Example sentences of "[conj] put his " in BNC.
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| 1 | He would n't be allowed to fart or pick his nose or put his feet on the table . |
| 2 | The result was last spring 's ‘ Sunburst ’ , a single that put his ‘ group ’ Tangerine ahead of the indie pack , though no one noticed ; it was not hardcore dance and the flip was superior , a bizarre Tommy James freak-out cover ‘ I Am A Tangerine ’ . |
| 3 | For years before his death rumours had spread all over the Dales that put his rude good health and longevity to dealings with the Devil and pointed to his long canine teeth as evidence of vampirism . |
| 4 | He avoided work as a rule , but had a quickness of wit that put his acquaintances in mind of a bright rodent . |
| 5 | We sit there for some time but I keep glancing up , and gradually become terrified that the man is somehow not dead or has become a zombie and is climbing back up the shaft towards us , to push the grating up and put his already rotting hands down and grab us both by the hair . |
| 6 | He loafed to his feet , and put his hands on Lucy 's shoulders . |
| 7 | The boy came over and put his arm round me , as if he could not quite believe my laughter and my lack of agitation . |
| 8 | The umpire was pleased with the reaction , but ‘ awarded ’ the driver of the first Land-Rover a gunshot wound to the leg and put his vehicle out of action . |
| 9 | The architecture student who believed anything was possible set up home with the designer — and put his dynamic business brain to use in helping Armani to launch his own label in 1975 . |
| 10 | He was about to divide up responsibility for checking Angela Morgan 's last recorded movements when Bruce Davidson knocked and put his head in . |
| 11 | He gazed at his hands , and visibly played this back to himself , then looked across at McLeish , and put his glasses on . |
| 12 | Philip pulled Lee down beside him and put his hand over his mouth . |
| 13 | She knows that Isaac will take Jacob 's hands , and put his hand on his neck when he kisses him . |
| 14 | Tammuz groaned and put his head in his hands . |
| 15 | Tammuz threw himself into a chair and put his feet up on the edge of his workstation . |
| 16 | One evening Rosslyn 's horse came up from the paddock as usual for his dinner , but instead of practically knocking her over like he normally did in his enthusiasm to get at the food , he stopped quietly at her side and put his head in her hands , saying non-verbally : ‘ I hurt ! ’ |
| 17 | Mr Browning sighed and put his arms round his wife 's heaving shoulders and drew her to him . |
| 18 | ‘ Surely we must take that arrow out , ’ Perkin said , and put his hand on the shaft and gave it a tug . |
| 19 | ZBIGNIEW Nowacki waited as his blonde 19-year-old companion tucked her legs into the passenger well of his Ferrari Testarossa , slammed the door and put his key in the ignition . |
| 20 | Skinner raised his hand to Farrar 's face , and put his thumb in the officer 's left eye . |
| 21 | Their son , who was in the Home Guard , called to visit his mother , and put his rifle through the cabinet of Gosse china . |
| 22 | Dr. Saxby detached himself as he passed their table and put his hand on Briant 's shoulder . |
| 23 | Morton released his hold , and put his arm round Rivington 's shoulders . |
| 24 | Vic Wilcox was dictating letters to Shirley when Brian Everthorpe knocked and put his head round the door , grinning , for some reason , from sideburn to sideburn . |
| 25 | Ludens turned to Marcus and put his hand gently against his arm . |
| 26 | Jack stepped forward and put his arm round Ludens , the doctor made a washing-his-hands-of-the-matter gesture , and Franca said , ‘ Oh do what you like ! ’ |
| 27 | And then O placed his right hand in the small of Boy 's back and put his left hand up behind Boy 's head and he kissed him right there and then . |
| 28 | Luckily there was a manger in the corner of his box with a tying-up ring next to it so I tied him to some baler twine , in case the worse came to the worse , and put his water and his hay at nose level in front of him . |
| 29 | He lay next to his daughter on the bed and put his arm round her . |
| 30 | He reached her before it popped off and put his arm round her waist . |