Example sentences of "[pers pn] would put [art] [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 I 'd put the bike on the rack at the back and secured it with a bungy strap .
9 I rang again and the agent said she thought I 'd put the phone down . ’
10 ‘ I thought someone was trying to have a joke at my expense and was n't convinced even after I 'd put the phone down .
11 I 'd put the phone down rather than say the wrong thing and have my brother wreck yet another piece of Post Office property .
12 Well I 'd put the oven on already , but I did n't read it properly
13 Then , I 'd put the handle back down again
14 I , I says , I 'll let you know sometime today or tomorrow and er anyway , he was expecting me to say at least two or three or four weeks you know er because I 'd put the situation I had no tools , no nothing and erm I er had a look at it and I thought what I could do , and I says I can let you have them in a week .
15 ‘ If I saw any of my bowlers gouging the ball I would put a stop to it at once . ’
16 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
17 If I were playing tennis , I would put the ball back in the hon. Gentleman 's court by asking whether he thinks that those claims are genuine because they have been put through someone 's letter box and because they ask the recipient to sign the form and post it back .
18 Not sure about the ANSI but I would put the Himem before the erm Three Eight Six .
19 ‘ People generally believe in the efficacy of hospitals and the police and I would put the Church in that mould — not something to be revered or mystified .
20 Even if I never played it again I would put the guitar on display in my house , because it 's like a work of art . ’
21 I 'm happy to accept that amendment , and I would put the motion , as amended , to the vote .
22 I would put the distinction I am making slightly differently .
23 If forced to be more exact , I think I would put the figure a little closer to 20 per cent than 30 per cent .
24 She 'd put a fifty-pound note in it and so she thought that it had been stolen .
25 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 .
26 Once she 'd put the phone down on him the previous night she 'd regretted her skittish way with him , and , after a heart-to-heart with Marlin in which she 'd told him she wanted to go back to England , and he 'd replied that it would all seem different in the morning and why did n't she just take a pill and lie down , she 'd decided to call him back .
27 She said , she said she 'd put the address in it .
28 She 'd put the damper on anybody . ’
29 I thought she 'd put the money in my apron by mistake and that 's why we had
30 ‘ Well , as I say , I thought she 'd put the money in my apron by accident .
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