Example sentences of "[modal v] put [pers pn] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well , my mum said he should put them through the letter box . |
| 2 | If any team member is at all suspect , the coach should put them into third position . |
| 3 | ‘ Then perhaps you should put them in a tumbler , ’ Trent suggested . |
| 4 | It should put us in mind of the old people in our own parish . ’ |
| 5 | no well you should n't put carrots in , you should put 'em in a separate pan |
| 6 | It should put you in the know , not keep you in the dark . |
| 7 | I should put it to the old man right away . " |
| 8 | Do you think I should put it on deposit at the Nat West ; or put it into Savings Certificates ; or Unit Trusts ; or just spend it ? |
| 9 | Of course , I should put it on the market , but dreams die hard … ’ |
| 10 | ‘ As soon as you have decided that you want to complain you should put it in writing , setting out all the facts and saying what you want out of it , ’ says Keith Richards , a senior lawyer with the Consumer Association . |
| 11 | Ideally , you should put it in writing , stating you need the machine by a specific date . |
| 12 | ‘ Every time you get a mask , Mildred , you should put it in the deep freeze . |
| 13 | You should put it in your building society and then draw it out and get a few bob on it . |
| 14 | You should put it in context though . |
| 15 | I think we should put it in there |
| 16 | Well it 's ‘ easy come , easy go ’ in those places , you should put it behind you and carry on with life , that 's the best thing . |
| 17 | You must put them from your thoughts now . ’ |
| 18 | Margaret , can you give me a phone number for her because I thought if they do that they must put her on plays with us students |
| 19 | Nay , I must not dwell on that now — I must put her from my mind . |
| 20 | But whatever our idea may be we must put it into some perspective . |
| 21 | I know you are doing that , but you must put it into words . |
| 22 | We must put it in the hands of trained Islamic scholars and get them to run tests on it . |
| 23 | It must put you in something of a dilemma , knowing that your boyfriend is rather heavily involved with him . ’ |
| 24 | If reserved for his personal use , it might put him at a certain advantage over his employer . |
| 25 | EIGHTEEN large American companies , are now testing prospective employees for genetic traits that might put them at special risk in their work . |
| 26 | He began to note down suitable thoughts and epigrams on pieces of office copy-paper , not really with the intention of learning them off by heart , but with the idea that he might put them in his jacket pocket and touch them from time to time during the programme to give himself reassurance , knowing that if the worst really came to the worst he could take them out and refresh his memory . |
| 27 | Or they might put her on a prison ship to Australia , as they 'd done with two girls from St Jude 's a couple of months ago , because — on those farms where the transported convicts worked all chained together — there was a shortage of women . |
| 28 | If only she knew someone , even of small influence , who might put her in the way of finding something more congenial — and in a genteel home . |
| 29 | The water 's on , I might put her in the bath and give the hair a quick wash . |
| 30 | ‘ Might put 'em in the oven , freshen 'em up a bit . ’ |