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

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1 No doubt he 's putting me to the test to see how good I 'll be at sorting it out .
2 The High Elf army fell on the besiegers of Lothern , putting them to the sword .
3 In mid-October 1858 Alexander lent his imprimatur to Rostovtsev 's letters by putting them to the Main Committee .
4 Although she was nervous of putting him to the test , she knew that , sooner or later , she must .
5 Let me breathe then , ’ she laughed , giving him a big hug before putting him to the floor .
6 well I , well that 's why I 'm not putting it to the vote
7 ‘ I look forward to putting it to the test . ’
8 Now it 's true that since the second world war all wars have been limited in one sense or another , but then comes the question , if you do , in fact , succeed in defining objectives er and de in defining the means to those objectives , how can you know in fact that you possess genuine capability without putting it to the test , without actually fighting the war and then finding that you can not win it ?
9 Putting themselves to the test … grasstrack racers go for gold .
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