Example sentences of "he put the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yer told me yerself 'e put the finger on the goin 's on at the Crown . |
| 2 | Doctor Baron had given her something , she ought to let him put the light out and go to sleep . |
| 3 | What do you mean by us being set in our ways ? ’ he asked , the tone of his voice changing when he put the question . |
| 4 | He put the newspaper to one side , then added : ‘ Sit down , take the weight off your feet . ’ |
| 5 | He put the platter on the floor and got up stiffly . |
| 6 | He omitted , as he was wont to do , his middle name , Norman ; he put the present year down for his date of birth , not 1934 ; and instead of entering ‘ Canadian ’ for his parents ' and his own nationality , he entered ‘ Jewish ’ . |
| 7 | He shivered ; he put the central heating on ‘ constant ’ ; he went round the corner for a bottle of whisky . |
| 8 | MICKY STEWART , the England manager , gave his son , Alec , a gruelling introduction to cricket on the Indian sub-continent when he put the Surrey wicketkeeper-batsmen — along with the rest of the 14-man England squad - through a three-and-a-half hour training session in temperatures of up to 100F at the National Stadium in Delhi yesterday . |
| 9 | He put the books back in the drawer and stood waiting for Mrs Hatton to recover . |
| 10 | He was being given the right of reply , it was pointed out , at which point he put the phone down . |
| 11 | He put the cold sausage and the slice of tart in his pocket . |
| 12 | He put the receiver down . |
| 13 | He put the owl lamp down . |
| 14 | He put the paper down on the table and his Mum looked over his shoulder . |
| 15 | He put the battery back in . |
| 16 | He put the biscuits and carton down on the table and turned off the light . |
| 17 | Cupping his hand , he put the things in his hand into the empty carton . |
| 18 | He put the phone down and had a violent coughing fit . |
| 19 | He put the car into gear and they slid away from the cottage . |
| 20 | Gently he put the gun down on the table and carried the pile of plates over to the sink . |
| 21 | With a deliberate , unmistakable gesture , he put the gun to her head . |
| 22 | He put the kettle on , bemoaning the lack of business . |
| 23 | He put the tips of his fingers on her cheek , half fearing that she would disappear . |
| 24 | He put the things back into his wallet , except for the blue card informing him that he was to see Dr Pool in the morning . |
| 25 | He put the card face down on the table and brushed off the torn fragments of paper with the side of his sore hand . |
| 26 | When he put the phone down he said to us , ‘ She has stomach pains , she ca n't sleep . |
| 27 | He put the jacket around his wife and daughter Eva on the lifeboat . |
| 28 | He put the syringe in her hand . |
| 29 | Outside the Bank of England he put the bag on the ground to have a few moments rest . |
| 30 | He put the chemical in what he thought was the storage tank but was n't . |