Example sentences of "[was/were] put them [prep] " 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 | My first thought was to put them in the dustbin . |
4 | ‘ Our trick was to put them in different situations . |
5 | He was putting them on the game , women and young girls who would otherwise never have dreamt of doing it . |
6 | 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 . |
7 | I was putting them round the back and sat thinking about it and I said well we ai n't got no peat , so we had to rush over to Hetford and bought some very good peat , and erm , by the time I got back and started digging hole for them to go in |
8 | What he was putting them in a ? |
9 | It was a tray , a black plastic garden seed tray that we call a finds tray , and all then things he was finding he was putting them in there . |
10 | The cost of a player in the fantasy league does not reflect his ‘ true ’ value ; for defenders and goalies it 's how many clean sheets , +4 points , or goals conceded — 1 point for each ( but they get points for nipping in the odd goal ; why Irwin is worth 3m and Tony 1.9m ) ; for the midfield and forwards it is how many they score , +3 points , and how many they assist with , +2 points , explaining why Speed is valued higher than Macca , as at the time of setting this up he was putting them in the onion bag . |
11 | People are encouraged to look at the wills but constant handling was putting them in jeopardy . |
12 | 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 ? |