Example sentences of "put a " in BNC.
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| 1 | She 'd put a fifty-pound note in it and so she thought that it had been stolen . |
| 2 | I 'll put a mat in the kitchen for him later . |
| 3 | Frank Chapman , an executive council member of the EEPTU electricians ' union , was hissed and slow-handclapped when he asserted that scaling down nuclear power would put a brake on economic development in third world countries . |
| 4 | The Abbey National was less sanguine : ‘ This could effectively put a seal on the property market to the end of the year , ’ said a spokesman . |
| 5 | ‘ Buying Manchester United would be like buying a Van Gogh — you just can not put a value on it . ’ |
| 6 | Let me put a wild thesis to him . |
| 7 | It often pays the artist to try and put a ceiling figure on these expenses . |
| 8 | Charlie has taken a street sweeper 's job to earn the money to pay off the cruel landlord who would otherwise put a blind girl and her mother out onto the streets . |
| 9 | Given certain other conditions such as a high rate of growth in at least one manufacturing sector and a favourable institutional environment , an increase in the rate of net investment from say 5 to 10 per cent of national income could put a country on the path to self-sustaining growth . |
| 10 | To see if the fish are interested now , because they are still interested in bronze maggot , I will put a grain on the hook . |
| 11 | When the former blacksmith from Barnsley ‘ walked into the United dressing-room , he would put a hand on to a shelf in search of a package before he took his coat off . |
| 12 | Usually , diets do n't put a limit on fresh fruit but you need to choose carefully — some varieties are more slimming than others |
| 13 | Then Marie 'll put a record on , or sometimes the radio , and we just sit about chatting . |
| 14 | The manager of the neighbouring pig farm could n't put a figure to his losses , but thought them considerable , especially in May and June , when fox cubs start hunting their own food . |
| 15 | This should put a stop to the sort of attempt made by Hanson after it had successfully taken-over Imperial . |
| 16 | The only layer it might put a hole through will be in your back pocket — it costs £45 . |
| 17 | He can not put a foot right . |
| 18 | I 'd say you could put a lot of the abuse down to drink , though anyone with a black face was in trouble in Golcar that Saturday night . ’ |
| 19 | We 've got a lot of friends whom we can talk to about a policy generally , and where we can put a word in . |
| 20 | Failure to do that will always put a limit on even the most ambitious media barons . |
| 21 | Members may not put a second account number on a card . |
| 22 | Visa has recently closed a loophole that let AT&T put a telephone number on its Universal cards . |
| 23 | At worst , a poor rating can put a company out of business . |
| 24 | ‘ They should put a collar on it . ’ |
| 25 | I 'll soon put a stop to that . ’ |
| 26 | The conjurer would probably put a spell on him , turning him into a toad . |
| 27 | I will even put a bed there , in the corner beneath the small window . |
| 28 | I 'd never wear anything clingy ; I might wear a camisole , like this , but I 'd put a shirt over it before I went out . |
| 29 | Of course one must put a lot of effort into marginal seats , but in the long term you must not forget the safe ones too . |
| 30 | If you complained , he 'd put a curse on you . |