Example sentences of "and put [adv prt] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She held an overhanging branch with one hand , as though to steady herself , and put up the other in a gesture of greeting . |
| 2 | Some councils controlled by the Labour Party defied the pressure from Whitehall , incurred penalties and put up the rates . |
| 3 | " Scald a sufficient quantity of fruit , and pulp it through a sieve , add sugar agreeable to taste , make a thick layer of this at the bottom of your dish : mix a pint of milk , a pint of cream , and the yolks of two eggs : scald it over the fire , observing to stir it : add a small quantity of sugar , and let it get cold : then lay it over the apples or gooseberries with a spoon , and put on the whole a whip [ a syllabub ] made the day before . |
| 4 | ‘ Blow them out , Breeze , and put on the light . ’ |
| 5 | And put on the light . |
| 6 | ‘ Be a dear and put out the cat ’ , ‘ This train timetable may help you ’ and so on . |
| 7 | Somehow I managed to cover her with my coat and put out the flames with my hands . |
| 8 | By midnight , its masters had thrown in the towel , and put out the computer 's original forecast . |
| 9 | I took it out of the bed and stared at it , then I put it on the table beside my bed and put out the lights . |
| 10 | ‘ Stop reading and put out the light . |
| 11 | Suddenly he dashed over to the door and put out the light . |
| 12 | He discovered burning matches close to his barn and put out the fire . |
| 13 | Nutty had given them a thorough grounding in the process , and put out the evening feeds ready , not trusting them to get the quantities right . |
| 14 | The officers took the tot off to the station , gave her breakfast and put out the radio appeal . |
| 15 | The opening music was greeted by a torrential shower of rain that drummed with deafening force on the stage and put out the fires of Hell . |
| 16 | Stuart Baxter chuckled , and put down the phone . |
| 17 | The association of ideas made fondness for Gentle sound like another disease , but he did n't comment on it , merely made arrangements to pick up Klein the following evening and put down the phone , plunged into a deeper trough than ever . |
| 18 | Adam grinned and put down the phone . |
| 19 | ‘ That 's all right , ’ Matthew said , and put down the phone . |
| 20 | Laura said something else , Edward grunted and put down the phone . |
| 21 | Then , unable to frame any neutral question to follow up , he just said , ‘ Thank you for the information , hope to see you soon , ’ and put down the phone . |
| 22 | ‘ Ken 's always right , ’ and put down the phone . |
| 23 | She cut short the stumbling thanks and put down the phone . |
| 24 | At the top of the steps , she stopped , and put down the basket so that she could knock . |
| 25 | The area had effectively been abandoned by the authorities , a fact which became clear during the riot itself , when police waited five hours to enter the estate and put down the disturbances . |
| 26 | Melissa murmured some banal phrases of encouragement and put down the telephone with a feeling of desolation . |
| 27 | He finally flew home to South Africa and put down the money on his cluster house . |
| 28 | Rachaela took the card , opened her bag , and put down the money on the smeary table . |
| 29 | ‘ You 'll all have to do the same as me and put down the date and see , but if yer want ter know it 's the first of May . ’ |
| 30 | And put down the receiver gently , in a way that went with the voice . |