Example sentences of "put [pos pn] [noun pl] to [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although our home gates of between 26 and 130 are the envy of many a Football League club , they only represent 0.25 per cent of those who put their names to your petition . |
| 2 | Jackie motioned to them to help him and all three put their shoulders to it and pushed . |
| 3 | Coolly Bunty turned to give a final look in the mirror ; then put her fingers to her lips and , as she passed Conroy , pressed them against his . |
| 4 | Jitka turned and put her fingers to her lips as they came to the main bedroom and they tiptoed passed . |
| 5 | Isabel put her fingers to her lips . |
| 6 | Unthinking , she put her fingers to his mouth and he caught her hand , kissing it urgently . |
| 7 | On an impulse she turned her head and put her lips to his palm . |
| 8 | When the little aircraft bumped to a halt on a grassy field outside Paris , Miss Stark , who had chosen to travel in the outside cockpit for the sheer hell of it , put her hands to her head and tried to calm her dishevelled hair . |
| 9 | Claudia put her hands to her burning face and wished she could fall through the floor . |
| 10 | Then she sat at her bureau and put her hands to her flaming cheeks and tried to think about the hens , the sea , the possibility of buying a pig , something , anything , rather than the likelihood of not being painted by Michael Swinton . |
| 11 | She put her hands to her cheeks and rocked her head from side to side . |
| 12 | It was too humiliating … she stared at her reflection , the damp tangle of hair tumbling over her eyes and down her back , the too pale , too thin length of arms and legs , the full thrust of high , ochre-tipped breasts , balanced by the curving jut of her hips … she put her hands to her face , and felt the heat in her cheeks . |
| 13 | Caroline sat up quickly and put her hands to her cheeks . |
| 14 | He put his spurs to his horse , the dachshunds yapping at his heels , and galloped into the trees . |
| 15 | He put his fists to his temples . |
| 16 | Benjamin put his fingers to his lips . |
| 17 | He put his hands to his throat , anything to ease the pain and help him to get just a little air … |
| 18 | The barman put his hands to his belly and made mirth . |
| 19 | He put his lips to her hair and blew softly . |