Example sentences of "have put a " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Human nature being what it is , my guess is that any maid worth her salt would have put a slightly imperfect dish in front of anyone but her master or mistress for the cook 's sake . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ I would have put a torch to their damned house yesterday , if I had had some tinder . |
| 3 | She may have put a brave face on it . |
| 4 | Once they heard her say , ‘ But Harry , you ca n't keep on — ’ And then she must have put a hand over the mouthpiece , because they did not hear anything else until , suddenly , another voice spoke . |
| 5 | When you came to make your presentation he would even have put a glass of water within reach in case you needed it — and operated the equipment for you . |
| 6 | A predicted upturn in the market would have put a much higher valuation on the painting . |
| 7 | Perhaps I should have put a bit more water into my late night whisky ? |
| 8 | I should have put a stop to it . ’ |
| 9 | Someone enquired as to the price of the SB305 whilst I was playing it ; to their great surprise I told them £395 , but I 'm sure I could have put a ‘ 1 ’ in front of that figure and it would n't have raised an eyebrow . |
| 10 | ‘ I left because no one could take what he 's had to take ; surely he 'd have put a gun to his mouth by now ? |
| 11 | And when I appeared a bit scruffy on Jonathan Ross , she said ‘ could n't you have put a shirt on ? ’ ’ |
| 12 | I would not have put a stray dog out into such a night . |
| 13 | I thought someone would have put a bullet in his back by now . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ I thought someone would have put a bullet in his back by now … ’ |
| 15 | ‘ You should have put a stop to it ! ’ said Florrie accusingly . |
| 16 | His head looked like a fudge sundae I swear to God , he could have put a spoon in his ear and a maraschino cherry on his crown and looked no worse . |
| 17 | ‘ Father Marr should have put a flock of sheep in the churchyard in autumn . |
| 18 | It had not occurred to him that Jessica 's behaviour might have put a suitor off , more that Parr would want to go and smack her cheeky face , as he would have done . |
| 19 | Catesby , if he had stayed , might have put a restraining hand upon the petty malice of his comrades . |
| 20 | In Robb v Green Lord Esher MR justified the implication of such a term : " It is impossible … that a master would have put a servant into a confidential position of this kind unless he thought that the servant would be bound to use good faith towards him ; or that the servant would not know … that the master would rely on his observance of good faith … " . |
| 21 | Even one of those items would have put a heavy stress on a new , fragile relationship . |
| 22 | So should have put a plus there . |
| 23 | If it 'd been me and I were gon na put it there , I would have put a window there to look out of . |
| 24 | Otherwise I 'd have put a brick through your window . |