Example sentences of "they put [pron] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Second , they put themselves on the defensive by shying away from subjects like food scares and by protecting the rogues within their industry . |
| 2 | It was the way they put me on the right track that made me wonder — guiding angels in the Bible have a habit of appearing as two young men . |
| 3 | Ah well they put me on the top rate of pay , which was quite good , thirty five shilling a week . |
| 4 | They put me in the same category as Martinho . |
| 5 | Or they put them under the wrong door . |
| 6 | I wonder why they reduced them then , if they put them in the new catalogue , oh there 's a slight difference ai n't there , there 's no bow |
| 7 | They put us in the deep end with everything that came along , you know , you really had to learn by doing it . |
| 8 | They put us in the padded room overnight . |
| 9 | When parents criticize or disapprove of what their children do ( when unacceptable ) , the fact that their offspring love and respect them puts them on the same side as their parents ; it means that they will take what is being said seriously , and will emulate them by beginning to criticize their bad behaviour themselves ! |