Example sentences of "put a [noun sg] of [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | With acclaim like that , Beatty 's agent immediately put a pricetag of $300,000 a picture on his head — and was getting it . |
2 | And so if you were to use that at night and then put a bit of lavender on it is really nice . |
3 | Well I could substitute it , put a bit of parsley in it |
4 | I get up do me hair , put a bit of make-up on |
5 | Well obviously I have it wh what I did was I put a bit of hummus in each of their handbags right |
6 | Yes and put a bit of fertilizer on and on one side , I think that side , you see , they have n't come back as well . |
7 | Put a bit of kitchen roll on the table . |
8 | You know ; put a bit of sparkle back in … |
9 | You put a bit of pressure on its mandible , or lower beak , and if it broke it was a young bird . |
10 | Okay so ah the next question the remarks anyone looking across at him we put a bit of pressure on them and they take interest . |
11 | Yeah , put a bit of chalk on the end . |
12 | now , put a bit of lipstick on |
13 | Hope you 're better next week Just put a bit of wallpaper up in your bedroom , then you can . |
14 | So I think we 're getting rather strange signals out of tonight 's budget , on the one hand we have councillor the John Smith clone , although at least put a bit of weight on . |
15 | Put a bit of light . |
16 | Yeah , right on the sole and cos we used to take them off the iron and put a bit of leather on and grease the uppers with neat's-foot oil and they were really lovely and warm in the winter . |
17 | Just , just put a bit of salt on it for me . |
18 | a few years ago when my sons were teenagers I had some nice dripping and I said , you 've never had bread and dripping and I gave them some , I put a bit of salt on , I said , try this , I loved a bit of med bread and dripping when I was your age . |
19 | And , I 've just as a basic figure , I mean , they give up to a certain figure o before their hours you put a bit of tax and after that , but er we 've allocated him to work , in the afternoons when I 'm out , they allocate to her , the warehouse , because I ca n't afford any , er , as I say , they repairs a machine , it goes out faulty , and the onus is on me and the company |
20 | Put a layer of pebbles in a plant pot and then fill it up with healthy damp soil . |
21 | That 's you open the you know you put a layer of polish on so much and sandpapered it down . |
22 | Put a bowl of water under the frame . |
23 | Nearly drowned herself , put a bowl of water down for her |
24 | If you put a pint of beer out for him he would n't drink it . |
25 | You took took a bucket of water out , you put a bucket of water in . |
26 | information , er , they did it on erm , one of the programmes they actually put a bucket of water actually on the equator , I do n't know if you saw it . |
27 | Put a bucket of food on the ramp at a distance from the horse sufficient to make him put one foot on the ramp . |
28 | Put a scrap of newspaper on the block or box and lower the strip until the drop is only a few millimetres above the paper . |
29 | Er er it was like a Molotov co bo cocktail , a thing like that and you put it in the , in the tube and you put a wad of cotton , gun cotton behind it closed the flap at the back onto er just a latch , like a , a door a gate latch which locked it , then fired the cap which fired the gun cotton which sent the well then we we 're trying this out on the waste ground where the , that was then , where the waterworks ' offices are now in Green Lane , well there that was , at that time , that was a glue factory that was the glue factory there ooh . |
30 | In winter , workmen put a mixture of salt and grit on icy roads to stop cars skidding . |