Example sentences of "putting [pron] in the " in BNC.

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1 Thanks for putting me in the picture , Patrick . ’
2 He totted up the number of points according to guidelines worked out by Denplan with categories from A to E. In my case , the extent of dental work meant I scored 158 points , putting me in the most expensive category , E.
3 ‘ For putting me in the right frame of mind for facing that rat Silvio .
4 As the women talked and asked stupid questions about his novels he imagined putting them in the next one .
5 She got up and began walking round the kitchen , collecting a dirty cup here , a saucer there , putting them in the sink .
6 And , as Dalgliesh had heard him argue , for all their demands for equality of status and opportunity , putting them in the front line behind the riot shields , taking the petrol bombs , the hurled stones and now the bullets , only made the job of their male colleagues even more onerous .
7 If the rocks in your tank suffer from all-smothering algae I have found they can be kept clear by scrubbing off the algae then putting them in the oven or under the grill until they are thoroughly dry .
8 so I 've been putting them in the washing machine so maybe
9 Instead of putting them in the Credit Card Centre 's outgoing mail — they were all addressed to ‘ problem ’ areas — Steve called in the Fraud Section who made sure they were sent registered mail in plain envelopes .
10 ‘ People have very quickly got used to the idea of crushing their cans and putting them in the special bins provided .
11 These four factors may be justified intuitively by putting them in the context of the discounted cash flow ( DCF ) valuation model .
12 In a study of the Vikings , pupils might begin with the Vikings in their own area , but could go on to use the computer simulation " Raiders " , putting them in the role of Vikings deciding where and how to attack the British Isles .
13 The cost of a player in the fantasy league does not reflect his ‘ true ’ value ; for defenders and goalies it 's how many clean sheets , +4 points , or goals conceded — 1 point for each ( but they get points for nipping in the odd goal ; why Irwin is worth 3m and Tony 1.9m ) ; for the midfield and forwards it is how many they score , +3 points , and how many they assist with , +2 points , explaining why Speed is valued higher than Macca , as at the time of setting this up he was putting them in the onion bag .
14 There were a lot more long balls down the middle of the field than usual , simply because Beeny was putting them there whereas Lukic had got into the habit of putting them in the stand .
15 I 'm putting them in the back of the buggy .
16 You 're not putting them in the car boot sale mum .
17 I do n't know , they 're loa , looks like they 're loading them in , they 're putting them in the gar the school .
18 general letter to the police saying that we 're intending to do these surveys , just putting them in the picture and put a note in that erm once , you know , dates and whatever , you know , we 'll give you further details as and when we know
19 Well as he said well he did n't say but I mean it 's just a question of him putting them in the post .
20 No I ended up putting them in the box Joan had him out yesterday .
21 ‘ In a way , Jeff is putting himself in the position of being a cultural martyr , ’ says Ned Rifkin , exhibition curator for Washington DC 's Hirshhorn Museum , part of the prestigious Smithsonian Institution .
22 " The President has done a good job of putting himself in the position where Arctic drilling is seen as patriotic " , she said .
23 Dr Philip Myerscough , of Edinburgh University , said putting himself in the shoes of the consultant looking after Debra Busuttil he would have induced labour .
24 Blur , the Valentines and Dinosaur Jr on in the wrong order , at the wrong time , in the wrong place , before the wrong crowd , using inappropriate equipment , and putting you in the worst mood you could hope to be in for the Mary Chain ?
25 Call it : putting you in the picture .
26 I nearly forgot how old you are when I was putting you in the book .
27 And I thought of putting something in the paper , asking anyone born on April the tenth that year at Thorn House to get in touch .
28 No what about putting something in the middle then ?
29 But I accepted what G.K. Chesterton had put so well in 1911 : ‘ A woman putting up her fists at a man is a woman putting herself in the one position which does not frighten him . ’
30 But then she remembered what the wise old turtle had told her about putting herself in the dog 's place , and doing what she would want to have done to her .
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