Example sentences of "put up " in BNC.
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| 1 | The floor was a bit damp but I could put up with that . |
| 2 | Violence in the home is as much a crime as violence from a stranger , so do not put up with it . |
| 3 | ‘ I could n't put up with that , ’ said Piggy-wig . |
| 4 | People would never put up with it before then . |
| 5 | The days are long gone when drinkers should put up with warm and often out-of-condition beer . |
| 6 | Without the new share capital , the banks would n't put up the £5bn syndicated loan which was to provide the bulk of the tunnel 's finance . |
| 7 | The razor will probably last several shaves — that 's if I can put up with its luminous yellow colour ! ’ |
| 8 | Pertwee 's the only one who could put up with Hatton for a moment , but no one 's willing to come out with it . |
| 9 | Should you hear curious snortings and snufflings from your garden after dark this spring , do n't put up the barricades . |
| 10 | ‘ What we are saying is that the ITC will put up the name . |
| 11 | At Aintree he beat The Thinker just over seven lengths and is due to meet him on the same terms , although Jimmy Frost , his rider , may put up a pound or two more than the minimum 10st . |
| 12 | They 'll often put up with dripping taps and wobbly shelves for quite some time before being motivated to fix them . |
| 13 | And Mr Hawick did n't seem to me the kind of chap who 'd put up with that . ’ |
| 14 | If so , public opinion in the western democracies would probably put up with quite a lot of blood and bodies . |
| 15 | Why put up with any foreign troops on German soil ? |
| 16 | Businesses will then put up prices to pay for the wage increases . |
| 17 | As in Spain after Franco , they can probably count for some while on a ‘ democracy bonus ’ : people will put up with hardship as the price of freedom . |
| 18 | They could no longer put up with that careless hullabaloo of lazy , cheerful people , they took offence at the laziness , or else at the cheerfulness . ’ |
| 19 | If we can afford it and they do n't put up the price . ’ |
| 20 | But if anyone moves to Belfast they will be unable to vote Labour because the party does not put up candidates there . |
| 21 | In short , there is no reason whatsoever under the rules of the Socialist International why the Labour Party should n't put up candidates against the SDLP in Northern Ireland . |
| 22 | Against his magnetic forces , my own ‘ evil ’ eye , which had anyhow long since started to abandon me , could put up no resistance . |
| 23 | At the time all I could think was , three days — anyone can put up with anything for three days . |
| 24 | — Did she put up a fight , then ? |
| 25 | Trailers are perfect for films that you can only really put up with if you do n't know what they ‘ mean ’ . |
| 26 | Manufacturers seem to think we 'll put up with any old crap ! |
| 27 | She would n't put up with shenanigans with Angela Brickell . |
| 28 | One can put up all kinds of contributory explanations for it , but none seems central enough to be convincing . |
| 29 | Where a wider space is available beside the house , you can put up a wider , detached garage , perhaps sited with one wall on the boundary of your property , to leave a pathway between it and the house . |
| 30 | ‘ Did the messenger put up much of a fight ? ’ |