Example sentences of "[pers pn] had put [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I woke again , I had to put on the light . |
| 2 | Here was the most loved owner in British racing , the most adored individual in British society , about to win the country 's greatest steeplechase — a fitting reward for all that she had put into the sport . |
| 3 | It was n't until she had put on the kettle for their morning coffee that she spoke . |
| 4 | Because you had to put in the level plugs for them to keep the level and the centre lines to keep the centre . |
| 5 | ‘ The licensing authority has therefore not asked for the CSM 's advice on it ’ , Clarke told Jack Ashley in a written answer to a question ( which we had put to the DHSS three week earlier ) . |
| 6 | The researchers infected cells with both the plasmid and the virus , and relied on similarities between the vaccinia genes in the virus itself and those they had put in the plasmid to ensure that occasionally , the two would recombine . |
| 7 | Previously , in the eighteenth and seventeenth centuries , a man himself could dress and show how wealthy he was , and when man started going to work he had to wear a respectable , responsible suit ; he had to put across the image of honesty , of , you know , I 'm , I 'm a respectable man , I 'm decent , I 'm down to earth . |
| 8 | At the party afterwards Binkie Beaumont , far and away London 's biggest impresario ( he had put on The Druid 's Rest ) , asked the boy if he wanted to be a professional actor . |
| 9 | It was as if he had put on the quality of maleness like a flamboyant cloak . |
| 10 | She smiled at Matt across the bowl of fruit he had put on the table , her perceptions heightened by the relaxed atmosphere of the evening , very much aware of the bloom on the grapes , the green of the apples , the soft fuzz on the peaches . |
| 11 | Perhaps unnerved by the suddenness of his summons to the Prime Minister and the vigour of Palmerston 's attack , Scott felt that his case had to be presented in a ‘ more consecutive manner ’ , and on 23rd July , 1859 , he wrote a long letter to Palmerston explaining how much effort he had put into the design and what a loss it would be to the country if it was not adopted . |
| 12 | Custom granted a tenant-at-will a full quarter 's notice and compensation for his crops and the work he had put into the farm if he went before the harvest was gathered in . |