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Example sentences of "to put [pn reflx] [adv] [prep] " in BNC.

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1	We 're all prone to do that , were all prone to take the line of least resistance and you find this not just in the truth but in any sort of community in life , in any area of life that wish to go , you , you may find this at work or at school , you youngsters , there 's always a little Johnny at the back is n't it , that , that will fit in the back row and think if I 'm back here teacher wo n't notice you see , were act were actually tuck himself up in the corner and er think well if I 'm , if I 'm up here nobody will notice me and see the day goes by and er we do n't have so much to do , those are the type of people that in , in , in a physical life er sort of going to sleep are n't they , they do n't want to accept responsibility and we , we find even in the truth , you 'll always find it in congregations like we have here in our congregation , we 're not different , we 're all the same are n't we , we 're all flesh and we 're all imperfect and we 're all prone to doing or wanting to do the things that are different or you know than , than what Jehovah wants us to do and we all want to tuck ourselves up a little corner sometimes and yet we should n't be like that and this is what the scriptures tell us and warn us about to put ourselves headlong into the truth , be whole sole , be awake , be alert , be vigilant to the things that are going on and there 's a lot going on in the truth at this particular time , things are changing , the scriptures tell us that the scene of the world is changing and that 's true is n't it ?
2	‘ We are not going to put ourselves out for them .
3	Women can certainly be competitive as individuals , but are less so at the group level ; many of us who went to all-girls ' schools found the competitive team sports at worst a real trial and at best something of a joke , even though we were quite prepared to put ourselves out in an individual context .
4	look in early nineteen forty eight where we are , wh where the land reform process had taken the Communist Party tt and then we could begin to look forward to where policy was going to go from there in terms of the military , political , economic , ideological future and what I 'm going to do today to , to begin with anyway is , is to just consider where we are and where it is we 're gon na go and in a sense we could , it might be helpful to , to put ourselves back in a position of being the central committee again .
5	A measure of Bryan Gould 's courage is his decision to put himself forward for both leader and deputy leader .
6	‘ Old Stubbly seems determined to put himself out of business .
7	If you 're a young disabled girl — say , in a wheelchair — it 's sheer culture shock to put yourself somewhere like Oxford Circus .
8	I 'm happy to put myself out for people here . ’
9	I have n't bothered to put myself down for tutorial or shall
10	Some large practices are beginning to put themselves forward as specialist advocates for smaller firms who ca n't specialize in that way .
11	The surveys were conducted in the context of a perceived need to encourage able people to put themselves forward for election .
12	People protect their own territories and are reluctant to put themselves out for other departments striving hard to provide a good service .
13	But I mean I say , that 's not the fault of the people who work there , there not going to put themselves out of work .
14	Humans have introduced mink to the British countryside — and the animals have proceeded to put themselves permanently beyond human control .
15	They will need a good showing to put themselves back in contention for a place in Britain 's Olympic squad .
16	Anxiety management training is about helping clients to understand what is going on , then teaching them skills to cope with anxiety , then encouraging them to put themselves deliberately into situations which create anxiety but with which they cope successfully .