Example sentences of "i put " in BNC.

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1 ‘ From the moment I picked up this book to the moment I put it down , ’ wrote GM , ‘ I could n't stop laughing .
2 The question I return to , he wrote ( and Goldberg typed ) , is always the same : I put everything into this , everything I had by way of mind and body and heart , and this is what I have produced .
3 I put the poisoned cherry there , I admit that .
4 ‘ No , I 'm sure I put it in my apron pocket , but I ca n't have done .
5 I put my hand in my pocket to get my cigarettes . ’
6 Once we were in the main concourse , I put down my suitcase and turned to say goodbye .
7 I put the receiver down and rested my head against the back of the kiosk .
8 I put down the Mail , opened the Telegraph and found the same tale , though told in less lurid terms .
9 I put down my knife and fork and said , ‘ You keep the place beautifully . ’
10 I put one in here yesterday . ’
11 Certainly , the idea that when I look at my spectacles and think ‘ So that 's where I put them ’ I am having thousands of other little thoughts at the same time is a silly idea , and some would say that the doctrine of the holism of the mental is just a silly idea .
12 I put the phone down with a frown , grabbed my books , bag and coat , raced through the door and down the street and reached the bus stop breathless .
13 I put the remains of our dinner on the window ledge to attract them , and when one of them alighted near me I called to it , ‘ Taste this couscous , steamed and mixed with oil , English pigeon , and tell me if it 's nice . ’
14 I righted myself and pain shot up my right leg as I put weight on it .
15 When I put my front paws on my lady 's shoulders , I was about a foot taller than her .
16 I put up an entirely illegal barbed wire fence .
17 Asked whether yesterday 's attack had been a case of spontaneous combustion , he said : ‘ Look , it 's a reaction that I put forward there on behalf of , as much as anything else , the readers of our newspaper .
18 But I put that pressure on myself . ’
19 I put it no higher .
20 I put the piece of meat back into the mess tin .
21 I put on my kilt , picked up my bagpipes , clambered aboard the truck , and we were off to the beach .
22 I put to myself the question : ‘ How then , does it come right ? ’
23 When I shouted to enquire about his successful bait all he said was : Anything I put on .
24 I put one or two out of their misery by introducing them to a cup of coffee and my insides , not necessarily in that order .
25 I put them on in the afternoon ; my mother became very silent .
26 They arrived after practice , but , like a fool , I put them on untried for the race .
27 I put my hand inside his coat and took hold of that wallet .
28 I 'm sort of kneeling there , so I put my hand on Marie 's back to make her feel better , but she rolls away from me .
29 I put the brush on the side and carry on smoothing her hair with just my hands .
30 I put my hat on and get up .
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