Example sentences of "[vb past] put out the " in BNC.
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| 1 | A spokesman said ‘ The children tried to put out the fire but to no avail . |
| 2 | The firemen who came to put out the fire had a narrow escape when the roof fell in as they were working inside the building . |
| 3 | Staff managed to put out the blaze before firemen arrived . |
| 4 | In three minutes I managed to put out the whole fire , and the lovely old building was safe . |
| 5 | On Christmas Eve we also remembered to put out the cookies and milk for Santa . |
| 6 | He stepped back , pausing to think , but the more he tried to invent reasonable explanations , the more he came back to the obvious truth : someone had put out the light and locked him in . |
| 7 | It could n't have been anything else but Dad had put out the best wood the first time ; some of the rest was rotten . |
| 8 | The knock on the door came just after he had put out the light . |
| 9 | Someone has plotted to kill you ! ’ and I explained what I had heard and how I had put out the fire . |
| 10 | After a year abroad , Laura and Bernard drove up to Rhydoldog in snow to find that Ruby and Molly , as a welcoming gesture , had put out the French flag on the lawn . |
| 11 | The family had put out the items including tea services and Georgian candlesticks so house guests could admire them over the New Years holiday . |