Example sentences of "[coord] put [pers pn] under the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I found the wire loops , though , having seen the boys set them , and I tore them out or put them under the grass on the paths the boys used to take when they came to inspect their traps . |
| 2 | She picked up the shoes from the hearth and put them under the table . |
| 3 | Speechless with weary anger , she cut herself two crooked slices of bread and put them under the grill . |
| 4 | Well the , the bed , there were no spring beds in , that came into my life until many years after , were the old straw palliasses , which were really more hygienic to sleep on than your spring beds , because you get the lumbar trouble with a straw palliasses cos it was just hip firm , I give you an instance I used to , as I was growing older I used to fold my trousers and put them under the mattress to press my trousers so I 'd always got a nice crease in my trousers , they were so solid that er you got y you did n't even get any wrinkles in your trousers in those days . |
| 5 | But when on first hearing of this arrangement I tried to inform Miss Kenton of it , she once again refused to converse with me , and in order to accomplish matters as quickly as possible I was actually obliged to write a note and put it under the door of her parlour . |
| 6 | He never even glanced at it , and put it under the horse 's nose at once . |
| 7 | During the week , whenever they were out , she insisted that she roll her hair up and put it under the cap . |
| 8 | You lay the knife beside the umbrella , heft the gun and put it under the duvet to click the safety off . |
| 9 | You could take it to the kitchen and put it under the grill of the electric cooker in order to get it hot , without knowing why it should be hot . |
| 10 | She had the most ghastly pallor , Sabine thought , racing to fetch her jacket from the car and put it under the older woman 's head as a pillow . |
| 11 | They must carbon-date it and put it under the microscope , and we must examine Aziz carefully and get him to say where he found it . |