Example sentences of "we put [prep] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We sometimes write down the stories and one summer with other children we put on a play we had adapted from a Russian folktale in Folktales of Many Lands . |
| 2 | We put on a jelly good show for French |
| 3 | We put on a display of marching or and er weaponry we 'd got in King George 's playing fields and er talk about the weapons er er er br brings to mind we had a , a weapon that was a anti-tank weapon and it was a Robin Robinson Heath er contraption made up of a tube , cast iron tube on a three legged tripod with er a hinge ring on the one end which had a recess for a cap and a trigger to , to fire this cap . |
| 4 | As a defence mechanism , we put on a show of superiority to keep people intimidated so that no one will think we are vulnerable . |
| 5 | In the Sixth form , we put on a number of plays ourselves , and in earlier forms we had plays produced by mistresses . |
| 6 | Disappointed , we put in a request for a signed photograph of himself ‘ head and torso if possible ’ for the ‘ Gallery of Girths ’ section in ‘ Tummy ’ . |
| 7 | And we put in a report to the county council in the morning saying there was a fire . |
| 8 | ‘ We thought elegance and sophistication was n't quite enough , so we put in a lot of new stuff we 're going to use on tour . ’ |
| 9 | But what we could do of course , is is we put in a time between containers , we could always use them to re-palletize it . |
| 10 | I remind that we put in a housing investment bid for a hundred and twelve million pounds and were given the right to buy thirteen million . |
| 11 | So we put in a bid for equipment , software and a person . |