Example sentences of "[pers pn] would put a [noun sg] " 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 | 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 ! ’ |
| 8 | ‘ If I saw any of my bowlers gouging the ball I would put a stop to it at once . ’ |
| 9 | 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 |
| 10 | She 'd put a fifty-pound note in it and so she thought that it had been stolen . |
| 11 | But when Luke Thackray came round with his cap , she 'd put a penny or two in it just the same , like everybody else , knowing , as they all did , that Disaster , which had struck the Rattries today , might strike any of them tomorrow . |
| 12 | Then add , you 'd put a plus sign , one and equal , two and two plus two equalled four . |
| 13 | Well I do n't think I would of been very pleased if you 'd put a go in the room for an hour ! |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | In addition I explained to her that , having found the original event and looked at it through adult eyes , there was no danger that she would put an end to one problem only to replace it with another , as might have happened if we had not investigated its origins . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | Yes , I can en envisage that somewhere , perhaps a visitor 's a first step towards clarifying what may be a runner would be taken by Sarah at the moment , but er , which we would put an investigator straight from future , for example . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | And what the folks had done , with their quarterly newsletter that they send to both villages , North and South , on the back , they 'd put a form requesting that every household submitted their five favourite hymns . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | However , the Tories and Labour signalled that if either emerged as the largest single party they would put a Queen 's Speech to Parliament and dare the other parties to vote them down — possibly triggering another election as soon as October . |
| 22 | 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 |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | He 'd put a couple of maggots on a small hook . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | My brothers 'd be watching his every move , just hoping he 'd put a foot wrong so they could jump in and scrag him . |
| 27 | Once Paul realised what was going on he 'd put a stop to it . |
| 28 | If you complained , he 'd put a curse on you . |
| 29 | He 'd been so lovely , and her shoulder still burned where he 'd put a hand on it after the game . |
| 30 | He 'd put a bullet in her brain himself . |