Example sentences of "put [adv prt] the [noun] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Put on the clothes you put on to go to church on Sunday . |
| 2 | As Reid and I put down the cases we were carrying , Reid uncorked the bottle and offered me a shot of whisky . |
| 3 | A small boy in pyjamas put down the basket he was weaving and looked at the face for a second or two , then turned back to his basket . |
| 4 | If you put down the example I I actually marked the example but then I realized going back through the book that obviously the example was given for you there anyway . |
| 5 | When I put down the receiver I heard Geoff Tulloch 's voice out in the main office , impressing the young women with his irrepressible personality . |
| 6 | As part of the eventual closedown , deal workers demanded the protestors put back the wood they 'd moved . |
| 7 | If you put out the candle you were finished . |
| 8 | ‘ Arsonists often help to put out the fires they 've started . ’ |
| 9 | Veronica put down the knife she was using to butter a muffin , and looked at her . |
| 10 | The gardener , with deliberation , put down the spade he held , and took one long step to circle the obstruction between them . |
| 11 | Fred put down the boot he was polishing and got up from his chair . |
| 12 | She put down the slice she already had , and looked at the plate . |
| 13 | He chuckled to himself , put down the cup he 'd been drinking the water from , wiped his lips . |
| 14 | Franco put down the glass he had been drying and wrapped the towel round his bare arm . |
| 15 | He put down the plate he was carrying , spun round on his heel and surveyed Havvie leisurely . |
| 16 | He leant right across the table now , to push Annie 's spoon back to her , and Carolyn put down the apple she was peeling to stroke the hollow in the back of his neck . |
| 17 | Back at the games table he sat down in his straight-backed chair and stared across at Ajayi , who put down the slate she was studying . |
| 18 | In his extremity he put down the punch he could not hold steadily , and began to handle the half-shaped blocks of stone , dragging them forward and turning them to the light . |
| 19 | Then Susan comes in , and when she has put down the tray she is carrying , she turns the light on beside his chair and draws the curtains so that the room becomes a series of pools of light , isolating each of us . |
| 20 | Now orders came from the , and also we had orders for th , e the falling target in the you know , of a , a rifle range where you had to er put up the frames you know with a target on it and er we made a lot of these during the First World War . |
| 21 | Besides putting up the boxes we 've produced other habitats . |
| 22 | The reason the farmer at Ben More has put up the sign you talk about is that he has been particularly troubled by dog owners who ca n't control their animals . |
| 23 | It is better than tripods for a really wet crop since the crop may be put up the day it is cut even in rainy weather . |
| 24 | Well they wear them so that when they 're putting out the fires they do n't hurt their heads . |