Example sentences of "[was/were] [adj] put [pron] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Against the urgent advice of Keith , Fraser and other veterans , they decided that the English were afraid to put it to the test ; but they were not . |
| 2 | All , from Davout down to the humblest ranker , were eager to put it to the test . |
| 3 | The day her mother was due to put her in an institution Ursula Findlay , a nurse from Gloucestershire visited the ward . |
| 4 | I think it would have been perhaps better if you , somehow er , maybe er I du n no , you could erm , nothing to do with you so you ri you 're not in a position to be able to move them erm but if it was possible to put them in a , a different situation I think would have made a more interesting picture . |
| 5 | One said it was pointless to put him on a waiting list , but letters from a grain merchant 's and from Littlewood 's Pools promised to file his application and interview him when he returned home . |
| 6 | I mean , he was able to put himself among the duped . |