Example sentences of "put [n mass] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The top wage in the prison was around £2.60 a week and £3 in the workroom , and the woman who ran it — a civilian instructor , not a screw — was a real old dragon who put people on report at the drop of a hat . |
| 2 | But listening to you make that case it 's very similar to reading the great debate on franchise reform in this House in the last century , when people said we should be included and that people like us should be able to have the vote and put people into Parliament , it 's I mean it was just that you were you were making that plea about pro that the Board should be representative as being like the group who are benefiting . |
| 3 | Those guys put people into space , put our people on the moon . |
| 4 | " In the narrow mind of this Boy Scout person , with his doll 's face ( popin ) , who only just knew where I ran was , the Shah was a dictator who put people in prison and so had to be replaced as soon as possible with a democracy like the USA " . |
| 5 | Put 250g of Chiocciole to cook in plenty of boiling salted water . |