Example sentences of "[to-vb] [pron] to put the " in BNC.
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1 | 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 . |
2 | 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 . |
3 | 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 . |
4 | 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 . |
5 | 4 You work in a bookshop , someone has telephoned to ask you to put the last copy of a particular book ( which will be difficult to replace ) on one side . |
6 | Probably the easiest way I can explain to you how athletics has changed since Eric Liddell won Olympic Gold in 1924 is to ask you to put the situation in a modern context . |
7 | But now her husband 's lawyers are asking the High Court to order her to put the children back on a plane to the United States . |
8 | In the eighties estate agents actually called on Jarvis at the School to beg him to put the place in their hands . |
9 | I just have n't been able to motivate myself to put the time in |