Example sentences of "[pron] can put the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | so that in the end when I sell it again I can put the type in alphabetical ascending order |
| 2 | If you 've got something I can put the water in I 'll go and see if I can get some for you , ’ Maggie offered . |
| 3 | CAN anyone tell me why : I can put the water on for a bath , pop out and come home to find HIM up to his ears in it uninvited . |
| 4 | Another piece of equipment I use is my boots , my shoes , my trousers , my clever truncheon pocket , it 's a long thin pocket which I can put the truncheon in and it hides away . |
| 5 | Then , when I come to do my illustrations , I can put the sections together in whatever combination I like , and come up with a castle of my own . ’ |
| 6 | well two especially right I can put the lock in |
| 7 | Well when he pisses off I can put the radio on ca n't I ! |
| 8 | I can put the piano here . |
| 9 | ‘ So you see , ’ I concluded , ‘ I 'm sure I can put the wind up Mellowes . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ I can put the washing machine on , type another letter , go back and check the washing . |
| 11 | I can put the Varsity match out of my mind now and concentrate on improving my international ambitions . ’ |
| 12 | Another said , ‘ The way I look at it , it 's too late now ; there 's nothing can be done which can put the clock back ; let's see what we can do to help the victim ’ ( FN 6/11/87 , p. 35 ) . |
| 13 | On the little table it 'll fit , and you can put the cups . |
| 14 | And it it it 's called the fog index but the thing that 's interesting about it is that I 've got , I 've got some interesting examples of fog indexes erm and you 'll get people like Churchill who sometimes made speeches and their fog index is quite small you 're going to use this you know example and they might have a fog , fog index that 's fine and what Anne and I are talking about with say something like the Telegraph or the Times or whatever , might have a fog index that people but this is because Churchill was very clear , very concise and going back to the original point about , or some of the original points about this , and I was mak raising these issues earlier this evening one of the great sadnesses that I have is that , is that when I first went into journalism the tabloids as we call them were incredibly well written beautifully styled , well researched and okay they might have been punchier and shorter and everything else , compared to the turning up the er the , the Times or whatever , but they were well written and you might have had , if you can put the fog index test , test on it you might have had a fog index of say six or seven compared to eleven on the Telegraph story , but it was still full of clarity like to read . |
| 15 | If you 're at home you can put the machine and microphone on the table near where it will still pick up conversation . |
| 16 | Yeah , something where you can put the bar up at the back |
| 17 | I do n't know why he makes you do that I mean it 's if that was something the I mean all Tony used to ever say when we were at traffic lights were if you want to you can put the handbrake on at this set of traffic lights if they were downhill |
| 18 | because erm there will be oh what was I it 's alright I was concentrating said you can put the handbrake on these set of traffic lights if you like because you might be sat here a while and your foot will ache you know ? |
| 19 | Then you can put the test on a piece of paper just the questions and I 'm going to give the piece of paper to somebody else to answer . |
| 20 | you can put the name in . |
| 21 | You can wash the erm , the beaters , and you can put the cream next to the other bowl and I 'll mix them altogether when I 've got the lemon juice in . |
| 22 | ‘ You can put the mustard on , ’ said Mr Hawksworth putting an economy size container in front of me . |
| 23 | You can put the thing down . |
| 24 | Yes , I 've got ta do the ceiling in the white and then we can start on the colour but we 've we have with Matchpots what we have erm established that you can put the paint on on that er , the paper , that paper |
| 25 | But on a bigger job you can , you can put the resource in ca n't you ? |
| 26 | to get there , yeah , you can put the time of day in as well ca n't ya ? |
| 27 | You know , you can put the chain on it and |
| 28 | All of these comments and caveats will have set you pondering on the myriad uses to which you can put the data base , the diary , the notepad and the calculator . |
| 29 | You can put the table into your essay , if the information turns out to be significant . |
| 30 | you can put the heating on |