Example sentences of "[noun sg] and put [pron] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Oh we used to have phosphate and sulphur , potash , coal , granite you name it anything , general cargo we 've had , loaded everything , even dead bodies , we sent , there was one young , one young person , he got drowned up the coast there and they and he had to go back to Holland and they brought that from out the warehouse and put it on the stern of our ship , his coffin , they sent that back and they erm export er pigs to Poland , all live pigs , pedigree pigs . |
| 2 | Then , using a two pronged transfer tool , pick up just the end stitch and put it on the end needle ( 1 ) . |
| 3 | Now the Wye 's the only major river in England where anyone can bring a boat and put it on the water without any form of licence . |
| 4 | Emmie took the tray and put it on the floor . |
| 5 | I 'll just shove it through the window and put it on the desk . |
| 6 | T. B. You had to see what they were passing through and you had to have a chit and you had to time this chit and sign it and then you went to the hut and put it on the spike . |
| 7 | She explains : ‘ I take a very deep breath before I get on the plane and then as soon as I am on board I get out all my make-up and put it on the table in front of me and spend hours putting it on . |
| 8 | In the morning erm we got some bread and put it on the window and came down and we caught it and put it out again . |
| 9 | " Oopsie-doopsie , me and my big mouth , " Slater said quietly to himself as Sara took Graham 's plastic tumbler and put it on the mantelpiece beside her own glass , then led him , stunned , unprotesting , through the crowd towards the room where the music was . |
| 10 | Erm in fact telephones , I mean talking back to nineteen forties and fifties , very few people had telephones , and it was n't uncommon in , in those days on fire engines , where , I know at Salisbury we did this , we took a bike and put it on the back of a fire engine , and if you were the youngest you were told , send the stock message back , or the informative message back , and find the telephone , and you pedalled and find the telephone , and , and you 'd get told off when you came back , why you were n't quicker about taking it . |
| 11 | Jessamy picked them up , wandered through to the kitchen and put them on the table . |
| 12 | He stepped into the kitchen and put something on the table . |
| 13 | When I had eaten the first course of cabbage , and the second of meat pudding , potato and carrots , I poured cold water into my used billycan and put it on the lighted stove . |
| 14 | It was inspired by Brendan Foster and it brought international athletics to the town and put it on the map . |
| 15 | It was funny in my day , when I first started there you used to get , mix up some size and er in a pot , in a proper pot and take it down into the mess room and put it on the stove , coal stove , heat it up and you let it boil over there was a terrific smell about the place you can imagine , the size but that 's what we used to do in those days . |
| 16 | She took the envelope into the small sitting-room and put it on the mantelpiece under the painting of the Victorian child with its crafty cat-like eyes . |
| 17 | ‘ It will be your job to go to the kitchen and get the jug and fill it with water and put it on the table here with a clean empty glass just before the lesson starts . ’ |
| 18 | When the table was ready she filled a deep pan with water and put it on the cooker , her movements slow and simpering in contrast to those of her mother , who quickly poured olive oil into a big black frying-pan , threw in the artichokes , covered them and rinsed her hands and arms before drawing a chair up to one of the cauldrons and sliding into the curd up to her elbows . |
| 19 | My sister and me are very close , so this woman gave me a giro to go to my sister 's — they took me to the station and put me on the train . |
| 20 | You can have it in on a block , or , and put it on the floor , a lump and put it on the floor . |
| 21 | And put it on a piece of paper and put it on the notice board so that if anybody rings up you can say well this is what it is . |
| 22 | Emmie took the mug and put it on the night table . |
| 23 | Then he took something from his pocket and put it on the table . |
| 24 | When you subbed to the list , the software took your current From : address and put it on the LEEDS-UNITED list . |
| 25 | Putting his hand inside his dirty bomber jacket , he drew out a long , thick kitchen knife and put it on the dashboard . |
| 26 | Patrick absent-mindedly accepted a cup and put it on the kitchen table beside him . |
| 27 | Philip took the vase and put it on the table where it had been before , wiping off some of the dust with his elbow . |
| 28 | He removed the vase and put it on the occasional table next to the wedding photograph . |
| 29 | She poked busily at the concoctions , withdrew the tins from the oven and put them on the scrubbed wooden table to cool . |
| 30 | She took two cups and saucers from the dresser and put them on the table ; she got the milk from the fridge . |