Example sentences of "he put a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I thought , I thought , he put a brick in my . |
| 2 | he was getting changed in the car and he put a brick on the pedal and all |
| 3 | He put a pile of papers on a side table . |
| 4 | first , honest , he admitted it he put a hosepipe down the trousers . |
| 5 | He put a shower in yesterday , that Piers . |
| 6 | He put a stop to it because his wife 's Jewish , ’ says Chris . |
| 7 | He put a question mark against Harry , all the same . |
| 8 | The Prime Minister summed up what many of us wanted to say when he put a question to Tony Benn : ‘ what do you say about the thuggish act of a walk-out , without notice , from a Children 's Hospital ? ’ |
| 9 | He put a question about the precise roles of Ron Barron and Maureen MacQuillan if the paper was a mere facet of the MacQuillan business . |
| 10 | Called me frigid and said all the other chaps ' girls were willing enough , and would it matter all that much if he put a bun in the oven for me ? |
| 11 | He put a chimpanzee in a cage and placed a piece of fruit outside the cage so that it was visible , but out of reach . |
| 12 | He put a couple of lamb chops under the grill , made a green salad and prepared to enjoy a few hours of solitude before the intrusion of Rickards and his preoccupations . |
| 13 | After a pie and a pasty and one or two other things ( ‘ all home made , terrific ’ ) he put a couple of sandwiches in a bag for half time . |
| 14 | And some of it 's gone up alright , but he put a couple of strips up last night and it all bubbled and then he I heard him this morning shwooh ! |
| 15 | ‘ In the end , he put a cartridge in his mouth and the next thing we heard was a shot and the police rushed in . ’ |
| 16 | He put a nacho chip in his mouth and soaked it with beer . |
| 17 | He put a foot to the stirrup and swung himself into the saddle . |
| 18 | ‘ His father pointed them out to him often enough and he knew that things would drop on him from a great height if he put a foot wrong . ’ |
| 19 | He put a coin into her small hand , and as he touched her wrist he noticed how quickly the blood was beating . |
| 20 | He put a neck-lock on the youth he was holding and looked around for help . |
| 21 | Outside on the landing he put a light on . |
| 22 | He put a solicitor down , and last time I spoke with him I was defending him on a for fraud . |
| 23 | Another owner discovered that if he put a line of coins on his sideboard his cat would knock them down one by one . |
| 24 | He put a forefinger in the pocket , coaxing Agrippa out . |
| 25 | He put a forefinger to his temple to illustrate thinking , just in case I was n't following . |
| 26 | He put a cigarette to his lips . |
| 27 | He put a cigarette in his mouth and waited to light it until he 'd reassembled the phone . |
| 28 | She went to sleep , and woke to growl , ‘ Me least , ’ and he put a bath towel round her and tried to carry her into his bed-sitting room , but he was too frail to do it and she had to wake up again to walk by herself . |
| 29 | He put a hand to his forehead to ease the pressure . |
| 30 | He put a hand on her shoulder , and then one on Nathan 's . |