Example sentences of "to put [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The master plan was to put everyone at his ease . ’ |
| 2 | I did a touch of Makarova in Romeo and Juliet at that , just to put everyone at his ease . |
| 3 | ‘ But you are sending round to put everyone on his guard , just in case . |
| 4 | ‘ You ai n't come to put yerself in pawn , 'ave you ? |
| 5 | Challenging the authority of the canon is immensely difficult ; if a writer is great , then s/he will be in the canon ; if a writer is not in the canon , then s/he ca n't be any good , and to try to put him/her there would be an act of mindless obstinacy . |
| 6 | ‘ What sort of place are they going to put me in ? ’ |
| 7 | As a child , even though my parents were divorced and my mother did n't have much money , I would scream and shout whenever she tried to put me in some of my sister 's hand-me-downs . |
| 8 | ‘ Why are you trying to put me off ? ’ |
| 9 | Christopher 's voice broke into her thoughts : ‘ You 're trying to put me off . ’ |
| 10 | In the lobby of that hotel , on the following evening , I was to meet a Mrs Knelle , the friend of an English friend , and she was going to put me up at her house in the country . |
| 11 | ‘ Pleased to meet you — we 're not taking your piece after all , ’ a lady sub-editor smiled , trying to put me at my ease . |
| 12 | Deeply afraid that this man was going to put me in a cage . |
| 13 | A second opinion was sought and , short-sightedly , my parents agreed to put me in those gorgeous National Health jobs which are now sported by your average Yuppie but which made you look second only in berkishness to the kid in the owl specs with Elastoplast all over one lens . |
| 14 | ‘ You will have to put me out of your mind , ’ she said quietly . |
| 15 | Now I tend to find I need something else to put me to sleep . |
| 16 | Well , I think it 's a bit unnecessary to put me on the spot — this is n't a bloody inquisition . |
| 17 | The words and melodies of the hymns used during the day all helped to put me in a receptive mood . |
| 18 | To which U Saw replied , ‘ You are right , and you will probably have to put me in prison . |
| 19 | ‘ Ask Grandson Richard to put me down , ’ he said . |
| 20 | And he warned his opponents : ‘ If you are going over the top on me you 've got to put me out of the game . |
| 21 | He says : ‘ If you 're going to go over the top on me you 've got to put me out of the game because I 'll be coming back for you . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ People are always trying to put me down and I have always come back better . ’ |
| 23 | Howard Hawks , who owned my contract , always said that he wanted to put me in a film with either Bogie , or Cary Grant , and I always thought , ‘ Oh , Cary Grant , naturally , how great that would be . ’ |
| 24 | I have been encouraged to find that the young are not so predisposed to put me aside at the age of seventy and that a new generation of students and artists regard me as something of a cult figure . |
| 25 | So he was determined to put me down . |
| 26 | Come on , you 've gabbled enough and you 're just trying to put me off my game . |
| 27 | He was trying to put me off the scent , perhaps , trying to explain , trying to seem reasonable . |
| 28 | I 'll make a good job of it ; enough to put me a county or two away . ’ |
| 29 | I nearly lost my life again , when a lady picked me up to put me in the boat . |
| 30 | The King agreed , and ordered his officials to put me down on Balnibarbi , and show me round the capital , Lagado . |