Example sentences of "put the " in BNC.
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| 31 | The present system , involving solicitors who ‘ put the interests of their clients first ’ , was being replaced by ‘ a free market which will be a free-for-all among a handful of powerful , profit-motivated instititutions serving the financial interests of their shareholders . ’ |
| 32 | Krupskaia reported in early 1923 that seven million bezprizornye ( neglected ones ) were registered ; Lunacharsky later put the early NEP figure at nine million . |
| 33 | By the early autumn of 1922 the Soviet government put the number at 22 million , or about one-third of the population of the RSFSR . |
| 34 | Others pack up a tent , put the dinghy in the back of the car and disappear up to the west coast of Scotland with only a collection of Arthur Ransome books for company . |
| 35 | When I first put the boots on I found them surprisingly stiff — given this solid feel I wondered why there was n't a traditional square cut heel on what 's quite a heavily cleated waterproof sole . |
| 36 | She put the sheet of paper in an envelope , addressed it clearly , added the word ‘ Urgent ’ and carried it down to the office , where she left it for collection and received instead the original and the photostats of her article . |
| 37 | When she put the phone down she felt fizzy with excitement , but with his smiling voice cut off , the feeling did not last . |
| 38 | ‘ I feel like a new man , ’ he said as she put the flask away and combed the crumbs from the dashboard into her cupped hand . |
| 39 | Moran put the mowing arm back on the tractor and cut the second and third meadows . |
| 40 | Heroes The man who put the quality in Cadillac 69 |
| 41 | Martin Brundle put the Brabham-Yamaha into 12th place on the grid — despite not having the benefit of special fuel for qualifying and a rev limit of 12,000rpm as opposed to the 13,000rpm-plus enjoyed by other V12 users . |
| 42 | Quite why this put the scrutineers in a dilemma I do n't know , but they asked me to protest to get them off the hook . |
| 43 | Mrs Cullam put the baby on the table among the crumbs , removing its napkin which she dropped on the floor , and said in the same low economical tone , ‘ Get me another nappie , Georgina . ’ |
| 44 | He put the books back in the drawer and stood waiting for Mrs Hatton to recover . |
| 45 | She put the child into a pram and wheeled it down the path . |
| 46 | Wexford put the lights on and behind the streaming glass the sky looked black as on a winter 's night . |
| 47 | Caroline put the final touches to the style using High Hair Moulding Glaze for a firm hold and glossy finish . |
| 48 | He was being given the right of reply , it was pointed out , at which point he put the phone down . |
| 49 | At noon , The Extraditables , a group of drug-traffickers , issued a statement saying the war would continue until the Senate put the issue of extraditing traffickers to the US to national referendum next month . |
| 50 | The Association of Independent Conveyancing Advisers said the bill 's publication put the decision on the future of its members into Parliament 's hands . |
| 51 | AT 2.18 on Saturday , Igor Mironov , an air force pilot from the Gagarin Academy , put the ball into orbit . |
| 52 | At one point , the gunman put the muzzle of his weapon against Gruson 's mouth , he told me later . |
| 53 | Basketball Leicester put the Cat out . |
| 54 | Between 1973 and 1985 GDP there rose by 46 per cent while energy use fell by 6 per cent , and that , according to the Association for the Conservation of Energy , put the United States ‘ at a $200 billion disadvantage to Japan as a result of a poorer energy efficiency performance ’ . |
| 55 | Colin Powell , the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff , put the matter most clearly ( which is getting to be a habit ) when he testified to Congress on February 19th . |
| 56 | Common Law put the wife , both as regards rights and liabilities , in a very subordinate position to her husband . |
| 57 | The domination of the bowlers was total , put the ball wherever they might . |
| 58 | It was captain Richards who put the brakes on with some neat off-spin , only for the last ten overs to realize another 83 . |
| 59 | On the same afternoon I met with the rail unions and ( loyally supported by Peter Parker ) put the position to them . |
| 60 | Jane would light the fire , turn the heating on , put the horses and donkey out and do the shopping . |