Example sentences of "[noun sg] put [pron] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 You 'd like that , would n't you , Leith ? ’ he had the unmitigated nerve to put her on the spot .
2 Fairness to his creditors demands that he should not be able to deplete his assets in this way in a deliberate attempt to put them beyond the reach of his creditors .
3 The idea is that one does not really accept a universal rule unless an imaginative attempt to put oneself in the place of everyone affected still leaves one happy with it , for only so does one accept the prescription that the action should be done in that case in which it would be oneself rather than the other who was in such a place .
4 On their return to Orkney , however , the Social Work Department put them into the Camoran Children 's Home in Kirkwall .
5 look , yes you are , you er , you 're mummy puts you in the front , but she 's a lot taller than I am , and she can tip it up easier , I need James in the front because he 's the lightest , you 're the heaviest
6 I think I a bit put it in the back now .
7 This of course put me in the wrong .
8 MODEL Jerry Hall put herself in the picture when she opened an art show yesterday .
9 what a shame put it in the bank
10 More shaming had been his reluctance to put it to the test .
11 Mummy tell daddy to put me in the hall .
12 There 's nothing quite like sexy lingerie to put you in the mood so knock him dead on Valentine 's Day with some of this sizzling underwear from the latest Freemans Spring/Summer collection .
13 As one director put it at the time : ‘ I will not allow my social workers , one of whose core values is honesty , to go into people 's houses and behave in a fundamentally deceitful way ’ .
14 Hungary 's Democratic Forum , whose Hungary-first populism puts it on the right , also objects to the pace of reform that the Free Democrats want .
15 I know you play golf it might be a danger putting you on the golf courses .
16 ‘ Well , all this business putting me on the carpet … implying that I might leave you short . ’
17 Havant take over the daunting task of challenging for the European Cup in Amsterdam , with Hounslow moving to the south of Holland to compete at Vught where a favourable draw puts them among the favourites to reach Monday 's final .
18 He must still be in with a chance of making the tour — although Andy Gregory 's 11th-hour decision to put himself in the frame must have reduced the odds somewhat .
19 It seemed like an excellent opportunity to put himself to the test , see if his reflexes were as finely honed as they had been in the old days .
20 Parapsychologists have always complained that they did n't get enough funding , Randi says , so this was an ideal opportunity to put them to the test .
21 He could again ask parliament to put him at the head of the government .
22 So now 's your chance to put one past the man who conceded only 15 goals in 30 matches during Linfield 's championship winning season .
23 This is an ideal chance to put one over the Americans after Saturday 's 7–0 thrashing at the Breeders ' Cup in the Florida heat .
24 Um so erm I did have some I did have some references on this which erm unfortunately I I put to one side and I 've succeeded in losing so erm I did n't get the chance to put them on the handout but erm I 'm just alerting you to that area of debate and that area of enquiry .
25 The test now embodied in the UCTA is thus a hypothetical test , which requires the court to put itself in the position of the parties as they were ( and with the state of knowledge which they had ) at the time when the contract was made .
26 With the watery light in imminent danger of failing , we wedged our empty mugs in the sink , dropped the dock lines and took Islander out into Southampton Water to put her to the test .
27 He found it worth while to put himself to the trouble of finishing touches .
28 Breath-taking flight simulation puts you at the joystick from biplane to helicopter .
29 And the next day — well nearly — the Service put me on the list as an Administration Trainee .
30 Th this is a crunchy , sort off pot putting anyone within the employment service can request change to .
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