Example sentences of "he put [adv prt] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I shouted desperately , throwing water over him to put out the flames . |
| 2 | All he wanted was for him to put out the cigarette ; he knew he would just go on suffering the strangled air . |
| 3 | On 2nd & 3rd June he put up the drawings . |
| 4 | At least he put up the dislocation as a hypothesis in a scientific paper . |
| 5 | Soon afterwards the headman came out of the inner room , carrying a plate of rice grains which he put on the ground beside him . |
| 6 | ‘ Watch me , ’ said Amiss , as at high speed he put on the clothes Pooley had just brought him . |
| 7 | Madame was happy to take the £10 note he put on the counter . |
| 8 | His most striking example is derived from an experiment by Lackner and Garrett in which subjects heard sentences like ‘ He put out the lantern to signal the attack ’ ( which is ambiguous as between place outside and extinguish ) . |
| 9 | He put out the candle . |
| 10 | He stood without moving for a few minutes and then he put out the light . |
| 11 | He put out the lights and quietly left the room and Maggie lay in the darkness until the moonlight flooded each dark corner . |
| 12 | He put down the empty tea cup with surprising force . |
| 13 | He put down the phone , rattled . |
| 14 | He put down the receiver thoughtfully . |
| 15 | He put down the bottle . |
| 16 | He put down the pot , stared at the floor for a few seconds and then looked up glowering , pointed his finger at me in a way that was frightening because it was so sudden . |
| 17 | ‘ He put down the money that had been initially agreed upon . |
| 18 | He put down the cup , stared straight at her . |
| 19 | He put down the comics and sat watching her . |
| 20 | He put down the receiver and said : ‘ That was Chief Inspector Rickards . |
| 21 | Mr Maxmilian Frizzell had never read a book since leaving school and did not know who Lawrence was , so he put down the newspaper and took up the Car Dealer and Garageman with what dignity he could muster . |
| 22 | He put down the Thing . |
| 23 | He had , in a way , shown her the path , as Hansel did when he put down the pebbles which guided his sister and himself back home . |
| 24 | Then he put down the knife and took the sticky thing in his fingers and started very slowly to eat it . |
| 25 | She smiled at him as he put down the drinks . |
| 26 | ‘ He 's on his way back to the hotel , ’ Vashinov reported as he put down the phone . |
| 27 | Irritated , he put down the receiver . |
| 28 | He put down the carving knife on the chopping block and wiped his hands on the end of his apron . |
| 29 | He put down the receiver . |
| 30 | He put down the telescope and looked at his daughter . |