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Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb mod] not put [pron] [noun sg] " in BNC.

No	Sentence
1	I do , I like , do you think I could have a copy of anything you 've got to date because lying in my desk this morning is something I have to prepare a briefing note for my chairman and I was thinking about that recent one , but I could n't put my hand on it Robert , absolutely updated on exactly where we are .
2	I could n't put my finger on what it was I disliked about him , yet now it seems plain as the nose on your face .
3	As Mary and I waved goodbye to him , I thought that I would n't put his advice into practice quite yet .
4	I ca n't put my finger on it .
5	‘ I ca n't put my finger on what 's gone wrong .
6	I ca n't put my finger on it .
7	I ca n't put my finger on it , but you 've changed .
8	‘ Only when something niggles at me — something I ca n't put my finger on , ’ he admitted cheerfully .
9	But even then it 's at the wrong angle , you , you must n't , you should n't put your hand right inside .
10	Alyssia asked , puzzled , although she could not put her finger on why .
11	Of course that had been mostly created by the lack of money , but the instability she saw in Joe was n't that kind of lack , it was something she could n't put her finger on .
12	Vote either for ‘ Metric first ’ , or ‘ Imperial first ’ , and give your age too — you need n't put your name if you 're shy .
13	I mean the front room 's a a long , you ca n't put your furniture how you really want it you see cos you 've got a bit sticking out there and then you 've got this big sticking out here .
14	‘ It 's too bad you ca n't put your ego in a box , tie a rock to it and throw it out into the lake , ’ she said sweetly .
15	Now your fashion is a thing you ca n't put your finger on really is n't it ?
16	She says she loves all animals — but she wo n't put her money where her mouth is .
17	You wo n't put your weapon away til the job 's done ! . 73%
18	you , you ca n't carry , oh where 's the think that goes on the back ? , oh there , there we are , you ca n't carry the milk pet back because we ca n't put your foot rest up high like we can with the front one , so there 's nothing to balance it on , and if you drop it , the big plastic bottle will burst open , wo n't it ? put this rain hood
19	As John Netherwood , who was in charge of publicity and sponsorship in 1964 , said : ‘ To get sponsors you have to tell everybody that it is going to be the biggest event that ever was , otherwise they wo n't put their money in . ’
20	Of course a certain amount of caution is necessary , for how else is the child to learn that he should not put his hand in the fire or stick his finger into an electric socket ?
21	He must not put his life in danger by staying here . ’
22	He would n't put his coat on .
23	Foreign Secretary Douglas Hurd is on the telly all the time telling us he ca n't put his eye on a labour government to be firm with Gadaffi of Libya or sa or Saddam Hussein of Iraq .
24	I could n't give him cover because the see shield is is quite a heavy cumbers cumbersome thing and it has two handles behind it erm and they are obviously the means of holding it up and f for directing it wherever you want so I 'm holding this all the time so he ca n't pass his weapon to me and he ca n't put his weapon in my holster because my gun was in the holster .
25	He 's unlikely to know how you feel , and until he does , he ca n't put your mind at rest .
26	After nine years as Opposition leader , Mr Kinnock , 50 , is expected to announce on Monday that he will not put his name forward for re-election at the party 's annual conference .
27	And it wo n't put its hand in the fire , as it will be put off by the heat as it approaches it .
28	He can not put his finger on what has gone wrong on their travels — the times of arrival at the ground have even been varied — and now is the time for mental toughness .