Example sentences of "[noun] he put the " in BNC.

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1 Outside the Bank of England he put the bag on the ground to have a few moments rest .
2 The hijacker has told US officials he put the pistol under his hat and placed the hat on a table as he passed through a metal detector .
3 With a smile he put the rifle down and reached for the next in the stack at his side .
4 So every night he put the snake through the air-vent , and it went down the bell-rope on to the bed .
5 As each reader received a book he put the date opposite his name , followed by the date on which he finished it , before sending it on to the next person on the list .
6 He moved forward and pulled at the bell rope , it was about time he put the wheels into motion , the wheels that would prove his innocence .
7 I think it was when I saw the London policeman wagging a finger at a scowling urchin that I thought of Wesley Binks and the time he put the firework through the surgery letter box .
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