Example sentences of "to put [pn reflx] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | As regular , well-known members of the church it is difficult to put ourselves into the shoes of the first-time visitor . |
| 2 | During a visit to the hairdresser 's I realized that we women are prepared to put ourselves through the most extraordinary practices in order to improve our image . |
| 3 | We 're going to always have to fight against it and we 're always going to have to put ourselves on the agenda and put our issues on the agenda . |
| 4 | We need to put ourselves in the other person 's shoes . ’ |
| 5 | The civil rights marches created an opportunity for Ian Paisley to put himself at the head of plebeian Protestant resistance to the civil rights movement . |
| 6 | No industrialist liked to put himself at the mercy of creditors . |
| 7 | He came into the room with a broad grin on his face and could hardly wait to tell me that not only had he managed to approach several people at work and ask them questions , but that he had decided to put himself to the test over the last few days and had , in fact , gone up to complete strangers in the street to ask them the time . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | He found it worth while to put himself to the trouble of finishing touches . |
| 10 | However , to knock down old buildings was to put himself beyond the pale — not before time perhaps , but hardly for the right reason . |
| 11 | I mean , he was able to put himself among the duped . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | But this had never required him to put himself in the spotlight . |
| 14 | or the one who seeks to put himself in the place of Christ . |
| 15 | The other is that he heard me following , and staged the attack on himself , with the help of some accomplice unknown — for it could n't have been done alone , could it ? — to put himself in the clear , and immobilise me long enough for the other person to get away , and the body to be well downstream . |
| 16 | ‘ David is keen to put himself in the shop window before the end of the season so he can be involved in a new club with their pre-season preparations , ’ said Town 's general manager Alan Smith . |
| 17 | With the opening of the International Convention Centre the city hopes to put itself on the tourist map . |
| 18 | The rich North Italian industrial city of Turin has decided to put itself on the international map with a biennial art and antiques fair to be held at the Lingotto , the spectacular former Fiat car factory , from 27 February to 7 March . |
| 19 | In this connection the whole of the local Komsomol press was ordered to put itself under the leadership of the party guberniia committees . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | Encourage her to put herself in the other person 's shoes with explanations and reasons along the lines of : ‘ How would you feel if … ? ’ |
| 22 | Unlike most artist-curators , Ms Smith has resisted the temptation to put herself in the show . |
| 23 | It 's hard to put yourself on the line ; you need incredible conviction , and you 've got to be dead sure about what you 're doing , because leading a band is absolutely riddled with paranoia . |
| 24 | However bad a landlord , there is a crucial rule that needs to be kept in mind if you do n't want to put yourself on the wrong side of the law . |
| 25 | You 're not , you do n't trust them , you 're not going to put yourself on the line are you , suppose . |
| 26 | ‘ It is hard to put yourself in the mind of a general , , Cameron answered . |
| 27 | This involves attempting to put yourself in the consumer 's shoes so as to identify with their hopes and expectations and finding ways of meeting these . |
| 28 | Empathy is the ability to put yourself in the other person 's shoes and see the situation from their point of view . |
| 29 | One useful trick is to put yourself in the position of their bank manager and ask what conditions you would impose before lending them any more money . |
| 30 | ‘ You have to be able to put yourself in the place of the athlete and work out what they need ’ , she says . |