Example sentences of "[was/were] put they on " in BNC.
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| 1 | The aim was to put them on the spot — or at least to impress the Inspector with your knowledge and concern . |
| 2 | They were in costumes that , in spite of their crumpled shabbiness , recalled the garb of Count Arnheim in the opera of ‘ The Bohemian Girl ’ , and looked like fugitive kings and emperors beside the thick-set railway porter , in capacious velveteens , whose duty it was to put them on the right track towards the ‘ free land ’ . |
| 3 | He was putting them on the game , women and young girls who would otherwise never have dreamt of doing it . |
| 4 | I got her a pair of tough brogues from the plastic bag and all the time I was putting them on her she was looking at me with a vacant stare , her eyes still very wide , the pupils enormous . |
| 5 | I suppose what I did there was put them on the spot so how could I word that so that it does n't put people on the defensive so much ? |