Example sentences of "[prep] put [pron] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 After putting them on the rail the sellers sent the buyers an invoice stating ‘ At sole risk of purchaser after putting fish on rail here . ’
2 He cried for put him on the bed , could n't do no college work so I just went to bed and left him .
3 ‘ But actually , being in that situation really helped to develop my ear , because a guy would come for a lesson and ask me to show him a lick from some song or other , which kind of put me on the spot !
4 So they just sort of put it on the market to see if it would sell ?
5 There were a lot more long balls down the middle of the field than usual , simply because Beeny was putting them there whereas Lukic had got into the habit of putting them in the stand .
6 Instead of putting them in the Credit Card Centre 's outgoing mail — they were all addressed to ‘ problem ’ areas — Steve called in the Fraud Section who made sure they were sent registered mail in plain envelopes .
7 And I thought of putting something in the paper , asking anyone born on April the tenth that year at Thorn House to get in touch .
8 Is it not also a fact that in this case it is clear that , if the Court of Appeal believes that he had no intention of flouting a court order and of putting himself above the law , that should be good enough for the rest of us ?
9 " The President has done a good job of putting himself in the position where Arctic drilling is seen as patriotic " , she said .
10 Although she was nervous of putting him to the test , she knew that , sooner or later , she must .
11 Instead of putting it in the power of the creditor to prevent his debtor from obtaining his liberty on giving up his all , it vested the right of a negative in the judges in open court , where it was more just to place it than to allow it to remain in the power of the creditor who , from motives of resentment , was less likely to decide impartially in his own cause .
12 Listen , listen to me , when it 's finished , instead of putting it in the box we 'll put it on that other one and listen to it for a wee while
13 This kind of putting oneself in the place of another and attempting to portray and communicate something through a medium which is unsuitable to it is very essential for an understanding of religion .
14 But I , I wanted to try something slightly different tonight as a bit of an experiment , I wanted us to sort of put ourselves in the position of the criminal and we plan a burglary of our house and see what , what we think about .
15 well if you 'd of put it at the top of the basket , I would of seen it
16 He would n't of put it behind the car I mean some people are stupid but
17 Let me breathe then , ’ she laughed , giving him a big hug before putting him to the floor .
18 He found them before putting them through the saw ?
19 As Russia 's only properly elected leader ever , he should hesitate before putting himself outside the law .
20 So , for perfect results , reduce everything to the lowest common denominator before putting it into the press .
21 ‘ I just wandered around and watched for a few minutes , to see how things were done , ’ she said over her shoulder , stowing a small block of fresh Parmesan in an airtight container before putting it in the fridge .
22 ‘ As daylight , ’ she snapped , before giving a heavy sigh as she realised that , yet again , the horrid man had succeeded in putting her in the wrong .
23 The Messiah has done for us what we could never do in putting us in the right with God ; and the gift of his Spirit releases us from the need to try to justify ourselves .
24 The answer is to unwind some of the absurdities of the intervention system which mean that far too much money is devoted to financing the depreciation of beef rather than to putting it on the table .
25 ‘ I look forward to putting it to the test . ’
26 Now it 's true that since the second world war all wars have been limited in one sense or another , but then comes the question , if you do , in fact , succeed in defining objectives er and de in defining the means to those objectives , how can you know in fact that you possess genuine capability without putting it to the test , without actually fighting the war and then finding that you can not win it ?
27 She had not visited Jackdaw Cottage since putting it on the market two months ago .
28 He used to put everything in the garden .
29 Thanks for putting me in the picture , Patrick . ’
30 Words are essential tools for formulating and communicating thoughts , and also for putting them into the storage of memory , but words can also become snares , decoys or straight jackets .
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