Example sentences of "[pron] put " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ From the moment I picked up this book to the moment I put it down , ’ wrote GM , ‘ I could n't stop laughing . |
2 | The question I return to , he wrote ( and Goldberg typed ) , is always the same : I put everything into this , everything I had by way of mind and body and heart , and this is what I have produced . |
3 | ‘ I put the poisoned cherry there , I admit that . |
4 | ‘ No , I 'm sure I put it in my apron pocket , but I ca n't have done . |
5 | ‘ I put my hand in my pocket to get my cigarettes . ’ |
6 | Once we were in the main concourse , I put down my suitcase and turned to say goodbye . |
7 | I put the receiver down and rested my head against the back of the kiosk . |
8 | I put down the Mail , opened the Telegraph and found the same tale , though told in less lurid terms . |
9 | I put down my knife and fork and said , ‘ You keep the place beautifully . ’ |
10 | I put one in here yesterday . ’ |
11 | Certainly , the idea that when I look at my spectacles and think ‘ So that 's where I put them ’ I am having thousands of other little thoughts at the same time is a silly idea , and some would say that the doctrine of the holism of the mental is just a silly idea . |
12 | I put the phone down with a frown , grabbed my books , bag and coat , raced through the door and down the street and reached the bus stop breathless . |
13 | I put the remains of our dinner on the window ledge to attract them , and when one of them alighted near me I called to it , ‘ Taste this couscous , steamed and mixed with oil , English pigeon , and tell me if it 's nice . ’ |
14 | I righted myself and pain shot up my right leg as I put weight on it . |
15 | When I put my front paws on my lady 's shoulders , I was about a foot taller than her . |
16 | I put up an entirely illegal barbed wire fence . |
17 | Asked whether yesterday 's attack had been a case of spontaneous combustion , he said : ‘ Look , it 's a reaction that I put forward there on behalf of , as much as anything else , the readers of our newspaper . |
18 | But I put that pressure on myself . ’ |
19 | I put it no higher . |
20 | I put the piece of meat back into the mess tin . |
21 | I put on my kilt , picked up my bagpipes , clambered aboard the truck , and we were off to the beach . |
22 | I put to myself the question : ‘ How then , does it come right ? ’ |
23 | When I shouted to enquire about his successful bait all he said was : Anything I put on . |
24 | I put one or two out of their misery by introducing them to a cup of coffee and my insides , not necessarily in that order . |
25 | I put them on in the afternoon ; my mother became very silent . |
26 | They arrived after practice , but , like a fool , I put them on untried for the race . |
27 | I put my hand inside his coat and took hold of that wallet . |
28 | I 'm sort of kneeling there , so I put my hand on Marie 's back to make her feel better , but she rolls away from me . |
29 | I put the brush on the side and carry on smoothing her hair with just my hands . |
30 | I put my hat on and get up . |