Example sentences of "[verb] [conj] [pron] put [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In addition , retinoic acid is insoluble in water and so would remain where we put it in the limb for some time ; this was important because we already knew that to exert its effect the grafted polarizing region needed more than 12 hours . |
| 2 | Have you ever put something of value in a ‘ safe place ’ , and then forgotten where you put it ? |
| 3 | Though Wallace was inclined to draw his line round some of the islands with a blacker and firmer pencil than are modern zoologists , nevertheless the Wallace Line still stands where he put it , as the division between the two regions . |
| 4 | I found that I put them back into their correct order with ease and , for the first and last time , achieved some distinction in the marking . |
| 5 | If you put your finger up her bum while she was coming , she did n't pretend to object just to stop you running away with the idea that she was the kind of woman who would n't object if you put your finger up her bum while she was coming . |
| 6 | His eyelids flickered and he put his sour unshaven mouth to hers . |
| 7 | ‘ I am convinced ’ , he wrote in 1905 , ‘ that … at the present stage of world politics , the British people can get anything they want if they put their backs into it . ’ |
| 8 | I tried to scream but he put his hand over my mouth . |
| 9 | But having left till the morning when she was due , I could n't even let Cathy know because it puts her in an awkward position , suddenly turn up on the day . |
| 10 | I do n't know whether I put my bus pass in my pocket . |
| 11 | Well I , I , did see it , I think , I do n't know whether I put it on , just look , look on the window sill and then |
| 12 | tax paid and everything , and I know it 's gon na be in there I said now that to me is worth a lot I ai n't got ta worry whether there 's gon na be cheque from out on my doormat in the morning or if it 's gon na bounce when I put it in so I sa |
| 13 | Blanche drove on and three hours later she was safe in Dornaway Castle , where she seemed so shaken that they put her straight to bed . |
| 14 | Goscelin says that he put his crown on the Winchester crucifix when he had supremacy over four kingdoms . |
| 15 | Now you can assume that whoever put him in just made a mistake , or panicked , and could n't find enough bullets , or something , but the careful cutting out of all those clothes labels does n't look like panic , or making careless mistakes . |
| 16 | Shelley noticed that he put his glasses on as soon as he had towelled his face and head dry , and combed back his damp hair . |
| 17 | Sarella noticed that he put it all in the past tense . |
| 18 | Thousands of people suffer the handicap of not being able to read or write properly , but that handicap could be eradicated if we put our minds to it in the coming years . |
| 19 | I think they 'll grow if you put them in the garden eventually . |
| 20 | Jonas called it the family-room , where there were plenty of comfortable chairs and couches and it did n't matter if you put your feet up . |
| 21 | She moved her free arm to stop him inspecting but he put his head on one side . |
| 22 | Wait till I put something on . |
| 23 | Refusal of an assignment does not normally result in any disadvantage to the casual worker , but frequent refusals , even with good reason , are likely to diminish his chances of having offers made since they put his availability into question . |
| 24 | You know communications is a very big area there 's a lot to be talked about erm certainly rapport and leading and things like that you asked for that we could 've done a lot more with , the type of language people use we could do a lot more with but when we 've got a limited time we 're gon na have to take a limited snapshot and I hope that what we 've done so far today you found useful and I hope when we put it into practice tomorrow maybe you can understand a little bit more of some of things that we 've been talking about today . |
| 25 | But his hands were trembling as he put them back in his pockets , and a thick feeling rose up in his throat whenever he thought of Helen , which seemed to be nearly all the time . |
| 26 | Eating his bacon and eggs , ‘ Sunny-side up , ’ Sally-Anne had once said when she put his plate before him , drinking his coffee — he preferred it to everlasting tea , he said — he looked much better than he had done the day before ; no midnight drinking , Sally-Anne thought . |
| 27 | In general , however , the President stood aloof , refusing as he put it " to get down in the gutter with that guy " . |
| 28 | the court of appeal held that foster parents of a child , scalded when she put her foot under hot running water , were not negligent.the majority view was that a parent should not be responsible for unforeseeable accidents of the type which occur in the best homes . |
| 29 | I agreed and I put him under training for Mosquito , and to the best of my knowledge ( and this is only a guess ) he did over 70 sorties , got himself at least one DFC , if not two , and became a very worthwhile member of the Pathfinder Force . |
| 30 | I have to dress in my sweaty , dirty clothes and go back down to the kitchen , grumbling while she makes me a coffee , and I complain about my wet boots and she gives me a fresh pair of William 's socks to wear and I put them on and drink my coffee and whine about never being allowed to spend the night and tell her how just once I 'd like to wake up here in the morning , and have a nice , civilised breakfast with her , sitting on the sunny balcony outside the bedroom windows , but she makes me sit down while she laces my boots up , then takes my coffee cup off me and sends me out the back door and says I 've got two minutes before she arms the alarm and puts the infrared lights on stand-by so I have to go back the way I came , over the estate wall and through the wood and down into the stream where I get both feet wet and cold and I fall going up the bank and get all muddy and eventually drag myself up and through the hedge , scratching my cheek and tearing my polo-neck and then trudging across the field through heavy rain and more mud and finally getting to the car and panicking when I ca n't find the car keys before remembering I put them in the button-down back pocket of the jeans for safety instead of the side pocket like I usually do , and then having to put some dead branches under the front wheels because the fucking car 's stuck and finally getting away and home and even in the street light I can see what a mess of the pale upholstery my muddy clothes have made . |