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Example sentences of "put [pron] [noun] " in BNC.

No	Sentence
1	I went over to the bed , climbed on top of it , put my head on the pillow and fell asleep .
2	I tiptoed along the corridor and put my head gingerly round the semi-open door .
3	I answered it , then put my head round the kitchen door .
4	Just put my head back on the seat and closed my eyes .
5	I put my other hand up to my face too , and put my head down on my knees , trying to keep myself from going to pieces .
6	I opened my window and put my head out into the wind and the rain .
7	When he picked me up and put my head in his mouth , I shouted so loudly that he dropped me .
8	And she put my head on my hands on the desk in front of me and believe me , I went to sleep , it was must have been very , very new , compared to being at home and perhaps being laid there .
9	I brought my face up and put my head back , baring my neck to the wind like a lover , to the rain like an offering .
10	Back in the changing room at the end of the period Alec Davidson casually asked me why I always put my shoes inside my satchel during the gym lesson .
11	I went back to the cabin , put my shoes on again , and picked up a bottle of wine .
12	I get this real strong urge to stand behind her and put my arms round her and give her a hug , but I do n't move .
13	Only now , in my old age , I wish I had got down from the table and put my arms round his neck and kissed him .
14	‘ I sometimes put my arms around you because I need to feel your closeness .
15	I now put my arms around that bough and pressed the wood to my chest .
16	I should have knelt beside her and put my arms around her and promised her that she would be freed from the hell of anhedonia , and that there really was a God and that she did have the strength to tear herself free from cocaine , as others had freed themselves , and I should have assured her that there was true happiness without a drug , but I did not know her well enough to embrace her , so I just let her weep as the sun streaked up in glory from the east .
17	‘ I just put my arms around her and squeezed her so tight I thought I 'd break her ribs , ’ said Rosemary Lodge , whose 18-year-old daughter Suzanne died when a car driven by Ann-Marie Coombes crashed .
18	He was sitting at his desk and I went and put my arms round him from behind , and nuzzled his ear .
19	If she 's crying for some other reason like because we 've been quarrelling and she wants to make up but does n't know how to I just put my arms round her and cuddle her and let her cry it out .
20	I mean , what I want is that she shouts and I shout and she shouts back , then I say I 'm sorry and put my arms round her , then we kiss and make love maybe , and in the end we 're both real people again .
21	I was too anxious — far too anxious — and this put my interviewers on their guard .
22	All I will do is to come in after breakfast every day and put my bucket on the harness room boiler to cook up , and an hour later I will take it away .
23	You want me to disrupt my harvest and put my daughter in danger — and yet , according to Keith , the terrorists in your house were saying that their deadline was Friday .
24	I lay on the trolley and the bank nurse put my papers by my side .
25	Three things I 've always wanted to do : go to Machu Picchu , put my foot in Lake Titicaca and make it with an oriental chick .
26	I searched for something different to say and really put my foot in it :
27	I had to make haste now or I would be late , so I threw my kit in the back of the Porsche , threaded my way through the traffic on the Kingston By-pass and then put my foot down on the M3 , keeping a wary eye open for the police .
28	You let me just put my foot on that shore , you 'll never get me here again ! ’
29	We were nearing the camp , so I aimed for the ruts in the track and put my foot down .
30	[ And on the next day ] Dr Hunter and Mr Cruikshanks came at 9 this morning and put my wife into the Box on and in 130 lb weight of Paris plaister at 18d a bag .