Example sentences of "put [pron] [noun sg] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I went over to the bed , climbed on top of it , put my head on the pillow and fell asleep . |
| 2 | All I will do is to come in after breakfast every day and put my bucket on the harness room boiler to cook up , and an hour later I will take it away . |
| 3 | I put the folder down in my lap and put my forehead on the folder . |
| 4 | I went upstairs and put my suitcase on the bed and took my things out of the drawers . |
| 5 | My father put my suitcase on the bed . |
| 6 | The room had one other chair , a red velvet-covered rocker , having massive springs and I well remember how , when sitting on this on one occasion , absent-mindedly put my hand on the bottom leg . |
| 7 | Then he put my hand on the flies of his trousers . |
| 8 | I then put my hand on the throttles and said : " This reduces the power . " |
| 9 | In 1980 , Virgin 's expansion ground to a sudden halt , as their bank , Coutts , put their foot on the brake , signalling what would develop , in the coming years , into a major crisis over banking . |
| 10 | ALL Ireland champions Kilkenny put their title on the line this afternoon against a Galway side desperately keen to revive the glory days of the late 80s . |
| 11 | She put their tea on the table . |
| 12 | And if you had paper plates people put them down on the floor , inevitably , somebody got drunk and put their plate on the floor , they were probably thinking about something else , and then the beet juice or the goo or whatever , soaked through the paper plate and onto the carpet and you never , never got it out . |
| 13 | ‘ Yes , of course it is , ’ Lindsey smiled as she put her briefcase on the desk . |
| 14 | Rachaela put her foot on the red Persian carpet and started up , out of the scarlet ambience of the lamp . |
| 15 | Nora put her foot on the jar . |
| 16 | The laughter still in his eyes , he put her case on the ottoman at the foot of the bed , turned and went out . |
| 17 | Hari sat down and put her basket on the floor , pushing back the white cloth , she was well used to the way Cleg and his wife carried on , it did n't mean a thing . |
| 18 | And she weighed Zuleika 's words , and the shadow-voices , against her own uncertain judgement , and put her boot-toe on the next step up . |
| 19 | She put her head on the table and wept . |
| 20 | She broke down again and put her head on the older woman 's shoulder . |
| 21 | There she sat down and put her head on the desk , with her arms over it . |
| 22 | Very slowly , Mary put her head on the block . |
| 23 | With a helpless little gesture , she put her mug on the floor . |
| 24 | Bella put her hand on the receiver of the telephone by her chair but , even before she could lift it , she heard someone prise open the bedroom window . |
| 25 | She bobbed a curtsy and put her hand on the gleaming brass door knob . |
| 26 | She put her hand on the older woman 's shoulder and Aunt Margaret blindly grasped it with her own bird-claw . |
| 27 | She put her hand on the wooden knob of the kitchen table drawer . |
| 28 | As I got there she put her hand on the cut and actually squeezed it , so the blood ran out quite violently , all down his leg . |
| 29 | For the second time , Alexandra set down her basket and put her hand on the door handle . |
| 30 | Once again he sounded full of pain and Maggie put her hand on the strong brown arm ; she just could n't help it . |