Example sentences of "put [pron] [adv prt] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Instead of getting rid of the programmes , they should sack the bosses who put them on in the first place . |
| 2 | I mean the old index-linked certificates , when they came up I put them back into the fourth issue , and then the fifth issue and so on because the bonuses are better . |
| 3 | The moment we put them back in the open spaces where they belong , in the social life they intuitively understand , horses use not only their innate behaviour but also their intelligent adaptability to its fullest . |
| 4 | Skirting a tinker camp , Mrs M. eventually put me down beside the fast-flowing River Moy at Ballina . |
| 5 | Baronness Warnock ( Ind ) , whose 1986 report forms the basis of the bill , said it would be a paradox if ‘ we democratic and increasingly educated people should … put ourselves back into the 17th century , when the question of whether or not Galileo and indeed Descartes might pursue and publish their scientific findings was regulated not by scientific considerations , but by religious considerations . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ I was very lethargic but I just put it down to the first months of my pregnancy . |
| 7 | Some put it down to the sheer popularity of the winner Nigel Jones — others to the alleged racism of would-be Tory voters , unwilling to endorse the party 's official candidate , the barrister John Taylor . |
| 8 | She wandered back into the small sitting-room with her mug of tea , put it down on the polished surface of a table but removed it hastily in case it left a tell-tale ring which S. Kettering might complain about in the future . |
| 9 | Carew folded the paper and put it down on the cluttered tray beside him . |
| 10 | Nick closed his book , put it down on the scorched grass beside him and got out his pipe . |
| 11 | When you 've drawn the first one , just put it back in the first bag and forget about it and go on . |
| 12 | Put the flour back in the tube , clean the tube again and put it back in the warm place . |
| 13 | but I 've only , in fact , used ten because someone took the microphone in and put it back in the wrong place . |
| 14 | I 'm terribly lazy and always put it off until the last minute . ’ |