Example sentences of "put [adv] the " in BNC.
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| 31 | Madame was happy to take the £10 note he put on the counter . |
| 32 | And put on the light . |
| 33 | Paul Warren put on the usual impressive display in the Grumman Tigercat , Norman Lees flew David Gilmour 's Mustang N51RR and Peter Henley put Mosquito T.III RR299/G-ASKH through its paces in a smooth , co-ordinated display showing the lines of this classic British World War Two aircraft . |
| 34 | Miguel smoothed back his hair over his ears , put on the dark glasses , and reached for the keys to the jeep . |
| 35 | She even put on sheer stockings and a brief pleated skirt instead of her usual jeans , then , as final proof of her new outlook on life , she put on the new pink sweater and danced out into the sitting-room , calling . |
| 36 | In an instant Fabia was wide awake and , with a drumming heart , she put on the light . |
| 37 | The declining popularity of bonfire night in the back garden is having two effects : a dramatic cut in the number of people hurt by fireworks , and booming business for the firms that put on the big public displays . |
| 38 | and she put on the back of this one she was thankful that at least I 'd managed this time to get the mark in the area where it should have been in the first |
| 39 | And he had got a pile of something put on the ground from the er , at your park . |
| 40 | Buzz 's Mark Neale and Grant Fee put together the bulk of the visuals ( a series of routines structured round archetypal themes such as love , speed , fear and the like , and according to Gee ‘ all supposed to reflect this idea of Montxo Algora 's that emotions are what will save us in virtual reality ’ . |
| 41 | Loughborough also put together the electronic gear to record a trace of the heartbeat , not only in the lab but by remote control while the volunteer was walking the outdoor test circuit . |
| 42 | His notebooks tell a rather more complex story , however , and it was only after several years of work that he eventually put together the idea of natural selection . |
| 43 | He put down the empty tea cup with surprising force . |
| 44 | Duncan put down the paper . |
| 45 | He put down the phone , rattled . |
| 46 | McLeish put down the phone , heavily . |
| 47 | He finally flew home to South Africa and put down the money on his cluster house . |
| 48 | She put down the phone . |
| 49 | Flinging her voice into the wind in a last , desperate attempt to make the Hare-woman put down the gun . |
| 50 | She put down the receiver and roared ‘ Dana ! ’ |
| 51 | He put down the receiver thoughtfully . |
| 52 | Tammuz put down the drinks and poked it with a cautious finger . |
| 53 | Leila put down the book and quietly knelt beside her . |
| 54 | Stealthily again she put down the phone . |
| 55 | He put down the bottle . |
| 56 | The area had effectively been abandoned by the authorities , a fact which became clear during the riot itself , when police waited five hours to enter the estate and put down the disturbances . |
| 57 | But Santa Claus put down the pressie |
| 58 | He put down the pot , stared at the floor for a few seconds and then looked up glowering , pointed his finger at me in a way that was frightening because it was so sudden . |
| 59 | Stuart Baxter chuckled , and put down the phone . |
| 60 | The engaged tone bleeping in Robyn 's ear confirmed the good sense of this judgement , but she put down the receiver reluctantly . |