Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] [vb mod] put [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Anyway i , d' you wan na use your hose I mean I 'll put the car in the garage if you do . |
2 | John Selwyn Gummer , Minister of Agriculture , Fisheries and Food When Mr Gummer took over the Ministry of Agriculture , he promised he would put the consumer first . |
3 | Ellie looked once more down the table to her father , silently praying he would put an end to it , and prevent what was sure to be a bloodbath . |
4 | Troubled Mr Major yesterday headed for a showdown with Euro-rebels by announcing he would put the Maastricht Treaty before Parliament around Christmas . |
5 | ‘ We want to see proper education and we have said we will put a penny on income tax to provide it at all levels from the age of three upwards . ’ |
6 | The young lad had also been battered unmercifully many a time and on that particular night he had decided he would put an end to the violence by teaching his drunken father a lesson he would never forget . |
7 | And how long it will be before she says Dad do you think you could put the radio on . |
8 | I do n't think you can put an age sort of level on it . |
9 | ‘ If people do not like what they read they can put the letter in the bin . |
10 | I reckon we should put a halt on this bloody hundred thousands do n't you ? |
11 | If the Labour Party are going to be in a position of ‘ determining ’ the future then I believe they must put the Westminster culture in order and so spread the ownership of that future . |
12 | But I did n't think they would put the band back together ; David had mentioned it a couple of times but I had n't really taken him that seriously . |
13 | I mean if , if people smoke too much , I mean they should put the kids before the c the cigarettes , and erm people I have heard say that , I 've seen in the pub three or four nights a week . |
14 | I thought I 'd put a disc out or something , then yesterday my legs started to feel quite strange , and when I woke this morning — my husband was really worried , he fetched the doctor — Nurse Avery , I 'm so scared ! ’ |
15 | I rang again and the agent said she thought I 'd put the phone down . ’ |
16 | Before I go I shall put the ring in a safe place , an appropriate place . |
17 | I thought she 'd put the money in my apron by mistake and that 's why we had |
18 | ‘ Well , as I say , I thought she 'd put the money in my apron by accident . |
19 | Afterwards , looking back , Sara knew that if she were asked she would put a circle round this evening , this particular point in time , and say , " That 's when the heartache began , " a tiny little pain to begin with , no more than a tremor of consciousness , the veriest pinprick . |
20 | In the autumn of 1929 the USSR became the first state to break the illusions created by the Kellogg-Briand pact by unleashing its Special Far Eastern Army upon the Manchurian nationalists , who rashly thought they could put an end to Soviet control of the Chinese Eastern Railway . |
21 | Now he hopes he can put the Maxwell crisis and his worries behind him . |
22 | He had not seen her face , which she kept covered with a scarf , but he thought he could put a name to her . |
23 | well I mean the heart 's the most obvious organ , but I mean it must put a strain on everything else |
24 | If forced to be more exact , I think I would put the figure a little closer to 20 per cent than 30 per cent . |
25 | Er think I 'll put a bit of Beatles on . |
26 | I think I 'll put the mower away afterwards . |
27 | Perhaps now , I think I 'll put the kettle on |
28 | Then she remembered she 'd put the children 's money for Monday on one side already , and Rory had collected his shoes from the menders . |
29 | Dr Robert Bradnock of the School of Oriental and African Studies in London said : ‘ Although the older generation strongly feel the pull of the old countries , I think they will put a lot of pressure on the young people to try and stop them rushing off and doing something which might escalate out of control . ’ |
30 | I wish I 'd put a jumper on |