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

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1 Do you want me to put the sound on ?
2 These costs include the re-filling of fire extinguishers or damage caused by the fire brigade to a building to enable them to put the fire out and would be covered under the fire section .
3 ‘ You sussed that I am in with Carmichael , and you want me to put the drop on him . ’
4 want me to put the mop on ?
5 And Quinn added : ‘ Bobby told me he needs somebody to put the ball in the net .
6 If there is to be a major publicity launch of some kind , or you 're going to have , if you 've got an advert in some magazine , journal , newspaper or whatever , and you 're asking for people to call in , please let the switchboard know who to put the calls through to , and what it 's likely to be about .
7 She also used it to put the fires out .
8 The Count advised me to put the house in my daughter 's own name .
9 This seems somewhat cool behaviour , considering that the governors appear to have done nothing to put the medal up for competition .
10 Prince Saud al-Feisal , the Foreign Minister , has been calling upon the MPs to urge them to put the future of their country before any factional ambitions .
11 customers and how much it 's actually cost you to put the jobs right .
12 On Nov. 29 he declared : " We must do everything to put the right-wing rabble in its place and hit the culprits with the full force of the law . "
13 Yeah I just told her to put the top on the pen when she was having a drink , because she had the pen in her hand
14 The Primitive Methodists , whose work was mostly amongst working people , admitted with a sorrow they could not hide that ‘ the growing worldliness of men needs a faithful and independent ministry ; the increased educational facilities and the advance of science challenge us to put the best talent we can produce into the pulpit ’ .
15 ‘ From our very first meeting he has always told me that he would never do anything to put the Soviet Union 's security in danger — and he knows that I would never endanger our security .
16 Would you like me to put the kettle mummy ?
17 Now would you like me to put the kettle on or not ?
18 If you go back to the time United Biscuits felt they had to close their Liverpool factory , the bishops up in Liverpool marched on Hector Laing and tried to persuade him to put the decision off .
19 She rushed to obey , fumbling about hopelessly until her dazed mind ordered her to put the light on .
20 Staff , learning of some intimate aspect of a prisoner 's life , perhaps from seeing a file or overhearing a chaplain or social worker discuss confidential information , would be expected to use it to put the prisoner down .
21 No sooner had we done so when a staff officer drove up in a car , accused us of looting and ordered us to put the tins back in the cases .
22 This will enable us to put the spotlight on those inner city LEAs and schools which are failing their pupils .
23 We needed someone to put the message across and this is where Jane came in — she is a long-time supporter of WWF and now one of our Trustees .
24 Paul Byrne is sheer quality but it does n't matter how well a team are playing if they do n't have someone to put the ball in the net . ’
25 I would like to follow up your article on the Letters page of April 's Woodworker by asking you to put the following question to your experts or readers .
26 Do you have something to put the strength back in a poor old woman ? ’
27 Her training , and her experience , had taught her to put the patient first , whatever her own feelings might be .
28 It was soon after that that Tom the cabin boy 's Aunt Clarabel asked him to put the cat out .
29 Well , I could go to the casting and asked him to put the pattern in and fire it for it , to cut the sand out like that , you know so that the metal 'd run in like that and you 'd got the big head as you wanted , you know and er it 'd take you like castings with the machine and all that sort of thing , it was all hand stuff you know and yeah
30 and then , she tells me to put the phone down , and she rings me back .
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