Example sentences of "i put " in BNC.
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| 31 | Instead I put on my best British Empire District Commissioner look of authority while Sergeant Nafi begins to search . |
| 32 | When I took it off afterwards , my hair was a mess , so I put on a turban or tied in back with a band , which is what I do every day . |
| 33 | ‘ And as I put one leg out of the door , he looked slightly taken aback , because he could see that my leg was bare . |
| 34 | ‘ The first time I held those keys , I put them in my mouth and felt my bones had turned to gold , ’ she announces . |
| 35 | Concentrating on maintaining a foothold on rocks worn smooth by winter torrents , I put up a startled grouse that exploded into flight . |
| 36 | I put my pyjamas on underneath my clothes and thus protected went for a walk round Pau . |
| 37 | Gus Dudgeon , who I used on some earlier Deram sessions , said he 'd like to work with David , so here was his chance and I put the two of them together . ’ |
| 38 | I would get mad when I put the phone down and cry a lot , but certainly I would n't get mad with her . ’ |
| 39 | Well , then how do you explain the night I put down a copy of Viz , turned on the telly , and settled in for what I thought would be a programme of smart , irreverent comedy ? |
| 40 | After washing , I put on Boot 's non-sting anti-perspirant . |
| 41 | I put her name down for the local hospice without her permission , because although she defiantly insisted she did n't want anything to do with it , I thought things might change as she deteriorated . |
| 42 | When I put this to the operators there was an astonished silence . |
| 43 | I put up for sale the service areas on new long leases , retaining some controls only to ensure that the areas were safe stopping places for motorway travellers . |
| 44 | The application to the local community is one that I put as a challenge to all : How can we help people to take seriously membership in the Eucharistic community of faith ? |
| 45 | I put them in my pocket sometimes . |
| 46 | ‘ I ’ m going to contact all the plant conveners , when I put this phone down , and call an emergency meeting , Bunker told him . |
| 47 | I did not dare move , and yet I did : I put my hand on his thigh , and slowly moved it up towards the centre of my desire . |
| 48 | I put down the receiver , overcome by emotion at hearing that voice again , unchanged . |
| 49 | I put the cup on the little table by the bed . |
| 50 | I put down the receiver and sat on the stairs trembling with panic , and I think I must have become pale , because I remember that my face felt very cold . |
| 51 | Only now have I come to understand what it was my sixth sense was trying to tell me then ; in any case it would have been too late , Aunt Nessy was waiting , and bending down , I put my arms round her , and kissed her . |
| 52 | It would not have mattered so much if the experiments described all held water , but when ( as we were encouraged to do ) I put up my hand and ventured that one experiment was not consistent , the lecturer acknowledged that this was so in the particular I questioned , but said that the results were usually found to be as would have been expected . |
| 53 | It seemed rather an historic moment , but I put the thought aside ; one must not get sentimental , and everything had been done properly , had been left in order and as it should be . |
| 54 | ‘ I put them in her cardi pocket . |
| 55 | — So I put the phone back down again . |
| 56 | ‘ Well , sir , see I put 's me rifle down — it was in the way like . |
| 57 | I put the pressure-cooker back and went to bed on the sofa . |
| 58 | ‘ You wo n't like it , it 's spaghetti , ’ I told him as I put the pot on the table and went to fetch the tomato sauce . |
| 59 | I felt the blood racing through my veins as I put my bodystocking on . |
| 60 | I put my cup down and got up out of my beplushed and bedizened chair . |