Example sentences of "he put [adv prt] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But him put up a fight . |
| 2 | Used to be when a carpenter put up a door he put up a door . |
| 3 | He said the only other complaint was in November when he put up a sign advertising the guest house . |
| 4 | If he put up a scheme , you would be willing to follow him to the ends of the earth to ensure its fulfilment . |
| 5 | He put up a hand and ripped the head harness off . |
| 6 | He put up a finger and stroked her cheek . |
| 7 | But he put up no defence ; he simply raised his hands and laid them lightly on Gentle 's shoulders . |
| 8 | On 2nd & 3rd June he put up the drawings . |
| 9 | At least he put up the dislocation as a hypothesis in a scientific paper . |
| 10 | ‘ Leith 's just been telling me that you both work for the same firm , ’ he put on a front for the rest of the world to joke . |
| 11 | ‘ Watch me , ’ said Amiss , as at high speed he put on the clothes Pooley had just brought him . |
| 12 | Madame was happy to take the £10 note he put on the counter . |
| 13 | Soon afterwards the headman came out of the inner room , carrying a plate of rice grains which he put on the ground beside him . |
| 14 | On 11 February , he told the National Farmers Union that he had no intention of taking further steps unilaterally , but on 27 February he put out a press release saying that he did reserve the right to act unilaterally . |
| 15 | He put out a hand and pushed my shoulder fiercely . |
| 16 | He put out a hand , and I took it . |
| 17 | He put out a hand and smoothed the bear 's shaggy head , giving it embarrassed pats , while looking up at the bear-leader as if to say , Is that all right ? |
| 18 | He put out a hand and drew Susan 's hair away from the side of her face . |
| 19 | He put out a hand and leaned against an outcrop of rock , head bowed , his torso thrust forward , and let go two more jets of puke . |
| 20 | He put out a hand . |
| 21 | He put out a hand and caressed her hair , her head , with tenderness and , she thought , curious detachment . |
| 22 | He put out a hand with uncharacteristic demonstrativeness and touched her cheek . |
| 23 | Luke moved swiftly round the desk to where she sat , and she flinched as he put out a hand , lifting a loose , shining curl away from the side of her brow . |
| 24 | He put out a hand to her and she slapped it away . |
| 25 | She made for the door , but as perforce she had to pass him he put out a hand and caught her by the wrist . |
| 26 | He put out a hand to take the doll from her , to admire her exquisite handiwork , and when , in the doing , her hand touched his , a shiver of something which she had never thought to feel again passed over her . |
| 27 | She looked up at him , her face so blotched and swollen that despite himself he put out a hand to comfort her , only for her to let out a frightened cry , trying frantically to burrow into the sofa to avoid any contact with him . |
| 28 | On impulse , he put out a hand , and touched the back of it to her cheek . |
| 29 | He put out a hand and touched hers . |
| 30 | He put out a hand for her key , unlocked the driver 's door and held it open while she settled into her seat . |