already commended them for putting down the coup ? ’ asks a congressman and former military officer , Mr Bonifacio Gillego . |
| 28 | And she said she said I am not having you putting down the value of my house and having yours higher than mine the value of my house . |
| 29 | The Meeting Stent themselves with fifteen shillings sterling being the estimate given for Painting the Church yeard Gate of Kilarow and putting up the Globes on the Pillars of the Gate … |
| 30 | After putting up the tent , I sat outside , took the bandage off my shin for the last time , and undressed , before washing myself with a mug of water . |