Example sentences of "put it [prep] a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I put it with a fine one-ply in cream and the difference is amazing . |
| 2 | The Peacock Committee was convinced that it was no longer possible to recommend ‘ no change ’ to either the licence fee system or the funding structure of broadcasting as a whole ; the differences between the two sources of revenue would create recurring crises for the BBC and put it at a competitive disadvantage compared to the ITV structure . |
| 3 | I agree with what you 're saying but when I 've done it before and involved the pupil in such a report I put it on a separate sheet , so that |
| 4 | They put it on a bigger scale but the entertainment far below ours ! |
| 5 | Quiss apologized for setting it down on a hotplate , put it on a draining board instead , and splashed some water over its mask-face . |
| 6 | Cromwell , the head of state in the Republic , encouraged a reorganization of the East India Company , with a new charter which put it on a firmer basis . |
| 7 | Half bury the log or timber in soil in a part of the garden where it will stay damp , or put it on a shaded window-sill in a plastic container ( ice-cream carton ) . |
| 8 | It will pay you dividends , so long as you do n't say " Silly old codgers " and put it on a top shelf . |
| 9 | you know , just put it on a big table and just left it , we did n't have them sitting down |
| 10 | It may , may be in the husband 's sole name and maybe his lump sum on retirement would otherwise be going into his own account oh and they may say put it into a joint account . |
| 11 | And when you 've sorted , selected and decided which information you need for which purpose — a partial summary of the file , a form , letter or an invoice ; anything really — you put it into a standardized layout called a ‘ report ’ . |
| 12 | No , I 've been and spoken to them again this morning and yesterday , R S C left it there not O S D although it 's O S D's van , so they should 've come out to move it on Friday and the mechanics did n't turn up , then they lost the keys , cos yesterday myself and who was it , Lyn , waited up for the keys cos they were gon na move down put it into a safer spot . |
| 13 | " Take 1 pint of very thick cream , and put it into a fine damask cloth , previously dipped in strong salt water , and tie up . |
| 14 | Now , and not before , sprinkle it with salt on both sides ( a teaspoonful for each side is enough ) , put it into a clean cloth and leave it draining until it is to be used . |
| 15 | He drew in his breath sharply and gave the change to his wife , who put it into a double-clasped purse , which was then hidden in the inner pocket of a locked handbag . |
| 16 | Oh you put it into a different mode . |
| 17 | Nevertheless the constructive work of Communists in the Blitz and the war factories kept the Party alive and put it in a good position to exploit the opportunities for expansion that followed Hitler 's invasion of the Soviet Union in June 1941 . |
| 18 | He could take the redundancy money and put it in a separate account ! |
| 19 | She neatly folded the letter , put it in a blue envelope , choosing the blue in preference to cream for some reason , and addressed it . |
| 20 | When you switch to thinking of it as just another resource in the classroom , you put it in a different perspective . |
| 21 | But put it in a Scotch Whisky bottle , and the tax is 19.81p . |
| 22 | The danger of criticizing the appointment of particular judges was shown when in June 1980 a Belfast jury awarded £50,000 damages to a Northern Ireland county court judge for a libel contained in an article in the Economist suggesting that his appointment had been based , as The Times put it in a leading article , not so much on his ability but on the fact that he was a Roman Catholic . |
| 23 | Or put it in a left-luggage compartment somewhere . ’ |
| 24 | Mrs Burrows , unknown to Eva , promptly put it in a safe place , ready for the next rung of the ladder . |
| 25 | Having described the setpoint theory in convincing detail , Bennett and Gurin then put it in a historical context . |
| 26 | It measured up to precisely what he felt himself and he decided to put it to a higher power . |
| 27 | When we ger this fantasy football stuff going , would we be able to put it on a different server . |
| 28 | To take but one other example from an experimental approach common in the late 1960s and early 1970s , suppose one trains a mouse by putting it onto a small shelf in the wall of a cage with a grid flour which can be electrified . |
| 29 | A dozen years ago , half ICI 's sales were in the UK , tying the company 's fortunes to Britain 's anaemic manufacturing industry and putting it at a colossal disadvantage to rivals in more robust economies ; last year , the proportion was down to 21% , against 31% in the Americas , 25% in continental Europe , 17% in the Asia-Pacific region and 6% elsewhere . |
| 30 | He reorganized the life of the brotherhood , putting it on a sound basis of regular devotion , clear instruction , and caring ministry . |