Example sentences of "put [pers pn] [prep] the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Philby claimed he thoughtfully put them on the right track to divert suspicion from himself . |
| 2 | Unless I put them on the outside wood . |
| 3 | ‘ 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 . |
| 4 | Or they put them under the wrong door . |
| 5 | Put them in the hot seat and question then to find out . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | and put them in the spare room |
| 8 | She picked a mixed posy of flowers and put them in the small basket she was carrying , and then wandered down through the orchard . |
| 9 | Place a sausage on each of the remaining cocktail sticks and put them in the other orange . |
| 10 | 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 |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Sometimes the they make a fuss if you put them in the wrong place . |
| 14 | 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 |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | Ah well they put me on the top rate of pay , which was quite good , thirty five shilling a week . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | On the day I drew peg 45 which put me in the private meadow below the Teme mouth . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | Put you in the front seat hold on Bryony wants to get back in the buggy . |
| 22 | Put him in the wet treatment-room . ’ |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | He just put it to the poor bastard . |
| 25 | LEFT Especially if you are not used to fitting a check chain , take care to ensure that you put it on the right way round . |
| 26 | But make sure we put it on the right side though ! |
| 27 | So , I put it on the other way round this morning and he hates it , I 've only just done it |
| 28 | ‘ We did not want the burden of administration falling on the taxpayer so we put it on the prime beneficiary , which is the farmer himself . ’ |
| 29 | The Rosewood 's very close to a Jazzmaster sometimes , actually , because it 's very sweet ; when you put it on the front pickup it 's very mellow . |
| 30 | When I had eaten the first course of cabbage , and the second of meat pudding , potato and carrots , I poured cold water into my used billycan and put it on the lighted stove . |