Example sentences of "put [pers pn] in an [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some furnishings , pot-holders and ornaments have a very strong-smelling varnish coating , particularly cheap bamboo products with a glossy surface If you have any items of this sort , banish them or put them in an airtight container . |
| 2 | Put them in an ovenproof dish and pour over the cooking liquid . |
| 3 | All that stuff on our first two records I think is really cool and in some ways I prefer it to what we 're doing now , and I knew that once we took any of those songs and put them in an electric context people would go , ‘ Duh , it 's a good song ! ’ . |
| 4 | ‘ The police took me to prison without a change of clothes , put me in an awful cell , I was amazed that I was accused . ’ |
| 5 | You put me in an embarrassing position . ’ |
| 6 | When I was running away they put me in an approved school for girls run by nuns . |
| 7 | They put me in an isolated pit for the first few weeks . |
| 8 | Put her in an early grave ? |
| 9 | ‘ This does n't put me in an embarrassing situation , it puts Ian Wright in one . |
| 10 | Their defeat of Grange ‘ D ’ has put them in an unassailable position and they will return to division two after a season 's absence . |
| 11 | It would put them in an impossible position if a legally-binding Living Will demanded what they considered unethical or bad medical practice . |
| 12 | I try to present them as ribbons of metal because that creates the illusion of movement and I can put them in an off balance position . |
| 13 | ‘ You 've put me in an impossible position , ’ Modigliani said angrily . |
| 14 | This has always been a problem for heads because the structure of the service puts them in an isolated position . |
| 15 | I 'm sorry , I 've put you in an invidious position . |
| 16 | But having left till the morning when she was due , I could n't even let Cathy know because it puts her in an awkward position , suddenly turn up on the day . |
| 17 | ‘ Luce is fond of you and she does n't want to hurt you , but you 're putting her in an impossible situation by your pig-headedness . |
| 18 | Daphne Neville says the staff at the centre have put her in an embarrassing position . |
| 19 | The angry look on the judge 's sallow face showed that either his attendance in court that morning or Cranston 's arrival had put him in an ill humour . |
| 20 | He put her in an open boat , with no oars , at the mouth of the River Aberlessie which , the chronicle says , was called ‘ The Mouth of Stench ’ because of the thousands of rotting fish cast on the sands . |
| 21 | Putting it in an academic essay would certainly be unexpected , but it might be possible to claim that it is a regional/class standard written form . |
| 22 | So Dymo effectively uses FDC as a data collection device , collecting the data locally , validating it , and putting it in an electronic format for automatic transfer to the head office for consolidation . |