Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] and put [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He fumbled his way into the chair provided for visitors and put a hand over his lips so that I should n't see how close he was to tears . |
| 2 | He got grape concentrate , sugar , cooking brandy and a large bottle of bleach and put the mixture into a large saucepan Elinor used for making marmalade . |
| 3 | It was an ordinary Bobby on foot patrol who strolled out in front of Armstrong and put a hand on the roof after indicating to me to lower my window . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | ‘ You see , ’ the woman was saying , bending towards Artemis and putting a long cold finger under Artemis 's chin . |
| 6 | And when irons he he boils up boils a saucepan of water and puts the saucepan over it ! |
| 7 | But if you give me a blank sheet of paper and put a question , I 'm not really gon na tell you what you should include and what you should n't , yeah ? |
| 8 | Alternatively , you can stretch your own choice of paper and put an abrasive surface on it yourself . |
| 9 | Back in the kitchen , he blew the embers up in the stove , added a couple of logs and put the kettle on . |
| 10 | I think the show was good because it covered a lot of ground and put a general feeling in context . |
| 11 | On many a winter morning I jumped out of bed and put a letter of his in the fire , feeling it would be wrong to allow it to survive ; and when some years ago I was asked by a distinguished man of letters if I could help him to write an account of Maurice |
| 12 | They took the crispness out of Sharp and put the Tynesider on top . |
| 13 | He showed them " the most recent and relevant … telegrams from different capitals in the world " and concluded " I think this did a lot of good from the psychological point of view and put the General and his staff thoroughly " in the picture " " . |
| 14 | My mother does n't cook very much food , and if I were to cook my own she would see that as greed and put a stop to it . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | When Vera Czermak found that her husband had been unfaithful , her first thought was to throw herself out of the window of their third-floor flat in Prague and put an end to her misery . |
| 17 | AD LIB RALLY LATEST … over in Gloucester rugby fans have spent the weekend celebrating after a famous win over Saracens … but the price of victory for the cherry and whites was an injury to scrum half Marcus Hannaford which has put him in hospital and put the good name of the sport to the test |
| 18 | Advance planning makes it possible to write the essay in sections and put the sections together only at the end — with the result that you do not have to write the sections in the order in which they will finally appear . |
| 19 | The damages being unpaid , he sought to levy execution upon Hansard and to put the sheriff 's men in to distrain goods to the value of the judgment . |
| 20 | She took off the wire that held the cork in position and put the bottle beside her , then she set to work . |
| 21 | ‘ I 'll ask Fru Gertlinger to have our last films developed in Gullshaven and put the prints in with our papers . ’ |
| 22 | The man next to him there used to pretend to be in pain and put the nurse 's hand on it . |
| 23 | ‘ They take it to heart and put a lot of effort into it . ’ |
| 24 | He crossed over to Corbett and put a hand on his shoulder . |
| 25 | Anyway , all we have to do is to go to Florida and put the Thing on one of these going-up jets and it can do the rest , it says . ’ |
| 26 | Taken from left to right and put a colour to it add a colour . |
| 27 | A BBC spokesman confirmed her departure , but the way may be left clear for Mrs Hewitt to return to Walford and put a spring back in henpecked Arthur 's step . |
| 28 | put that on top and put the two over together . |
| 29 | And if he comes to bed and puts the light on . |
| 30 | At Long Beach , Mario notched up another victory and by Spain , the new car was beginning to show its real value : Mario was on pole position , led the race from beginning to end and put the opposition into disarray . |