Example sentences of "[verb] put [pron] [adv] in the " in BNC.

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1 But I wanted to try to put it right in the eyes of every football follower in the country , and rectify the idea that I was a 100 per cent failure like everyone thought I was .
2 ‘ But I wanted to try to put it right in the eyes of every football follower in the country , and rectify the idea that I was a 100 per cent failure , which is what everyone thought I was . ’
3 If someone had neglected to put it away in the buffet after supper , then with luck it had been forgotten and would not be missed .
4 ‘ That was an accident , ’ Aunt Emily said firmly , ‘ after you had put yourself considerably in the wrong by trespassing . ’
5 Probably the people whose advice had put him behind in the polls during the first weeks of the campaign .
6 Now that really does put you directly in the front-line when you 're answering the phone , so that call could be for anybody , when you take up a night-line call .
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