Example sentences of "[vb past] [art] [noun sg] [conj] put " in BNC.

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1 At the private view of that year 's Royal Academy Summer Exhibition she met the architect and put the proposition to him .
2 He wiped the spanner and put it away with his other tools .
3 Remember when we got the lemonade and put them in lemonade .
4 After that he turned away from the bed , picked up his jacket which Irina had dropped on the floor , began to put it on , then realising he had no shirt on , dropped the jacket , found the shirt and put that on .
5 He brrrrm 'd the engine and put the vehicle into reverse .
6 She went on preparing the supper , her body tense with listening as she tossed the artichokes , stirred the pasta and put half a dozen steaks to fry in another black iron pan .
7 Salt 's great shoulders twitched as she turned the pie and put it back , but she did n't deny it .
8 Melissa rewrapped the tissue and put it in a drawer .
9 At first I thought someone climbed the wall and put them there , but on the night I was chased by Gaveston 's dogs , I found that was an impossible feat .
10 The refrigerator was easy , you just opened the door and put food in it until it looked like an igloo inside , and then a pair of hands which might or might not be your own came along and cleared out the ice so that you could use it again .
11 And they were tiny and we tied them in wee bunches and it was Miss who was the teacher then and she made a cross and put
12 Georgiades finished the glass and put it down .
13 ‘ So only the person who served the lobster or put it on the plates could have poisoned it ? ’
14 Brownlow read the name and the rank , folded the slip and put it in his wallet .
15 Ray folded the article and put it back into the envelope .
16 Moxie folded the quilt and put it in the corner where the bed had been .
17 Tom folded the letter and put it into his pocket .
18 Carew folded the paper and put it down on the cluttered tray beside him .
19 When you he carefully folded the paper and put it in the desk on top of the blotter .
20 And Goldberg , pushing the sweat out of his eyes with the sleeve of his pullover , grabbed the pen and put another question mark in the margin by the whole passage .
21 Morton untied the parcel and put the small heap of clothes before her .
22 To further pleas from Toby not to touch him I raced upstairs , grabbed a duvet and put it round him .
23 When he reached the end and put the paper back in his pocket , the audience shifted and swayed slightly , making him realize just how raptly they had listened to him .
24 She took the money and put it in her pocket .
25 Emmie took the mug and put it on the night table .
26 Philip took the vase and put it on the table where it had been before , wiping off some of the dust with his elbow .
27 Emmie took the tray and put it on the floor .
28 Erm in fact telephones , I mean talking back to nineteen forties and fifties , very few people had telephones , and it was n't uncommon in , in those days on fire engines , where , I know at Salisbury we did this , we took a bike and put it on the back of a fire engine , and if you were the youngest you were told , send the stock message back , or the informative message back , and find the telephone , and you pedalled and find the telephone , and , and you 'd get told off when you came back , why you were n't quicker about taking it .
29 This is when we all got cut fingers , you know that , you cut it just right the crown , and you try to be quick , we all got these marks on the forefinger , sugar beet and swede , you know you took a swede and put it on the heap in one go , you know , well , with sugar beet you had to be more careful , did n't you , you cut the crown
30 He then removed the window and put it in the new hole and started to fill in the gap at the sides with cement .
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