Example sentences of "the [noun] put [adv prt] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you are laying new insulation , take the opportunity to put down a vapour barrier of heavy-duty polythene sheeting over the loft floor first , if the plasterboard has no foil face . |
| 2 | They could see a man with a ladder up against the cinema putting up the new poster , and the small round figure of Peggy Pine coming out of her dress shop to stand and look admiringly at her window display . |
| 3 | The first is more intense , with the buck putting up a spirited resistance ; in the second its lolling tongue and gentler stance suggest that it is about to succumb . |
| 4 | During the subsequent flight , the computer puts out a series of warning signals which tell the pilot when he can make noise , and when he can safely cut the engine power . |
| 5 | The Dean put down the watering can regretfully . |
| 6 | In 1815 the authorities put down a rebellion by landless Dutch-speaking colonials and mismanaged the execution of convicted ringleaders . |
| 7 | ‘ Because they knew Puddephat was supposed to be going abroad , ’ Tracey began , ‘ the cops put out a message through Interpol . |
| 8 | The duchess put on the blindfold as she visited an orphanage in Kochedwice , Poland , on a visit for British charity Angels International yesterday . |
| 9 | At the side put down a rough guess of the cost that might be involved . |
| 10 | … with GCSE we 're plumping for having an external examiner to come into school , because the school years ago did a Mode 3 CSE , where all the kids put up an exhibition . |
| 11 | It was the only Italian name I could think of in a hurry and I did n't have the nerve to put on the right accent to go with it . ’ |
| 12 | The Loremaster put out a blue-veined hand to restrain him . |
| 13 | So there was at least one member of the Biology Department , thought Dalgliesh , who knew that Mrs. Bidwell would make an early visit to the lab to put out a clean white coat . |
| 14 | They were n't missed — the visitors put up a great show in an English field that looked forever foreign ! |
| 15 | Without stopping in the hall to put on an outer coat , he wrenched open the front door , ran over the terrace and down the steps . |
| 16 | I do n't remember the carpet coming up to hit me , nor finding it hard to breathe , nor at that moment did the judge put on the black cap and say that I must swing by the neck until I was dead . |
| 17 | However , the three-way tone section allows this to be EQ 'd out and careful setting up of the guitar and amp or PA enables the 1992-H to put out a most convincing acoustic sound . |
| 18 | Nanny walked to the front of the handsome grey gelding and the child put out a small hand to rub his silk-soft muzzle . |
| 19 | For the third year running the Bar put on a mock trial , at the request of the Litigation Section of the ABA , which was well received . |
| 20 | The girl had aimed her Skorpion again , but the leader put up a hand . |
| 21 | The only idea that seemed feasible was for the Collector to put on the rusty suit of armour which stood in the banqueting hall and to go out there with a scythe . |
| 22 | because validity of the section fourteen is the question for ultimate trial , we 're not seeking interim relief against that , we have n't done that my Lord that in our submission is the highest and the best that they could achieve erm properly erm which was to avoid a stay on a reference and they could then continue with the proceedings rather than be put off for a , a very , you know what maybe a year and a half , er if the court dealt with it in the normal way , or perhaps even a little bit longer , erm , but to actually go to further than that and to deny the defendant the right to put up a , a proper E E C defence , my Lord in my submission would be erm without the jurisdiction of the court . |
| 23 | The President would lose the right to put down a motion for the government 's dismissal . |
| 24 | At last the Sheikh put down the phone , looked at me and said , ‘ He comes . ’ |
| 25 | The water puts out the fire inside him and then he 's dead . |
| 26 | The magistrate put on a black cap , a three-cornered piece of silk . |
| 27 | It was one in the morning when the DDA put down the phone and wiped his hands on his pyjamas . |
| 28 | Demonstration materials are clearly designed from the beginning to put over a specific message . |
| 29 | Labour 's Coun. Bill Dixon wanted signs advising weekend shoppers about the changes put up a week before the work starts . |
| 30 | Although it had been obscured by the emphasis put on the military and diplomatic struggles within the Arab world and in the international arena ever since 1967 , the centrality of the people under occupation in the national struggle could no longer be disregarded . |