Example sentences of "put [pron] on [art] " in BNC.
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1 | The house was semi-detached , which put them on a higher social level than the people who lived in the long uniform ranks , a pleasant , gravel-faced house which had been built after the war and which had a good sized garden back and front , three bedrooms , a bathroom — and an outside toilet , coal house and glory hole . |
2 | They were also subject to the English Parliament , which put them on a different footing from the King 's Scots or Irish subjects , who had Parliaments of their own that were not subordinate to the Westminster Parliament in the way that the Virginia assembly was . |
3 | To enjoy out-of-season greenery , pot up small root pieces of mint , put them on a warm windowsill and they 'll soon romp away . |
4 | ‘ Yes , put them on a Code Red standby . |
5 | Girls are so much easier , if you put them on a blanket at least all they do is wet it . |
6 | We bring them home , kill them , and put them on a whitethorn bush . |
7 | You bury them under bits of the motorway , and if the motorway 's finished , you put them on a traffic island with bushes on it . |
8 | Put them on a window-sill and water them every two or three days . |
9 | What they added was a sense of grandeur — they took blues licks and put them on a epic scale . |
10 | She made a chicken salad and poured herself a glass of chilled white wine , then put them on a tray and took them into her sitting room . |
11 | When he had gone out , she gathered up their scattered clothes then folded them tidily and put them on a chair . |
12 | I got half a dozen drunks and three women dressed as Mother Christmas and put them on a truck and we drove round the West End on the busiest shopping day of the year playing loud jazz and bunging up the traffic . |
13 | I 've got them on in one room , er I put them on a little bit |
14 | What they added was a sense of grandeur — they took blues licks and put them on a epic scale . |
15 | She took out her warmed mince pies and put them on a tray . |
16 | Then use anything — mugs — egg-cups — put them on a tray to catch the drips . |
17 | John , who is a regional organiser for the CCBN , explains : ‘ The clubs that do accept single men usually put them on a 12 month waiting list to let them prove they are serious . |
18 | Put them on a list and wait . |
19 | Put them on a did n't they , then load them load |
20 | Put them on a plate , right ? |
21 | Cos what I 'm doing , I put them on a series and keeping them for revision . |
22 | Well I must admit , I have , I mean I do n't do well I used to make quite nice cakes , since I 've had this new cooker mine wo n't ri I mean they rise , there 's no doubt about that , they rise , but I can take them out , put them on a cooling rack and watch them deflate ! |
23 | Just take a couple and put them on a plate ! |
24 | On Dec. 16 the Netherlands authorities expelled 43 Russian Jews and put them on an aeroplane to Israel after their applications for asylum were turned down ; a further nine were expelled on Dec. 23 . |
25 | ‘ Others take my beers even if they 're warned not to — they sometimes put them on the bar without pump clips . ’ |
26 | And finally , only a year or so later , turned them out of house and home — put them on the street , as women who failed to be properly grateful to the fathers had been put for centuries . |
27 | The Government can not pretend to be concerned with security at army barracks and then , without regard for the soldiers , put them on the streets of London as easy targets for the terrorists . ’ |
28 | The Government can not pretend to be concerned with security at army barracks and then , without regard for the soldiers , put them on the streets of London as easy targets for the terrorists . ’ |
29 | Philby claimed he thoughtfully put them on the right track to divert suspicion from himself . |
30 | I put them on the chairs , here in front of the fire , to dry nut and the kitchen was like a steam-bath all winter . ’ |