Example sentences of "to put [adv] [prep] a [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ We must be prepared to put up wi' a bit of discomfort , ’ Ernest said . |
2 | Dogs , on the other hand , have to put up with a range of 1 dioptre all their lives . |
3 | ‘ Yes , I am remembering ; and please remember , too , Great-grandmother , that I am not a miss any more ; I am a married woman who has run your house for years and has had to put up with a man of your choosing . ’ |
4 | It is said he had to put up with a sofa in the corridor until his identity was revealed . |
5 | At football matches or at confrontations at seaside resorts the police have to put up with a lot of abuse . |
6 | ‘ I keep imagining this morning that I have — please believe me , Milena , because when we 're married you will have to put up with a lot of this , but I keep imagining that I have lots of little crisp sepia legs . ’ |
7 | He conducted himself impeccably , he was open and honest and had to put up with a lot from the press and media . |
8 | We had to put up with a succession of dead grannies , occult trivia , psychic charades , aura readings and attempts to probe the future . |
9 | ‘ It makes me vomit ’ , she went on , ‘ to think that I am going to have to put up with a load of garbage like you in my school for the next six years . |
10 | I do n't buy guitars to put up in a cabinet on the wall . |