Example sentences of "[pron] would put a [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 I wish I 'd put a jumper on
2 I 'd never wear anything clingy ; I might wear a camisole , like this , but I 'd put a shirt over it before I went out .
3 I 'd put a dirk in one of them , and then where would you be , and you trying to convince the king of your peaceable nature ? ’
4 ‘ If I had that much money and it was the first real money I had ever made , ’ said the businessman at last , ‘ I 'd put a quarter of it in government savings bonds , and with the rest of it I 'd buy as much land or property in and around Tollemarche and Edmonton as I could lay my hands on . ’
5 I 'd put a tape on and turn the radio off .
6 Er if I was in power I 'd put a tax on every child after two I would have taxed you out of existence Ellen .
7 ‘ If I saw any of my bowlers gouging the ball I would put a stop to it at once . ’
8 I mean , all I use I mean , if I was making them for somebody I would use about four or five layers and then I would put a piece of lace of braid or something at the top
9 I wish someone would put a stop to smoking on television .
10 Curtius Kenn was a bloody nuisance , and sooner or later someone would put a ScumStopper under his heart and get himself free drinks on the house for a month .
11 Well I do n't think I would of been very pleased if you 'd put a go in the room for an hour !
12 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 .
13 I must say erm I , I do wonder whether the district council might be enabled to say unless goods are sold from a car boot this is not a car boot sale er , therefore , we would put a ban on all commercial vans and vehicle entering these sites er that 's not being articles described in the er in the er maybe that 's something you could look at .
14 The discipline there would put a stop to any more of that .
15 They used to , cos they 'd put a couple in the old anchor boat what we were n't using it , put a couple in there and they 'd tow 'em up to the dock .
16 By the time they 'd put a medal round my neck in Central Park and we could visualise the noughts on the cheque to present to Oxford Street , Mill Road and Fazakerley Hospital 's Newborn Appeal , 25,000 runners had learned a lot more about how painful running 26 miles can be .
17 You ca n't play sport properly on a shoestring so if we could get a major sponsor for the world cup it 'd put a lot of people 's minds at rest so they could concentrate on their cricket
18 He 'd put a couple of cattle on this owd cart ; and I was a-pulling on 'em up , helping his horse , a-tracing on him .
19 He 'd put a couple of maggots on a small hook .
20 it was nothing for you to have the er sole of your sh shoe flapping off and having to wear 'em till the p there was a little man that used to mend the shoes in Hirael there and you 'd go to him and he 'd put a couple of nails , never charge you for it you know .
21 Once Paul realised what was going on he 'd put a stop to it .
22 If you complained , he 'd put a curse on you .
23 He 'd been so lovely , and her shoulder still burned where he 'd put a hand on it after the game .
24 He 'd put a bullet in her brain himself .
25 Well he was ringing from Birmingham , he 'd put a pound in , it lasted twenty minutes .
26 Although he did n't like the thought of having his own son sail with him , the idea did present one advantage at least : by doing so , he would put a stop to any further goings on between Tristram and Jennifer .
27 Will he therefore take this opportunity of welcoming the positive statement recently made by Mr. Shimon Peres , the leader of the Israeli Labour party , that if elected in June he would put a freeze on the settlements in the occupied territories .
28 I certainly welcome any statement made by any Israeli politician to the effect that if in government he would put a freeze on the settlement policy .
29 At the end of the Second World War , James Clavell says , he swore that he would put a brick through the window of the first Japanese Embassy to be opened in London .
30 If any one of his rules was broken — and he had a number — he would put a notice on his front door which said that the offender was scartata , rejected ; it could be for a few days or anything up to a fortnight .
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