Example sentences of "and he put [pos pn] " in BNC.

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1 She swallowed and slid her leg over the saddle behind him , and he put her feet on the rests and told her to wrap her arms round him .
2 And he put his arm round her shoulders .
3 His forehead tingled and he put his back against the door , trying to locate himself , trying to absorb what she had just said .
4 At this point , tears appeared in Churchill 's eyes and he put his arms around me , saying ‘ Malcolm , Malcolm . ’ ’
5 And he put his sons to read , that they might be of the better understanding , and he made them take arms , and be shown how to demean themselves in battle , and to be huntsmen .
6 Rainald was convinced of divine approval for his role within the imperial cause ; his reputation as a soldier was considerable , and he put his skill and courage ( which he did not modestly hide ) down to the essential ‘ rightness ’ of his task .
7 Bert Weald was the first to enter and he put his cross to mark the receipt of his year 's wages .
8 And he put his face in his hands and sobbed .
9 Invention or not it made him want her more completely , and he put his arms beneath her shoulders , liking her up and off him .
10 Tony had seen the four standing dejectedly on the street corner and he put his foot on the brake pedal , bringing the vehicle to a shuddering halt .
11 " Ah , hell , what 's the point ? " came out of him in a choking sob , and he put his arm over his face .
12 And he put his axe into the tree again and the boy thought he 's gon na chop down all these trees soon .
13 Lizzy ran to him and he put his arm around her .
14 Then the endless writing of love letters in his head crashed through the barrier into fiction , and he put his fierce lament for a fled wife onto paper .
15 ‘ You and your little nerves , ’ he said and he put his fingers in the back of the collar of my dress and pulled it slightly as though I was a recalcitrant dog .
16 His words faded , and he put his hands on her shoulders again and turned her face him , holding her gaze by the sheer power of his will until , steeled and strengthened by her desperate need to break the spell , Merrill wrenched herself away to open the car door .
17 ‘ He was not well known then and he put his desires aside to take commercial artwork .
18 And he put his hand out to her , warm and loving on the counterpane between them .
19 His eyelids flickered and he put his sour unshaven mouth to hers .
20 The hall light was still on and he put his ear to the letter box ; he could hear her voice on the telephone but could not distinguish her words .
21 As it was chappy I think he was trying to stand on it … but his board control let him down and he put his foot through it ; - ) ) )
22 mega bucks and the company had gone escalated and then opportunity of this guy , you know , saying what a super guy he was , what an entrepreneur and what he done is , you know , I 've had something head , you know , I 'm in charge and he put his feet on the desk there and he had a hole in his shoe and s spread across all the papers the next day was this guy with a hole in his shoe and this was a multi million pound corporate er corporate body , he could n't afford to buy a decent pair of shoes
23 A large gust of wind blew a cloud of dust in to his face and he put his back into the wind so that he could wipe the rest of the tears from his cheeks .
24 We were down in the bar , up the club on Saturday night your Aunt Jean and Raymond and I and this fella beside us was drunk and he put his arm round this woman 's neck , you know the thing , what about ?
25 And he put your name down .
26 I never even noticed him come back cos I thought I 'll leave back door unlocked and he come in and he put me hat and me keys down there , cos I noticed
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