Example sentences of "[verb] put [pers pn] [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 Our mountains have survived for millions of years , bearing witness to a history of violent , volcanic activity , glaciation and erosion , but ironically it 's the invention of the internal combustion engine and lightweight waterproof clothing that has put them under the most severe pressure yet .
2 Now the Supreme Court has put him on the spot .
3 This tournament has put us on the map and we are keen to develop it further .
4 Neighbour Dave Ward added : ‘ I hate the programme , even though I suppose it has put us on the map . ’
5 ‘ Whoever tried to kill us in the plane , whoever that was , has put us on the same side . ’
6 It has put us in the position of villains , whereas the Secretary of State is the villain because he will not pay .
7 Pilar Wayne now says she ca n't afford the upkeep on ‘ La Roca ’ in exclusive Newport Beach , California , and has put it on the market for £2 million .
8 But the local council has put it in the highest council tax band — for houses worth at least three hundred thousand pounds .
9 Right , having put them under the banner , clear banner of sales you know
10 He was longing to ask Emily more about Vic , but having put her on the spot , he felt that this was not the right moment .
11 They 'd have put her in the freak show , confessing how misled she was by capitalist gold .
12 He won the local Easter parade a couple of times as the best-dressed man which , in the depressed Thirties , must have put him in the mould of something of an exhibitionist .
13 The Resistance would have put him in the grave if the Nazis had followed them .
14 No , mum said if they 'd have come erm , she 'd have put them in the bathroom .
15 You might have put it on the word processor and she could print off
16 ‘ I did n't steal your money , you stupid bitch , you must have put it in the wrong apron . ’
17 Rich , the fact is , he should have put it in the
18 I might have put it in the the bin .
19 I would 've put them on the same level in all honesty
20 His new album Goodbye Jumbo seems to have put him at the top of the list of those eager to nominate a spokesman for the green generation .
21 Her concerned employers had referred her to a doctor , who had put her on the contraceptive pill but , as was normal practice , she had not been examined or questioned .
22 Through him he secured an introduction to John Dunbar , then the fiance of 16-year old Marianne Faithful , whose virginal looks and upper middle-class style had put her into the charts as a complement to the art student R&B bands .
23 The next second he had put her under the shower and turned on the cold tap .
24 Fate had put her in the wrong place at the wrong time with the wrong man .
25 So it must have been the Gharrgoyles who had put me on the planets surface to die .
26 The Board said that they deserved their percentage because they had put me in the position to attract the money .
27 More than that , the caring crème de la crème were also confronted by the result of what had put them at the forefront of that generation in the first place : they were very good at what they did ( teaching , lecturing , theorizing , media of all kinds , creativity of all stripes ) , and they were becoming , perish the thought , Successful .
28 He had put him in the Cabinet because , with Bonar Law gone , he needed a man from the Law stable to preserve the balance .
29 The Party chairman had rung the area agent in Birmingham , who had put him in the picture .
30 He had put it on the draining board .
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