Example sentences of "[noun pl] put [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The authors put it to us that every individual has a comfortable , or ‘ setpoint ’ , weight , around which our bodies naturally fluctuate . |
| 2 | It 's just that most offices put them in the open near the coffee machine or the Ladies loo and anybody can see what 's coming over . |
| 3 | Popular images of parent-child relationships put them in a special category , distinct from other kin relationships , and suggest that this is where we will find the strongest feelings of duty and obligation . |
| 4 | But 30 young drivers put themselves through it to try and win the title best young motorist . |
| 5 | Although there is much in these three books to put them in the category of Ruritanian adventure , Scott may be a stronger influence . |
| 6 | He would need to be continually finding opportunities to put himself on display to the populace : walkabouts , tours of business premises and factories and farms , appearances in pubs and clubs , visits to colleges and hospitals and homes for the elderly , attendances at all sorts of social functions and ceremonies — the list could be endless . |
| 7 | His hands moved to her shoulders to put her from him , then he released her abruptly before turning to walk along the path . |
| 8 | The only , the , there is only the project engineer can get into the databases to put anything in , or , or their clerical support , to get anything into the general notes about that particular |
| 9 | At Stackpoole Junction the two railwaymen put her on another train and sent her home . |
| 10 | In the 1470s the closest parallel is to be found in the north midlands , where Hastings ' possession of the key duchy of Lancaster offices put him at the head of the royal connection in the region . |
| 11 | In the 1470s the closest parallel is to be found in the north midlands , where Hastings ' possession of the key duchy of Lancaster offices put him at the head of the royal connection in the region . |
| 12 | Injuries permitting , he should finish this season approaching 600 career games — with a tally of goals putting him among the 300-plus elite . |
| 13 | In Chile , in an address to the Congress , Bush stated that the country 's economic policies put it in the " forefront of the free-market movement now taking hold across Latin America " and that this made it a " prime candidate " for debt relief proposed under the Enterprise for the Americas Initiative . |
| 14 | I think you 've probably had enough actually , you get he 's , just have one , one little bit , put your finger in , and then we 're gon na put it in the , er three fingers put it in the wash |
| 15 | And there 's a filter light and he said oh you 'll be waiting here ages put it in neutral just as |
| 16 | A series of brief telephone calls put me in touch with the keeper of the Chalice Well at Glastonbury who was able to give me chapter and verse on the well cover . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | Once again peacemakers put themselves between Saddam Hussein and the leaders of the alliance ranged against him . |
| 19 | According to Eurotunnel it is £7bn ; the contractors put it at £7.5bn . |
| 20 | He studied his charges as the other instructors put them through their paces . |
| 21 | I could n't get rid of my disability , became more staunch in my socialist politics , got rid of my accent and was thankful when my parents put themselves into enormous debt and bought a tip of a house in Croydon . |
| 22 | Silage was found mainly on the larger units as the cost of machinery and buildings put it outwith the scope of the small family and part-time farmers . |
| 23 | About two-thirds of all temporary workers put themselves into the seasonal , temporary or casual category , though the proportion was much higher amongst those in lower level occupations and much lower amongst those in more skilled , and particularly in " professional " occupations [ see Table 2.4 ] . |
| 24 | Naturally , in view of the political interest of Lord Milton and the Duke of Argyll , John Main was not left to languish in the state of promoted unemployment to which Colonel Haldane 's enmity had consigned him , but although they were able to secure a port appointment for Main which brought him a regular salary , it was at Bo'ness , on the Lothian shore of the river Forth and directly under they eye of Haldane 's ally , Collector Middleton , who sent the unfortunate Main ‘ on every drudgery piece of business to different places to put him to all the expence & trouble the Collector can devise ’ . |
| 25 | Of course , too much should not be attempted at any one time , and the ideas should not run ahead of our abilities to put them into effect . |
| 26 | Some of the boys who had just left school used to be mischieful when they brought the farm-horses in , but the smith had a few tricks to put them in their place . |
| 27 | It took 2 years to put it in place but I 've had 26 birds on the place . |
| 28 | The fact that the state is the guarantor of these undertakings puts them in a totally different trading position from that of their genuinely independent British counterparts . |
| 29 | ‘ I am asking for a mandate from the supporters and shareholders to put me on the board . ’ |
| 30 | It is no wonder that the profession is held in such low esteem , when accountants put themselves before their clients . |