Example sentences of "[was/were] put [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Zak and Emil arrived together at that point , Emil ready to set the tables for lunch , Zak in theatrical exasperation demanding to know if the actors were to put on the next scene before the meal as originally planned , and if not , when ? |
| 2 | Although they might have been relatively cheap to build they were expensive to maintain , a point that some experts were putting at the time . |
| 3 | ‘ Nor was it a high risk situation from my point of view , because for these were tried and tested individuals we were putting on the field . |
| 4 | and er if it was applied retroactively the er estimates which were put for the European court |
| 5 | Other public institutions were put to the sword elsewhere . |
| 6 | These beliefs were put to the test when United Biscuits was obliged to close one of its main factories in Liverpool . |
| 7 | Even so , all her powers were put to the test when she flew to America to interview Madonna . |
| 8 | When the disputed questions were put to the practical test of revolution in 1917 , she saw the ‘ doctrinaire obstinacy ’ of the Bolsheviks on the national question as one of the key factors in the disintegration of the Tsarist empire in 1918 . |
| 9 | The visitors stayed at Tynemouth , where finishing touches were put to the plan of campaign , one of the main objectives being to beat the notorious Newcastle offside trap . |
| 10 | Heaven help her if that lie were put to the test ! |
| 11 | This last year those resources were put to the test and not found wanting . |
| 12 | It is astonishing that , when the facts were put to the Minister , he was unable to give the statistics on the number of offences involving knives and other weapons with which stabbings can be carried out . |
| 13 | That is what would happen if the matter were put to the House , but the Opposition seem to think that the matter could be resolved overnight . |
| 14 | However , fresh proposals to amend the existing rent policy were put to the Bar Council in March . |
| 15 | which gives a very comprehensive assessment er of er the i in terms of the Department of Transport 's own manual of environmental appraisal , sets out er information on all the routes that we that were put to the public as part of the consultation we did in nineteen ninety one . |
| 16 | ‘ Some would say that is a fanciful name for a place where heretics were put to the torch four centuries ago . ’ |
| 17 | Men , women and children were put to the sword . ’ |
| 18 | Eventually she was appointed as the Mission 's Scottish Deputation Secretary where the full range of her gifts were put at the disposal of the churches . |
| 19 | ‘ The potted shrimps were put on the table by the parlourmaid immediately before the guests entered the dining-room , ’ said Milsom . |
| 20 | More patients with various illnesses were put on the diet , and good results were reported . |
| 21 | It makes me want to roll up my sleeves , ’ McQuaid said in praise and plain enjoyment at the prospect of it as the plates were put on the table . |
| 22 | Bowls of the clear chicken soup they loved were put on the table . |
| 23 | For the third time this season Cheadle were put on the rack but they mustered their strength in the final quarter to open up a 14–10 lead . |
| 24 | If you were put on the rack , you were pinned with your back to the buttress — two boys , one on each side took your arms , put one foot up on the edge of the buttress and pulled — it was painful . |
| 25 | The sheets , etc. were put on the table with the dolls , and an explanation given . |
| 26 | It is not uncommon to find the spaces still blank in early books , the scribe not having arrived before the books were put on the market . |
| 27 | But no treatment was forthcoming as 10 million were put on the dole , two million on food stamps and hundreds of thousands out on the streets . |
| 28 | Various dazibao were put on the Xidan wall , which became a public noticeboard . |
| 29 | TWO boozy Geordie dads were put on the next flight home from Majorca for having no papers . |
| 30 | Rand found that some firms were even trying to avoid bad publicity by cleaning up sites before they were put on the Superfund list . |