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Example sentences for "had put"

  • Yes, the Daily Task had been represented at the Academy, and its young man, by a marvel of mutilation and misrepresentation, had put together a column to convey the impression that Dr.

  • The Rod's force had made itself felt most largely on economics; but in its blossoming it had put forth a few secondary sprigs, and one of these curled over in the direction of domestic life, of marital relation.

  • I see I had put my foot in it, so I pulled out as fast as I could.

  • Lindström had been untiring during our absence; he had put everything in splendid order.

  • I had put on my most innocent and unconcerned expression.

  • We had put up a sixteen-man tent to receive them.

  • On the outer walls of the hut, which formed the other side of the passage, he had put up shelves, and there all kinds of tinned foods were stored.

  • And a kid from college, with a laugh on his face, had put it down--twice!

  • And besides, after he had put it to her in the right light, she had not been silly over his sending her brother to Germany.

  • Davis was skilled at the trick, and on the Yukon he had put many a strong man on his back.

  • Ernest covered his face with his hands for shame as he read this extract from the bundle of letters he had put into my hands--they had been returned to him by his father on his mother's death, his mother having carefully preserved them.

  • For the first time it occurred to him that possibly his friend had arranged this expedition with a purpose other than that which he had put forward.

  • Yet I wish, as I said in the cave, that I had put a knife into him under the left shoulder-blade--before this morning.

  • He brought her to the nearest point not within sight of any of the windows, and, there leaving her, set out at a rapid pace for the inn where he had put up his mare.

  • She knew where he had put up his horse, and knew he could hardly take any other way than the foot-path to Testbridge.

  • When he had put up the last shutter, he dropped his arms with a weary sigh.

  • It was heading toward the Nautilus, and you could tell it had put on steam.

  • Deep down, I was determined to fully exploit the good fortune that had put me on board the Nautilus.

  • In a few moments we had put on our equipment.

  • Soon I had put on my clothes, which were woven from strands of seashell tissue.

  • When I had done, he repeated after me two of the questions which the chief juggler had put to the boy--seemingly for the purpose of fixing them well in his mind.

  • The Indian had put precisely the same question to Mr. Luker, at parting, which he had put to me; receiving of course, the same answer as the answer which I had given him.

  • I put it to my mistress, as in duty bound, just as I had put it to myself.

  • Dana, of the Sun, had put him in the way of obtaining for publication the life of the Pope, Leo XIII, officially authorized by the Pope himself, and this he regarded as a certain fortune.

  • He explains how he had put in a good deal of work, with his secretary, on the orchestrelle to get the bugle-calls.

  • I had put to the porter, when I accosted him first.

  • If, in spite of that, I had put on my bonnet and walked out, my husband would have walked out after me.

  • I found my husband gone, and the bedroom stripped of the furniture which I had put into it.

  • That same night, at the moment when I had put out my candle, and laid me down in bed, I heard a knock at the street door.

  • A pair of boots, with green Russia leather tops, which Francois was sure the count had put on the previous morning, was missing.

  • He had put on the left hand the sum of forty thousand francs; on the right hand, various sums were inscribed, the total of which was twenty-one thousand five hundred francs.

  • He saw no possible way out of the horrible situation in which he had put himself.

  • I had put on some clothes, though horror shook all my limbs; I issued from my apartment.

  • I believe it was a lovely summer morning: I know my shoes, which I had put on when I left the house, were soon wet with dew.

  • He saw, in fact, that at the outset he had put a weapon into Austen's hands.

  • He had put a large memorial window in the chapel to his family.

  • I said to Carrie: "I wish I had put those 'side dishes' ASIDE.

  • As I had put my foot down on Spiritualism years ago, so I would again.

  • As soon as I was on my feet I wanted to go and thank her, but I could not stir, and a valet who knew something of surgery examined me, and declared that I had put out my collar-bone and would require a week's rest.

  • When I got home I went to bed, and sent for a surgeon, who laughed when I told him that I had put out a bone.

  • In the morning, when I had put on my boots and spurs, and told Clairmont not to be uneasy if I did not return that night, Marcoline and I drove to the ambassadors' residence.

  • I had put to a strong restrain upon myself to avoid bursting out laughing.

  • Clairmont told me that he had put my things in a room which communicated with Cornelis's.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "had put" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.


    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    bygone days; had asked; had brought; had brought from the; had but; had caught; had committed; had died; had enough; had fallen; had for; had grown; had heard; had left; had made; had married; had one; had plenty; had reason; had shown; had taken; had taken from the; had with; had won; had yet; white robe