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
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