Example sentences of "put [pron] [adv] for a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Put me down for a fiver both ways . ’ |
| 2 | Somebody said , well the Harbourmaster 's not coming , I said , right go back to work and that 's the time I , that 's the time when we had the first baby and erm , that 's the first one we lost and anyhow they put me off for a fortnight and erm I went down to , I say go up the Board of Guardians , that was like the D H S S but a little bit lower and I just start to buy this house soon as I said to this bloke , he live in the council house over here this bloke , what was interviewing me |
| 3 | made with all milk you see , and I put this on the other day , it was Monday , and I put it on for a cup of coffee , well Jim was out the front with Tom cos Tom fixed the front door |
| 4 | Looks like you 'll have to sort of like put it up for a day and then take it down for a week and put it back in again . |
| 5 | Why did n't he take that with him and put it in for a minute , for god 's sake . |
| 6 | we can always ask to put them away for a week yeah that 's what I might do |
| 7 | She rocked the baby in her arms , refusing to put her down for a minute , and she sang snatches of lullabies she remembered her mother singing so many years ago . |
| 8 | Cos the we er did get people contacting the office to say I 've got a lump sum , I 'd like to put it somewhere for a couple of years , and er we always wondered why they 're thinking of a couple of years . |
| 9 | We may be able to put it off for a while , but make that decision , we have got to , some day or another . |
| 10 | There is nothing whatever to do about it , except , possibly , to put it down for a time . |
| 11 | He said he 'd put them away for a bit and give them to Oliver when he started smoking again . |
| 12 | Well then , if , we can put them away for a week |
| 13 | They brought Sam here , Put him up for a year . |
| 14 | A left-hook hurt Ekubia in the sixth round , and then another put him down for a count of nine . |
| 15 | She do n't put him down for a minute , oh he feels insecure and he 's left his mummy and goes love his granny and come on your granny , I think oh carry on ! |
| 16 | We have n't put him down for a nursery school- ! |
| 17 | I 'm only gon na put it there for a couple of minutes . |
| 18 | Give it a chance to warm up , we need n't put it in for a bit . |
| 19 | We can put it off for a while , we can say I 'll leave it till I 'm older , I 'll leave it till some other time , I do n't want to make that decision now . |