Example sentences of "[adj] [verb] to put the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is as impossible as it is undesirable to try to put the clock back and treat the majority of pupils as being necessarily philosophical and theological infants incapable of any more . |
| 2 | So , they 've had to get men in , to board the windows up then if somebody else gets the house , they 've got to get these men to come and take the boards down again , then they glazier has to put the window in . |
| 3 | Nigel Roberts , Brymbo 's dynamic match-winner , is one of six full Welsh international looking to put the blocks on Flintshire 's bid for a repeat appearance in the final . |
| 4 | While British officials were busy trying to put the best face on the evident lack of progress at the talks , the Chinese delegation was eager to emphasise the differences between the sides . |
| 5 | Towards the end of a long and tiring night shift , when news was coming through of the murder of another member of the RUC , one policeman in particular decided to put the field-worker through a test of trust . |