Example sentences of "[modal v] put [adv prt] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I must put out the candle or it will burn itself out . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ And you thought your girl 's father might put up the money ? ’ |
| 3 | ‘ I 'll put on the light ; it will make the dream seem less real . ’ |
| 4 | If we had anyone who could put up the money then we 'd buy our own and resell it at the end . ’ |
| 5 | He used to sleep in the church during air raids so that he could put out the fire bombs . |
| 6 | So I figured I 'd put up the five g's , get my name in the papers , maybe ease off the pressure a little . |
| 7 | Eventually , after failing to distract Gentle from his labours , she 'd put down the phone and traipsed back to her cold bed in a foul humour . |
| 8 | Erm well I 'd put down the U N |
| 9 | The parallels between the methods used to suppress unrest in Lhasa and those used to put down the student-led demonstrations in Peking made the award a double indictment of China 's human-rights record . |
| 10 | It would be a brave private investor who would put up the huge initial capital or loans for what is , at the best of times , a high-risk , long-term investment when there is a prospect of long , drawn-out proceedings in the International Court of Justice — and even of a moratorium on activity . |
| 11 | ‘ Silver would put up the pirate 's flag , the Jolly Roger , ’ said Ben . |
| 12 | Does my right hon. Friend agree that higher taxes and minimum wages would put up the costs of British businesses , making them uncompetitive and costing them jobs ? |
| 13 | After a further series of internal meetings taking several days , they eventually agreed to pay half the sum , provided another organisation would put up the other half . |
| 14 | Dealers would put down the phones , crowding in a circle round the contestants . |
| 15 | She would put out the lamp in a little while , she promised herself . |
| 16 | Lift up the strong in arm for they shall put out the chairs , blessed are they whose heads are bursting with ideas , for they should be put on the programme committee . |
| 17 | It 's a little like listening to those debates in parliament where parliament vote themselves extra salaries and I feel very uncomfortable in this process , I thought I might be coming here this morning to disagree with my own group , or those members of them that do n't agree with me , perhaps joined with the conservatives in opposing this motion , but I find in fact that everybody is saying oh let's put up the er , the heading , I feel very uncomfortable with this having spent six months in the budget review , criticising officers up hill and down dale every time that they exceeded their budget , having told them that either they balance their budget or that they came in next year with a budget with no more than a one and a half percent increase , or their successors would be doing it for us . |
| 18 | ‘ What we are saying is that the ITC will put up the name . |
| 19 | To promote epoflex , the administration is telling states that it will put up the cash to lay test stripes . |
| 20 | According to Shaw : ‘ If we do what we say we are going to do for investors they will put up the money for T&L if it has a good acquisition opportunity . |
| 21 | It is possible for the future to appear in the subordinate clause as well : The firm will expand if the investors will put up the money , although the normal pattern is the future tense in the main clause , followed by the present tense in the subordinate one . |
| 22 | I note that , unlike the Labour party , when the hon. Gentleman 's party advocates increased public spending , it is at least honest enough to say that it will put up the basic rate of tax . |
| 23 | His party says that it will put up the basic rate of tax . |
| 24 | ‘ These will put up the value of my land , ’ she said . |
| 25 | Watts fears not : he fears a return of union militancy ; he fears Labour 's desire to bring water under greater public control will put back the modernisation of the industry . |
| 26 | You can put down the concrete base and build the kit garage yourself ; lay the base but let the garage manufacturer build it ; or leave everything to him . |
| 27 | ‘ It 's tough , but I think we 've all a debt in these league situations and I 'd like to think Quins can put out the first-choice team or as near to it as possible . |
| 28 | ‘ I can put out the announcement but I do n't think James Worsdale will show up . ’ |