Example sentences of "[pron] [noun] and put [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I opened my eyes and put the bedside light back on . |
| 2 | The vast majority of people in Thurrock took my advice and put the silly leaflet in the bin . |
| 3 | She liked my hand and put the fingertips into her soft half-open mouth . |
| 4 | My nose was starting to run and she released one of my hands and put a Chanel-smelling handkerchief into it . |
| 5 | Paige snapped the locks on her case and put the remainder of her possessions into her shoulder-bag . |
| 6 | Cissie , without a word , lifted the baby out of the pram on to her lap , pulled up her jumper and put the baby to her breast . |
| 7 | Madame drank her tea and put the fine china cup carefully back on the saucer which she was holding in her other hand . |
| 8 | I told me mates it was a sure thing and they emptied their pockets and put every last halfpenny on you and that horse of your'n . |
| 9 | Once they were in their own flat Mum put down her shopping and put the kettle on . |
| 10 | She held the child in her arms , having undone the ribbon of her blouse and put a small breast to his mouth . |
| 11 | Melissa frowned , shook her head and put a finger to her lips but Eddie appeared not to have noticed . |
| 12 | As she set up her tables and put the big kettle on to boil , she made a point of taking Annie aside . |
| 13 | They have issued an eight-page statement , which exonerates their members and puts the knife into all other parties . |
| 14 | Liese rolled a sheaf of a Chinese root which she grew in her garden and put a match to it . |
| 15 | Rose finished her conversation and put the receiver down . |
| 16 | She adjusted her veils and put the little bag over her shoulder . |
| 17 | She gave him his tea and put the plate of chocolate biscuits on the table beside his chair ; he had a sweet tooth . |
| 18 | She gave a startled gasp ; he laid a warning finger on his lips and put a hand on her arm . |
| 19 | He finished his passage and put the bow on the table beside him . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | She found the coffee without his help and put the kettle on . |
| 22 | He rose to his feet and put an arm affectionately round Harry 's shoulders . |
| 23 | Maxim took off his silk scarf , wiped his brow and put the scarf in his pocket . |
| 24 | Marriage finished his drink and put the cup down very obviously . |
| 25 | Stevie went to lift his ball and put a marker down . |
| 26 | Dizzy shook his head and put a finger to his lips , calling to her for silence ; so Alina waited , and after a while the young woman gave up and went away . |
| 27 | Ricardo bends his head and puts a hand to a yawn that seems to come from deep inside himself . |
| 28 | He rolled through the space , snapping a shard of glass that sliced his jacket and put a nick in his shoulder . |
| 29 | Generally top players cope with the fast , short delivery by moving back and across the crease or , as Graham Gooch , by standing his ground and putting the wight on the front foot so that the head is over the front knee . |
| 30 | Harte carefully removed his bird and put the cage on the balcony . |