Example sentences of "[coord] put [prep] [det] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Worst of all , one auxiliary , feeding a number of people , was going up and down the rows of bowls on bed-tables with one spoon which she filled from each person 's bowl and put into each person 's mouth before going onto someone else with the same spoon to repeat the process .
2 The tellers look first at who receives the first preference on each ballot paper and put into each candidate 's box every ballot paper on which he is number one .
3 I relished the moment during a rehearsal once when Mel Brooks suddenly boomed at the researcher , ‘ Judith — go to my dressing-room and put on that thing I bought you ! ’
4 All these clubs are extremely active and put on many events for their members .
5 She looked at the cold cup of coffee on the table , and left it there while she went in to shower and put on some clothes , shorts and a T-shirt and tennis shoes .
6 I 'd been on duty in the Met Office since 8am , and managed to comb my hair and put on some lipstick before going straight down to the dance with June , one of the other Met Waafs .
7 Just let me brush your hair back and put on this Alice band .
8 I had tried it before and put on more weight due to not re-educating my eating habits , but I needed to see immediate results to get the enthusiasm to continue dieting .
9 It 's the only shire county in the country and one of only three of 419 authorities picked out and put in this category .
10 ‘ I was kicked out by my landlord and put in this hostel which was just awful and I had to get away so I came here — I do n't know why , really , I … ’
11 " Take a quart of Creme and a pint of rhenish wine and the juice of 4 lemons sweeten it to your taste and put in some leamon peele then whip it up with a small rod and put it with a spoone into syllabub glasses . "
12 ‘ Perhaps John Knox relented and put in some money , ’ Morton suggested .
13 After playing through figs 5 and 6 it is a good idea to record some major or ‘ 5 ’ ♯4/♯11 chords such as those in fig 4 ( resolved to either a sus4 or the major on the same root ) and put in some time improvising over them to familiarise yourself with the sound and feel of the scale .
14 ‘ I can clean in the house , look after the chickens , and put in some time with Dolly in the dairy . ’
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