Example sentences of "she put a [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Ought she to put a chair under the handle ?
2 So she puts a dress on , when she feels well enough , and I go and look and she talks to me about the times she wore it before .
3 They insist she puts a blanket over her knees to damp down the chief rabbi 's blood pressure .
4 This one goes in the lead and then stops and then the other one goes in the lead and then she puts a spurt on and catches up .
5 I think she puts a lot on for you , for your benefit .
6 She put a call through to Roirbak from her room as soon as the others had left , advising him she 'd be over with her protégés within the hour .
7 One of the lawyers ' wives wanted to know the secret of Ellen 's coffee , and Ellen modestly said she just followed the percolator instructions , while the truth was that she put a cupful of cheap instant coffee powder into every percolated pot .
8 Well she put a stop to a load of strikes .
9 She put a foot on the machine , where the gear-case joined the engine casing , and her free hand on the steering wheel .
10 Every time he had a tantrum she put a tick in the appropriate square .
11 Then she put a condom on me and we had penetrative sex .
12 She put a condom on me and we got stuck in , but as soon as I had ejaculated she whipped the condom off me , leaving me floundering for a while on the bed .
13 What she put a waistcoat on him for ?
14 Unconsciously she put a note of hope into those half-scandalized questionings , because she knew I knew she would never be happy if I married .
15 There was a flutter of paper as she put a note in his hand .
16 She put a mug in front of him : ‘ Gran'pa was already drunk when you got here , was n't he ? ’
17 She put a curler in , she 'd be doing , say , down there and that one would come out .
18 " I Willingly , " said Militsa , and she put a loaf of bark bread in the ashes to bake .
19 ‘ Punish you ? ’ she raised one eyebrow at him as she put a plate of food at his place at the table .
20 She put a plate of steak and chips down on the kitchen table with an array of sauce-bottles and vinegar .
21 Upstairs , she put a shawl around Agnes , saying , ‘ There you are , dear .
22 She put a clamp on thinking into Lucy 's whys and wherefores .
23 She put a hand up to touch his lips and gently with the other eased herself up from the sofa .
24 When Roland began to speak , after this , she put a hand over his mouth , which was as well , for he had nothing to say .
25 She put a hand on his , in her usual way of announcing herself , and he covered it with his own .
26 She put a hand on his shoulder and marched him into her tack-room at the end of the yard .
27 Nausea welled up in her and she put a hand to her throat .
28 Then , with a dramatic gesture , she put a hand to her brow and turned to Jacob .
29 She put a hand out and briefly touched my arm .
30 She put a hand to her face .
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