Example sentences of "[pers pn] have put " in BNC.
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| 1 | But that Terry of yours has put himself beyond it . |
| 2 | ‘ If I 'd lost tonight , where would I have put my face ? |
| 3 | ( Searches frantically ) Where would I have put it ? |
| 4 | I felt a strong feeling of nausea as I realised that I had put my hand through the chest of a dead British soldier that could have been lying in the ditch for several days . |
| 5 | I had put a point to the unions concerning long-term pay arrangements on which she had neither been informed nor consulted . |
| 6 | She had brought her own armchair , and I had put it in my place — the best place — near the fire . |
| 7 | ( I learned later that she had thought I had put her into some kind of charitable institution — a sort of workhouse . |
| 8 | If I had put a tea cosy on my head I would have been a dead ringer for Mrs Pankhurst , but it affected my behaviour even more than my looks . |
| 9 | My 1979 two and a quarter diesel has been leaking oil from around the fuel pump and I had put this down to a leaky gasket . |
| 10 | I looked at my lovely children and realised the suffering I had put them through . |
| 11 | When I heard about the business of measuring and weighing I realised that all the care and effort I had put into keeping my secret had probably been a complete waste of time . |
| 12 | It was difficult to believe how much effort I had put into training and preparation . |
| 13 | As usual , once I had put down the wheelbarrow , I had stiffened up and been able to think only of aches and pains . |
| 14 | For some reason I had put off starting on it and had even begun to convince myself that it would be better to leave it until next winter . |
| 15 | Already I had put in a formal application to Gladstone Murray for a producer 's post with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation , and Ernie Bushnell suggested I submit a programme script for consideration . |
| 16 | Whatever it was , I began to be aware of all the doubts , of all the rational thoughts that I had put away in my pursuit of ‘ complementary ’ medicine . |
| 17 | ‘ I had put it down at this spot and was about to discover , ’ he said . |
| 18 | Then I was showered with the realisation that I had spent half a working day thinking these thoughts , during which time , if I had put a foot wrong , I would have immediately proved , to some people 's satisfaction , the innate unsuitability of women for this kind of work ; and that clinched it ; and I wrote the letter and confirmed the complaint . |
| 19 | I had put on around a stone during the year and I was beginning to take on the traditional pear shape . |
| 20 | Earlier , I had put down a keyboard part to a click track and so Gregg , Matt ( the Bissonette brothers , Dave Lee Roth 's erstwhile rhythm section — Ed ) and myself went and did Cryin ' . |
| 21 | The distinguished former judge Lord Devlin sent an unsolicited letter that the case for Meehan 's innocence I had put forward was very disturbing and needed to be answered . |
| 22 | Then one day , when searching for a mattress , because I had put one of ours from the melin into one of the cottages , we were confronted with a problem we had n't anticipated . |
| 23 | Maureen , 44 — who had worked at the Gateshead mill for ten years — declared : ‘ I could n't have lived with myself if I had put my name to it . |
| 24 | When he realised that the trousers hovered round his calves and that the shirt did n't do up it was too late ; I had put on my newer , better-fitting shirt , bloused my trousers on to the tops of my boots and was putting on his beret as he stood there looking like a circus tramp . |
| 25 | Suppose I had put aside a little , even a little , of that money , for myself , what would I have now ? |
| 26 | My heart froze for a second , as if I had put on an elaborate disguise and suddenly been addressed by name — I did n't feel safe any more . |
| 27 | I stood in the church , and looked at the summer flowers I had put on their grave . |
| 28 | Instead of filling up the brandy bottle with water , I had put Mrs Joe 's strongest and most unpleasant medicine in by mistake . |
| 29 | Someone has plotted to kill you ! ’ and I explained what I had heard and how I had put out the fire . |
| 30 | I had never teased anyone before , but I felt a sense of power , for I had put Nour out of countenance . |