Example sentences of "[noun sg] and put a " in BNC.

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1 So one of your responses would be to bring in the privatization card and put a lot of this out to tender ?
2 He watches his expression carefully as he goes up to a beggar and puts a coin in his tin .
3 The lava had already damaged a tourist complex and put a cable car out of action .
4 wipe off the blood and put a great chunk of disinfected cotton wool in the patient 's mouth .
5 In three hours we managed to get the contractors to build an earth ramp , roll it flat , cover it with gravel and put a handrail alongside so that people could walk down from the road to a flat area beside the ceremony site .
6 If the worst comes to the worst in the war , he 'll leave us all in the mess and put a bullet through his head .
7 If the worst comes to the worst in the war , he 'll leave us all in the mess and put a bullet through his head !
8 He sat down at the old table by the window and put a new sheet of paper into the typewriter .
9 Chapter 11 is different from British ‘ receivership ’ , where the courts mostly sack existing management and put a finance — but , some would say , not a business — expert in charge .
10 The government 's answer had been to increase the responsibilities and accountability of management and put a good deal of political energy into the efficiency strategy .
11 The ‘ too fast ’ signal should not be given until the glider is well up into the climb and putting a load onto the cable .
12 Miss Honey carefully buttered a slice of brown bread and put a little strawberry jam on it .
13 I handed him a wire basket and put a box of eggs in it .
14 ‘ In fact , from what Perkins was just telling his inspector on the telephone , anybody might have slipped into the Cookery Tent before the judging and put a poisoned cherry into temptation 's way for Henry Phipps . ’
15 Not forgetting the notes in the blue box , he wrote , number the slips perhaps or leave unnumbered , each slip to record date and place of purchase of one element of the glass , size and shape and substance before incorporation , brief history of its purchase , tube ticket , bus ticket , receipt , weather on day of purchase and weather on day of incorporation , temperature on day of purchase and temperature on day of incorporation , 1 tin peaches , bread , marmite ( small ) , remember laundry , one day like any other ( and Goldberg , pausing in his typing , picked up his pen and put a small question mark in the margin of his typescript and then carried on ) , now winter has come , but every night like every other , walking round the glass under the cold light , measuring the glass , preparing the glass .
16 The next step is to take a pen and put a tick against any item that you feel is absolutely fine , could not be improved upon and should continue as a major part of any healthy diet .
17 It 's great to go slow where you 've got houses , children and all the other things , but I , Avenue , which is on er plan five , is one of the radial roads that goes through the centre of erm out in the direction and to put a thirty mile an hour speed limit on this I think is totally unrealistic .
18 ‘ They take it to heart and put a lot of effort into it . ’
19 She observes that by taking out the old fuse and putting a new one in she has caused the iron to work again .
20 Instead , she covered him with a blanket and put a cushion behind his head and blew out both lamp and candle .
21 On this occasion the House is entitled , given the nature of the automatic timetable , to stop for a moment and to put a question mark against whether the organisation of automatic timetabling should be within the gift of the Whips ' Office — the usual channels , that immaculate organisation whose skill and credibility is admired by all — or whether the House , perhaps in a mood of self-survival —
22 Taken from left to right and put a colour to it add a colour .
23 ANFIELD 'S clown prince Bruce Grobbelaar makes a triumphant return to the Kop today in a bid to keep under-siege boss Graeme Souness in a job and put a smile back on Liverpool faces .
24 She held the child in her arms , having undone the ribbon of her blouse and put a small breast to his mouth .
25 We cranked the motor for added security and put a few wraps in the roller reefing genoa to make it easier to control .
26 Over Jack 's shoulder , she caught her friend 's eye and put a finger to her lips .
27 A dustbin lid and put a board over it you know .
28 He found the coffee jar and put a heaped spoonful into the only clean mug he could find .
29 ‘ What 's it to be , then ? ’ said Garvey , striding away from the cart and putting a hand on Gabriel 's head .
30 You would have to strip off the old veneer and put a whole new one on .
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