Example sentences of "[to-vb] put a [noun] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | The house had been built on the Heath by an enterprising man who was said to have kept a tethered goat there , then to have put a wall round the goat and then to have built the house before anyone noticed he was purloining the land . |
| 2 | Anyway , we seem to have put a spoke in Fouché 's wheel this time , with some assistance from Fedorov and the Grand Army . ’ |
| 3 | As he raised a curious eyebrow she elaborated with satisfaction , ‘ I can think of someone far more likely to have put a torch to G.W. Fashions than myself . ’ |
| 4 | The bastard smiled evilly at me as if he would have loved to have put a noose round my neck and had me swinging on a branch of the overhanging elm tree . |
| 5 | And that 's after she 's supposed to have put a curse on him ! |
| 6 | He would have liked to have put a hand on her shoulder now to comfort her . |