Example sentences of "[adv] to put the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To question him in detail and endeavour to reconcile his answers , to closet him with accountants and sharp practitioners learned in the wiles of insolvency and bankruptcy , was only to put the case out at compound interest of incomprehensibility . |
| 2 | In England , also , complaints of the difficulty of finding capable diplomats can be heard until far into the eighteenth century ; and many agreed to serve only to put the government under a moral obligation to find some acceptable post for them at home on their return . |
| 3 | ‘ I was n't quite brave enough to put the champagne in the fridge on election night , ’ said Edmund Vestey , chairman of the Campaign for Hunting . |
| 4 | Observers did not deem them serious enough to put the election results into question , and the UDF , which had described the elections as dishonest and unfair on June 14 , issued a statement on June 22 supporting the Central Electoral Commission . |
| 5 | ‘ All that has happened to me has helped open my eyes and I am still young enough to put the past firmly behind me . ’ |
| 6 | But if I were a free agent , I think what I 'd do now is keep Rainbow hammering away at this lost cause just long enough to put the wind up those damned smug ben Issachars . |
| 7 | That 's just to put the water in to put your urine in you see . |
| 8 | R : in those days + when we were young + there was no local fire engine here + it was just a two-wheeled trolley which was kept in the borough + in the borough eh store down on James Street + and whenever a fire broke out + it was just a question of whoever saw the fire first yelling ‘ Fire ’ + and the nearest people ran for the trolley and how they got on with it goodness knows + nobody was trained in its use + anyway everybody knew to go for the trolley + well + when we were children + we used to use this taw [ t– : ] + it smouldered furiously + black thick smoke came from it and we used to get it burning + and then go to a letter box and just keep blowing + open the letter box + and just keep blowing the smoke in + you see + till you 'd fill up the lower part of the house with nothing but smoke + there was no fire + but just fill it up with smoke + just to put the breeze up + just as a joke + and then of course + when somebody would open a window or a door the smoke would come pouring out + and then + everybody was away then for the trolley + we just stood and watched all of them + + |
| 9 | And just to put the icing on the cake he has named it Black Forest Chateau . |
| 10 | Just to put the coffin into the house , the would n't have to take a window out to put the coffin in |
| 11 | It is very rarely sufficient just to put the product on the table and expect the photographer to get on with photographing it . |
| 12 | In the 72nd minute , a defensive mix-up let in Wayne Wren and he slotted the ball home to put the home side ahead . |
| 13 | Ged Kennedy made it 2–0 before Willie Wilson headed home to put the issue beyond doubt . |
| 14 | If the former Soviet Union and all the republics are ever to put the situation right , the most urgent job is to bring about economic reform . |
| 15 | Somewhere to put the Steinway grand ! |
| 16 | For those who find it too difficult to discuss , any member of the Membership Services Sub-Committee would be happy to come along to your class or coffee morning etc. to put the case for you — please contact . |
| 17 | My purpose in this series , however , is not to write about specialised shots , but rather to put the spotlight on faulty shots , and explain how to overcome them . |
| 18 | Using the tow you can obviously go higher which gives you much more time skiing downhill to put the theory of turning into practice . |
| 19 | Now to put the other to the test ! |
| 20 | I 'll have to catch the 7 a.m. train to Nottingham , which means getting up at 5 a.m. to put the slap on and climb into the overalls . |
| 21 | Or even to put the pressure on him , maybe ? |
| 22 | simply to put the matter into effect , and cover it , that apply to erm |
| 23 | And er we had to have er for the spr er for springs the er the buffers er we had to have a er a tool then to put the pressure on on to the buffer springs . |
| 24 | Courtaulds ' Viloft fibre is pedalling hard to put the performance back into sportswear . |
| 25 | Tammuz had the feeling he must be appearing like a predatory beast at that moment , and wished Zambia was there to put the kid at his ease . |
| 26 | ‘ I 've nowhere to put the gravy jugs , ’ wailed Emily . |