Example sentences of "put [pron] [prep] the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 The Americans came to London and invested large amounts of money in local film production , but put nothing into the creative infrastructure .
2 Philby claimed he thoughtfully put them on the right track to divert suspicion from himself .
3 Unless I put them on the outside wood .
4 ‘ You do n't wash your feet and put them on the dirty floor , do you ? ’ he asked as he got ready for the guests who would soothe the painful passage towards the critics .
5 If you want two matches to be satisfied simultaneously you put them on the same row in the criteria range .
6 Or they put them under the wrong door .
7 ‘ She collected all the patients ' false teeth last night — and put them into the same bowl !
8 Put them in the hot seat and question then to find out .
9 I 'm gon na lift a few mint roots Stefan and er plant them in a box of compost and put them in the warm greenhouse so they give me nice sprigs of fresh mint in a few months ' time .
10 and put them in the spare room
11 She picked a mixed posy of flowers and put them in the small basket she was carrying , and then wandered down through the orchard .
12 Place a sausage on each of the remaining cocktail sticks and put them in the other orange .
13 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
14 Put them in the top half of a double saucepan with the sugar , and steam them ( or if it is easier bake them in a covered jar in a low oven ) until they are quite soft .
15 They come in during the winter time , and take off their coats and sweaters and put them in the big dryer for a sixpenny warm-up .
16 Sometimes the they make a fuss if you put them in the wrong place .
17 She said go now to the electrical desk and you can pay for them when no I do n't want to do that and I made her come out with me and see I picked up those teddies in the bags and I went back in and put them by the electrical desk
18 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 .
19 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 .
20 Put me on the next train home ? ’ she suggested unsteadily , her pulses skittering recklessly .
21 Ah well they put me on the top rate of pay , which was quite good , thirty five shilling a week .
22 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 .
23 On the day I drew peg 45 which put me in the private meadow below the Teme mouth .
24 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 .
25 They put me in the same category as Martinho .
26 Put you in the front seat hold on Bryony wants to get back in the buggy .
27 Prentice reached up and put something on the thin collar of Rory 's shirt .
28 Put him in the wet treatment-room . ’
29 Now cover your whole head with a towel and put it over the steaming bowl so the towel forms a ‘ tent ’ to catch the steam .
30 She had the most ghastly pallor , Sabine thought , racing to fetch her jacket from the car and put it under the older woman 's head as a pillow .
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