Example sentences of "[noun] [was/were] put [adv] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Does the hon. Gentleman accept that , if he is as keen as I am to provide a level playing field for road and rail , he should recognise that , when motorways were built around Greater Manchester , of three footpaths that crossed the motorway , one was closed or diverted and bridges or underpasses were put in for the other two . |
| 2 | Erm most have , in fact most of which is er b er seventy four additional heads were put on in March , so we 've gone from seventeen twenty three to seventeen ninety seven erm and Mick accounted for most of those with forty four . |
| 3 | During July 1690 , demonstrating the French command of the Narrow Seas , small landing parties were put ashore on the Sussex coast to put up posters urging local residents , and especially army and navy officers , to support their former king , a somewhat pointless propaganda exercise , but a much more serious incursion followed . |
| 4 | Two candidates were put up in each of three boroughs , Bethnal Green , Limehouse , and Shoreditch , for the LCC elections of March 1937 . |
| 5 | More trade-union sponsored Labour candidates were put forward in the 1929 General Election as unions recognized the failure of industrial action . |
| 6 | The computer-enhanced images were put together by police artists with help from Peter Sheldon , 18 , who was with his brother when he was stabbed to death . |
| 7 | The idea of providing proper station buildings was not forgotten , however , in 1988 , planning began in the hope of attracting grant aid and alternative designs were put forward for a new building . |
| 8 | Recordings were put out by small companies and would have limited sales compared to popular , commercial discs . |
| 9 | The Lord Chancellor 's proposals to cut eligibility for legal aid were put forward with no prior consultation . |
| 10 | The deal was put through by Lord Hailey on behalf of all the major refugee bodies . |
| 11 | This reasoning was put forward for two decades to support the idea that chloroquine resistance would not spread in Africa , where adults become immune . |
| 12 | Becky was put out in any case because her mother had not appeared . |
| 13 | The club was put up for sale after the Kumar brothers ' business empire went into receivership last month . |
| 14 | Simpson is the second player to leave the Manor Ground since the club was put up for sale eleven weeks ago . |
| 15 | Painted in the Company 's all yellow colour scheme and registered as SE–BRD , the Firefly flew with the Swedish company for thirteen years until being declared redundant , whereupon the aircraft was put up for disposal along with three other Mk 1s . |
| 16 | The last brush stroke was put in by 3am on the day it was unveiled in the children 's ward at South Cleveland Hospital ! |
| 17 | The bid was put together by Merseyside Task Force but already concern has been expressed about the lack of consultation with the private sector . |
| 18 | Two-thirds of AMI Healthcare was put up for auction this week after the company 's Los Angeles parent changed hands . |
| 19 | The first attempt was put forward for consultation : A Framework for the School Curriculum . |
| 20 | After the tourist season finished , and various cars were either written off or collapsed or whatever , you know whoever had a car was put forward as the picket you know er the leader of that picket er shift , and then it was just a question of working round . |
| 21 | Which is where everything starts to fuck up , because the moment we turn our attention to Herr Mayer he tells us that the money he used to pay the Iranians was put up by the son of a well-known local citizen . ’ |
| 22 | The ‘ double vowel ’ interpretation of English long vowels was put forward by MacCarthy ( 1952 ) and is used by Kreidler ( 1989 ) . |
| 23 | Maisie was put back on intensive chemotherapy treatment . |
| 24 | Despite its pagan appearance the figure was put there in an act of Christian piety . |
| 25 | Maybe the horse was put here as a symbol of life and resurrection against the background of these cemetaries |
| 26 | The 1925 Druze rebellion in Lebanon and Syria was put down with great brutality and with the help of gangs of Armenian gunmen who had been armed by the French in order to attack the rebels . |
| 27 | Mr Mitterrand was put out by a whole series of German slights , culminating in the chancellor 's hesitations over Economic and Monetary Union before the European Community 's summit in December . |
| 28 | The bleached ends were growing out so new High Lift Natural Blonde highlights from the Koleston 2000 range were put in by Chris to soften the colour . |
| 29 | The shoes were put in as a simple outline drawing in pencil and the background spaces around them were painted with a mixture of cerulean blue and titanium white . |
| 30 | Sandbags were put up against my office windows . |