Example sentences of "put [prep] the evil [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is too easy then for children to put off the evil day when they have to get down to work . |
| 2 | As one tutor put it : ‘ The temptation to put off the evil day is irresistible for most people . |
| 3 | It 's in their interests to put off the evil moment for as long as they can . |
| 4 | I was trying to put off the evil moment . |
| 5 | If he had accepted her invitation to supper she would have taken it for encouragement ; he would simply have put off the evil day . |
| 6 | All you 're doing is putting off the evil hour . ’ |
| 7 | Putting off the evil hour , she suspected . |
| 8 | Others who put off the evil day may find it helps to book a weekend away together so that there is time to talk and listen to each other and sort matters out . |
| 9 | Until this legacy is tackled we believe MPG6 should make it absolutely clear that no new permissions should be granted , for to do so merely puts off the evil day when the problem of old permissions has to be confronted . |
| 10 | Until this legacy is tackled we believe MPG6 should make it absolutely clear that no new permissions should be granted , for to do so merely puts off the evil day when the problem of old permissions has to be confronted . |