Example sentences of "[vb pp] put [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 Its very length was designed to put off the rank and file member from reading it .
2 This crisis was not so much averted as won by the progressives , but only after Pope Paul had taken a hand and , on the issues that Suenens had wished to put to the vote , the progressives won a clear majority on 30 October .
3 The one where you are forced to have a group photo of the three acts you have separately promised to put on the cover that week
4 Photographs , videos and models will be used to put across the feeling of the Cumbrian farming landscape , including a section devoted to the Trust 's work , and the NHK will be making a donation of £50,000 towards the Trust 's Lake District Appeal .
5 But behind the glitter , an army of people are needed to put on the show , and keep it running .
6 And er at times , at spells , I 've got to put on the pink bandage , at times , you know , to get the swelling back down .
7 Er so , when I want to create a directory called put off the root directory .
8 I want to create a directory called put off the root directory .
9 ‘ In those stations it is the management that has now refused to put through the emergency calls .
10 Client particulars given to the firm after the deal is executed to put in the contract note do not identify the intermediary 's client for this purpose ; he was unidentified when the deal was done .
11 So like yourself , you 've got a daughter , who perhaps fifteen , twenty years ' time , will be getting married , at which point the policy could be surrendered to put towards the cost of the wedding .
12 And er I think perhaps if we could put a c are are we allowed to put round the table some
13 As we have seen , in a large number of colonies the authorities had been involved in publishing newspapers , Using both the colonial and local languages , they had tried to put over the official point of view , often in an attempt to forestall or counter alternative interpretations and opinions .
14 His eloquence was somewhat impaired by the presence on the bed of the current mistress , the Roman Catholic Duchess of Portsmouth , but eventually he succeeded in having her removed and in persuading the King to send for the Queen to seek her forgiveness for the wrongs he had done her ; the King however kept putting off the administration of the Holy Sacrament , and Ken was removed from the room in Charles 's last hours as he was received into the Roman Catholic Church by a priest smuggled into the palace by his brother and successor , James II .
15 Dunn believes the company has failed to put across the significant improvements made in the new car 's fuel economy , reduced emissions and extra safety .
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