Example sentences of "put her [noun] [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I put her name down for the local hospice without her permission , because although she defiantly insisted she did n't want anything to do with it , I thought things might change as she deteriorated . |
| 2 | Suddenly she wanted to put her head down on the big table and howl with misery . |
| 3 | She was so weary that it was all she could do not to put her head down on the table and close her eyes . |
| 4 | Anna had been mixing it , and she felt sick , so she went to put her head out of the window . |
| 5 | There was one girl there today , she was about fifteen or seventeen and she had to put her coat on over the top of the gown because it was |
| 6 | She put her foot down on the pedal and the car leaped forward . |
| 7 | She put her basket down on the pavement , held on to the woman with one arm , pulled on the man 's huge arm with the other , said to him firmly , if more than a little fearfully , ‘ No , you are not to touch her again . |
| 8 | He put her suitcases down in the driveway and reached into the boot to pass her a carry-case which Belinda recognised as containing a portable monitor , something like an electrically amplified stethoscope , which meant that it was often possible for a pregnant woman to hear her baby 's heartbeat as early as ten weeks into the pregnancy . |
| 9 | Then she put her head down on the table and wept unrestrainedly , the feathers of her hat dipping unnoticed into his coffee . |
| 10 | She put her name forward to the chairman of the local party only to find later that he had approached her father to get his consent then double-checked by asking her husband for his permission too . |
| 11 | Moving out of the path of the crowd , she put her luggage down on the uneven pavement and looked around . |
| 12 | She put her points over to the juniors as well as she always did to everyone else , with a wonderful mix of candour , directness , understanding and humour — and always with a twinkle in the eye . |
| 13 | She drank more coffee , put her cup down on the table , looked Carver in the eye . |
| 14 | She put her vase down on the table in front of me , then glancing around my pantry again said : ‘ If you wish , Mr Stevens , I might bring in some more cuttings for you . ’ |
| 15 | She put her hand up to the mound of hair upon her neck and a hairpin fell just audibly to the floor . |
| 16 | And , Miss Rene ’ — she paused here and put her hand out towards the eldest of the sisters — ‘ you gave me my first book , a book of poems . |
| 17 | She kindly put her hand out of the window for me to kiss . |
| 18 | Linda put her hand impulsively over the other woman 's gnarled old one . |
| 19 | Then Glenda Grower , the most strong-minded of the staff , put her glass down on the table and made obvious going-away gestures . |
| 20 | Slowly she put her glass down on the table . |
| 21 | Every time she put her nose out of the door , there he seemed to be , and if he was n't outside he was inside , making provocative remarks that were guaranteed to drive her into a fury . |
| 22 | His mother put her hands back on the wheel but threw them off with a scream . |
| 23 | She took her cigarette from her mouth again , put her hands back on the wheel . |
| 24 | Marian put her hands out to the flames . |
| 25 | Lavender put her pencils back into the rather damp pencil-box and returned it to its correct place on her own desk . |
| 26 | putting her toys away into the box at bedtime . |
| 27 | ‘ You do n't think , ’ Mrs Young said , putting her finger unerringly on the implication , ‘ that the car was unhitched by someone in our party ? ’ |
| 28 | ‘ David ? ’ she said again , just as quietly , putting her glass down on the table again . |
| 29 | Fielding it with one hand , she sobered , and , putting her glass down on the fender , she hugged the cushion on her knees . |
| 30 | Tamsin puts her feet up on the table and asks why not . |