Example sentences of "put me [prep] [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He never put me on a heavy job until at such times he thinks I was fit . |
| 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 | Then she walked with me to a bus stop — I had to take one step every two minutes , and that in slow motion — waited with me , put me on the right bus and reminded the conductor where to let me out . |
| 4 | Ah well they put me on the top rate of pay , which was quite good , thirty five shilling a week . |
| 5 | My best friends , Ada , Nora and Nives , all had bicycles , which put me at a serious disadvantage . |
| 6 | ‘ You know you put me in a bad position going off like that . |
| 7 | While I ca n't say I actually enjoyed the experience — as usual , two shirts flaked me out and put me in a bad mood for the rest of the day — I did find the whole process a whole lot easier on the nerves than throwing a glass of water across a shirt in the hope that somehow the creases , along with the water , would eventually evaporate . |
| 8 | A tall and smartly dressed Englishwoman took my hand and put me in a chauffeur-driven car and , suddenly , after three months of confinement behind barbed-wire fences , we were driving away , through the barrier and down the lanes thick and bright with the leaves and flowers of spring . |
| 9 | ‘ The police took me to prison without a change of clothes , put me in an awful cell , I was amazed that I was accused . ’ |
| 10 | You put me in an embarrassing position . ’ |
| 11 | When I was running away they put me in an approved school for girls run by nuns . |
| 12 | They put me in an isolated pit for the first few weeks . |
| 13 | I won , which put me in the final contest between all the winners of the ‘ All Winners ’ contest which was to be televised , live , from the London Palladium in July . |
| 14 | On the day I drew peg 45 which put me in the private meadow below the Teme mouth . |
| 15 | I mean look at myself , my father was a doctor , his father was a schoolteacher , so the way one used to look at things , that immediately when I was born put me in the middle class erm bracket . |
| 16 | The words and melodies of the hymns used during the day all helped to put me in a receptive mood . |
| 17 | My need of M. Chaillot 's advice put me in a weak position . |
| 18 | I could not pursue a conversation that would put me in the degrading position of having to ask Otto to fill in further gaps in my knowledge and understanding of my own lover . |
| 19 | ‘ This does n't put me in an embarrassing situation , it puts Ian Wright in one . |
| 20 | ‘ For putting me in the right frame of mind for facing that rat Silvio . |
| 21 | I like that one and now you 've put me in a difficult position cos I like that one , have that one , but I like the lockable cupboard on the other one . |
| 22 | ‘ I 've seen him myself , or else hearing about it has put me in a special state of mind , and all the other factors have come up right , atmospheric conditions , combinations of light and dark , what you like , and made me create what I believed I was seeing . |
| 23 | ‘ You 've put me in an impossible position , ’ Modigliani said angrily . |
| 24 | Dumbo puts me in the front passenger seat and seats himself behind . |