Example sentences of "[noun] put [noun prp] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Peace of mind puts Monty in the mood |
| 2 | Currie put Barnsley in the lead at Leicester but second-half goals by Walsh , Mills ( penalty ) and Wright gave promotion-chasing Leicester a 3–1 victory . |
| 3 | A Wolves penalty miss lets in Stoke Derby dig in to hold off Palace and Peterborough put Birmingham on the spot . |
| 4 | English statesman and twice Prime Minister ( 1784–1801 and 1804–6 ) : ‘ the pilot who had weathered the storm ’ , DS 61 ; increased the tax on windows , OCS 28 ; sought to adopt a neutral attitude towards the French Revolution , but on France 's declaring war on England put Britain at the head of a powerful anti-French alliance , TTC iii 8 . |
| 5 | It mattered little whether the plot put Cagney in the right or wrong or how the movie ended or whether the action was wrapped up in a sermon . |
| 6 | When they got back , Ruth put Lil into the cot for her afternoon nap and then went into the bedroom , to see how Connor was feeling . |
| 7 | John Smith , Mark Dickinson and Paul Sharkey put Whitby in the lead , but on each occasion Ian Scott ( twice ) and Trevor Laidler equalised . |
| 8 | Wilkinson puts Goran to the sword |
| 9 | Although Donald seems to have made no attack on northern England ( the usual means by which a new king rewarded his followers ) , William II set about destabilizing his rule , first recognizing Edgar [ q.v. ] , the oldest surviving son of Malcolm III , as king-in-exile , then sending north Edgar Atheling to put Edgar on the throne ( 1097 ) . |
| 10 | Derek Parkin , Darren Alberts and Ian Campbell put Whickham in the lead , but Martin Spragg , Andy Cunningham and Darren Palmer in turn equalised . |
| 11 | In more concrete terms , Pericles ' confidence in Athenian resources was superb but misplaced : his war policy put Athens into the red , and it was the demagogues , with their ‘ undemocratic ’ technical expertise , who got her out of it . |
| 12 | The ratings competition being what it is , Blitz put Morrissey in the cover of the magazine when , of course , it should have been graced by the familiar features of Elsie Tanner . |
| 13 | They were struggling just afterwards , as fly-half Paul Roblin put Park into the lead with a drop goal . |
| 14 | Javed beats boo boys to put England on the rack |
| 15 | Mr Smith scorned Mr Major 's claims to put Britain at the heart of Europe . |
| 16 | The canal network put Birmingham at the centre of Britain 's transport system in the 1780's , and these lovely waterways still provide green corridors through the city , where people can walk , row or cruise on traditional style narrowboats . |
| 17 | They were beaten 2-1 by Pender at Uddingston , where goals from Ian McWhinney and John Brotherton put Pender in the driving seat before Dave Jackson notched a last-minute consolation . |