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 . |