Example sentences of "[vb infin] put a " in BNC.

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1 ‘ Human nature being what it is , my guess is that any maid worth her salt would have put a slightly imperfect dish in front of anyone but her master or mistress for the cook 's sake . ’
2 ‘ I would have put a torch to their damned house yesterday , if I had had some tinder .
3 She may have put a brave face on it .
4 Once they heard her say , ‘ But Harry , you ca n't keep on — ’ And then she must have put a hand over the mouthpiece , because they did not hear anything else until , suddenly , another voice spoke .
5 When you came to make your presentation he would even have put a glass of water within reach in case you needed it — and operated the equipment for you .
6 A predicted upturn in the market would have put a much higher valuation on the painting .
7 Perhaps I should have put a bit more water into my late night whisky ?
8 I should have put a stop to it . ’
9 Someone enquired as to the price of the SB305 whilst I was playing it ; to their great surprise I told them £395 , but I 'm sure I could have put a ‘ 1 ’ in front of that figure and it would n't have raised an eyebrow .
10 ‘ I left because no one could take what he 's had to take ; surely he 'd have put a gun to his mouth by now ?
11 And when I appeared a bit scruffy on Jonathan Ross , she said ‘ could n't you have put a shirt on ? ’ ’
12 I would not have put a stray dog out into such a night .
13 I thought someone would have put a bullet in his back by now . ’
14 ‘ I thought someone would have put a bullet in his back by now … ’
15 ‘ You should have put a stop to it ! ’ said Florrie accusingly .
16 His head looked like a fudge sundae I swear to God , he could have put a spoon in his ear and a maraschino cherry on his crown and looked no worse .
17 ‘ Father Marr should have put a flock of sheep in the churchyard in autumn .
18 It had not occurred to him that Jessica 's behaviour might have put a suitor off , more that Parr would want to go and smack her cheeky face , as he would have done .
19 Catesby , if he had stayed , might have put a restraining hand upon the petty malice of his comrades .
20 In Robb v Green Lord Esher MR justified the implication of such a term : " It is impossible … that a master would have put a servant into a confidential position of this kind unless he thought that the servant would be bound to use good faith towards him ; or that the servant would not know … that the master would rely on his observance of good faith … " .
21 Even one of those items would have put a heavy stress on a new , fragile relationship .
22 So should have put a plus there .
23 If it 'd been me and I were gon na put it there , I would have put a window there to look out of .
24 Otherwise I 'd have put a brick through your window .
25 ‘ They would n't 'ave bin 'angin' off if yow 'd 'ave put a nail in 'em .
26 ‘ If she had half an ounce of sense , ’ she said , ‘ she 'd 've put a lock on this thing . ’
27 Somebody would 've put a match to it and set it on fire , we would have got money for going to deal with it .
28 People might 've messed around with it by putting this overhead profit to risk , they might 've put a negative er element in there , er they might 've put a high-cost element in there , they might put nought in there , so it 's very difficult to recognise that , that bill rates er from the labour , or the labour from the bill rate , there is n't a standard relationship , nowhere near .
29 People might 've messed around with it by putting this overhead profit to risk , they might 've put a negative er element in there , er they might 've put a high-cost element in there , they might put nought in there , so it 's very difficult to recognise that , that bill rates er from the labour , or the labour from the bill rate , there is n't a standard relationship , nowhere near .
30 Well , he used to come home and say that and I 'd say put a suggestion in but
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