Example sentences of "[v-ing] to put [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | It is this is a totally disgraceful situation , and I 've also explained that to my brother and I am endeavouring to put this situation right , erm but it is a conflict of interests and I do n't really know what else I can say . |
2 | Looking to put more punch into cordless drills , Luna Tools and Machinery Ltd is introducing two new Torque Force impact drills from Ryobi , the TFI-180i and the TFI-230i . |
3 | Even after deciding to put public service behind him and concentrate on the private sector , he has never quite seemed able to escape involvement with government . |
4 | Even as she said it , she recognised what she was doing — attempting to put some distance between them by drawing in her daughter , as a shield . |
5 | Alexei was attempting to put two-handed pressure on his sword to break Rostov 's grip . |
6 | Now we 're going to put that knowledge to work . |
7 | burglar alarm cost a , the whole system costs a lot of money to set up , so if you 've got in here it 's not going to put that expense to set that up . |
8 | Have you decided whereabouts you 're going to put that light at the front ? |
9 | ‘ London is not going to put serious pressure on Articles 2 and 3 . |
10 | ‘ Father 's going to put another clause in the will , ’ she said rapidly . |
11 | And now ’ — he made a gesture that cleared the air around them of all such trivia — ‘ I want to show you a machine that 's going to put some spirit into my work this summer . |
12 | Well we were lucky in that we 've been able to do , have a , a very good relationship with a company called well known in the marine side and they put in forty five thousand pounds into er the scheme and promised that before Christmas and that was reading the paper one day in November the , the Robert the National Heritage Minister saying that they may be , may , if you 're lucky , going to put some money into sport and er so we contacted them and we were one of the first sports to get , had money doubled as they say in the bingo hall , so we er we now have ninety , ninety thousand pounds and which I wh has been distributed or will be distributed in the , in the following way so that 's how we 're gon na spend it and er these er , the administration represent we were basically overwhelmed with enquiries and s we took on a person in order to , to do it , the normal R Y A staff had already got enough on so we took on a girl called Sara who answers all the queries on the Year of Youth Hotline and erm we are also running the boat shows , the four or five N B L challenge which is the flagship event for our sponsors which is er I wo n't go into the , the details but is a , a talent fight , talent spotting event for under sixteen year olds around the country and it provided fleet of dinghies , the prize for which is a dinghy which is not , not a bad prize I think you 'll agree . |
13 | I I 've got some mashed potato and carrot there I 'm going to put some onion on top of that I 'm going put |
14 | ‘ If you call the police or the ambulance I 'm going to put this fun in your mouth and blow your fucking head off . ’ |
15 | In the interests of our future guests we 're going to put this room 's mattress to the test . |
16 | ‘ So you 've learnt something , have n't you ? ’ she retorted , daring to put some spice into it , since she felt somewhat persecuted by his teasing manner . |
17 | The fact that it was later more generally recognized is in part due to the attention which Roth 's scholarly and semi-popular writings attracted ; and the circumstances that his findings have not always survived the scrutiny of able younger scholars itself attests his own success in helping to put Jewish history on the academic map . |
18 | After the calamity of their Tennents Scottish Cup defeat at Falkirk last week , Celtic travel to Aberdeen today aiming to put that disappointment behind them . |
19 | Mr Gonzalez has also been striving to put some shine on his party 's tarnished image with a blend of promises and apologies . |
20 | It was really good gliding around the time hardly having to put any effort into it at all . |
21 | He had been trying to put inorganic chemistry into an intelligible form for his students at the University of St Petersburg , when ( in common with various contemporaries in various countries ) he realized that if the elements are set out in order of increasing atomic weight , they display periodicity : similar elements recur at regular intervals . |
22 | But then again I 'm not trying to put that defeat down to one person . |
23 | She pressed down harder on the gas pedal , coaxing more speed from the car , trying to put more distance between herself and the maniac in the Audi , but whoever was driving the pursuing car had no intention of letting her get away . |
24 | Utterly dismayed , she wriggled forward a little , trying to put some distance between them . |
25 | ‘ Quite honestly , Rosemary , he 's not so good , ’ Leith answered , hating to put any pressure on her friend but not knowing how else she could answer . |