Example sentences of "[conj] put [pron] [adv prt] " in BNC.

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1 Simply take something off or put something on , and your companion will never know the real reason you stopped .
2 ‘ She said I 'd have to pay the full amount or put it back in the freezer , ’ said Mr Parker , of York .
3 Sometimes he picked something up , squatting on heels to examine it , then slipped it into a bag that hung from his shoulder ; or put it down again , going on .
4 Never throw a fork or spade or put it down near your feet .
5 And , or put it down the cellar in the
6 or put it down the cellar , you see , out the way .
7 Then make a Jelly with pipins & put them in .
8 ‘ I 'm sure the manager knows that if I keep playing the way I am then he 's either going to have to let me go or put me in . ’
9 ‘ I 'm sure the manager knows that if I keep playing the way I am then he 's either going to have to let me go or put me in . ’
10 No detractor however imaginative or ingenious could find anything that would pain him or put him out of countenance .
11 Particularly if there 's any suggestion that anything a bit like hypnosis has been used um this er business of of well it must be the therapist making them up or putting them up to it in some way becomes a particular argument that 's raised quite often .
12 Urging them on or putting them down .
13 Ridding yourself of clutter does not just mean organising things into tidy piles , it means either being properly rid of them or putting them in or on something — like shelves .
14 I had to say something humorous without being a smart-ass or putting her down in any way .
15 They were n't used to doing this kind of thing — they were n't used to rock and roll or putting something up and taking it down every day , so really it was a white elephant from the beginning .
16 The GDR 's choice is between dealing with chaos quickly and overcoming it or putting it off .
17 I eat only fish at the Mermaid these days — not because I believe in dieting , but because I once suffered an awful chips surfeit that put me off them for life .
18 This is what applied mathematics should be about ; not the fallacious misproofs of Stoke 's theorem or the relentless linearisation of the nonlinear that put me off applied mathematics for 15 years .
19 And I bet it was his hair that put them off .
20 Was it the Chases ' dinner party that put it out of his mind ?
21 There may seem to be a lot of garlic involved here , but do n't let that put you off — this country-style stew is based on a Menorcan recipe and the traditional slow cooking gives the dish a sweet , mellow flavour .
22 But do n't let that put you off , because as with most cities , the only way to get to know the place is on foot .
23 No it is n't erm and erm even those who in , in my experience who did get through there was just an occasional er time when they did n't pass that part of it , they , they , they , they could n't quite manage that , the height side frightened them and er they failed , erm so there 's quite a lot of demands on them and I 'm sure that a lot of women could do it and a lot of women if they had the chance would do it or would , if they were willing to do it , but it 's not something that grabs most women , I do n't think it does , I think it 's the physical side that puts them off , and that is what is the problem with the Fire Service , it is a physical job .
24 It 's the one thing that puts me off breeding — I love children , but I ca n't stand babies . ’
25 Pearce , who signed a five-year deal worth around £1million two years ago , is looking for a rise despite a wage packet that puts him on nearly £4,000 a week .
26 Sanguinetti 's faction of the PC , although not opposed to privatization as such , opposed Lacalle 's plan to sell off state assets through direct negotiations with potential buyers rather than putting them up for public tender .
27 It was much more convenient than putting them out , see .
28 Except to note that now that the right honourable member for Chesterfield is publishing his former speeches as a video , it is rather a cheap operation to come and repeat them in the chamber er rather than putting them out er for public consumption there are places where he could repeat the kind of speeches just given , unfortunately the government is closing most of them down at the moment and putting the cut the inhabitants out in the community er but it had no relevance to the er the subject we 're dealing with today .
29 But he wo n't let that put him off his work .
30 Yeah and that put him out of his career .
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