Example sentences of "but put [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These I knew well were not what her whim had remembered , and when I brought them to her she said nothing , but put them aside , sadly shaking her head . |
| 2 | Individually they are fine and I get on very well with most of them , but put them together in a group and they seem to have an attitude problem . |
| 3 | ITN 's political match-summariser says that ‘ individually the polls are all over the place , but put them all together and you get a message you can trust ’ — not a science graduate , presumably . |
| 4 | There is little doubt Brits are among the world 's most powerful boulderers , but put them on anything higher than an average cellar roof and they climb , with very few exceptions , like pumped , nervous and confused lemmings . |
| 5 | ‘ Individually , they are very nice children , ’ says John , ‘ but put them together and they bring out the worse in each other — like football supporters . ’ |
| 6 | But put them away now , Miss Eyre . |
| 7 | And finally , the expert again we spoke about that , a good example really is in the computer world where you have individuals who get on really well with computers and programming but put them in a group and they really do n't provide any in fact if anything they take away from the group . |
| 8 | Harper has admitted lighting tufts of straw to see inside the barn , but put them out immediately . |
| 9 | ‘ But put it on his wife 's plate later without anyone noticing , ’ said Henry . |
| 10 | I picked up a book , but put it down again and began looking at a tiny red spider on the leaf of a geranium , ad lost count of time . |
| 11 | He had felt the same , momentarily , stepping into the dyeyard at Nicosia , but put it down to a foolish nostalgia . |
| 12 | She withdrew her finger when told but put it back in as soon as possible . |
| 13 | He did not eat it but put it in his pocket , where it would lie forgotten for months . |
| 14 | But put it in a Scotch Whisky bottle , and the tax is 19.81p . |
| 15 | Ellen wondered if she should perhaps look for a replacement , but put it off . |
| 16 | McAllister had a great chance but put it over the bar . |
| 17 | But put it down , they get some marks . |
| 18 | But put it this way |
| 19 | to five p.m. but put it on tape for God 's sake we ca n't stand this you know . |
| 20 | JEWKES : Not stand shill-I-shall-I as he does , but put you and himself both out of your pain . |
| 21 | In 1799 the shearmen of Wiltshire threatened those who were introducing dressing machinery : " if you follow this practice any longer … we will keep som people to watch you about with loaded Blunderbuss or Pistols And will certainly blow your Brains out it is no use to destroy the Factorys But put you Damn 'd Villions to death " . |
| 22 | It was characteristic of the radical agitational movements in Derry to echo ideas which were already widely accepted , but to put them forward in a more aggressive , combative and militant style . |
| 23 | When someone comes along and gives you a mouthful , not maliciously but to put you right , boy do you like it ! ’ |
| 24 | An agreement is needed , not merely to give up an amount of liberty , but to put it into the hands of some sovereign power . |
| 25 | A competition was held , in which Haycock won the second premium ; and it was then decided to adopt his design but to put it ‘ into the hands ’ of Thomas Harrison of Chester [ q.v. ] , who made certain minor modifications to it . |
| 26 | If there is a fracture it 's possible it may show up more clearly now , in which case I 'm afraid we wo n't have any choice but to put it in plaster . |
| 27 | We have recently succeeded in bringing in a number of new projects but to put it in perspective we need something like 250,000 hours of work a year and a major project like Tencel was about 50,000 in total . |
| 28 | In a stand-up scenario , as the crazy newsagent , Merton was on form ( although rarely at his very best ) , but put him in one of his sketches and the limitations of his acting are obvious . |
| 29 | He held her against his tweed-upholstered person while he waded out of the pond , but put her down immediately when he touched dry land . |
| 30 | After emancipation the state could transform recruitment by enlisting more people each year but putting them on the reserve list much sooner . |