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Example sentences of "[conj] put [pron] [prep] a " in BNC.

No	Sentence
1	400e ) , they identified themselves with the state , or put themselves on a level with it : they did not openly claim to rule it .
2	Dispose of dirty nappies by flushing them down the toilet , or put them in a sealed plastic bag .
3	Drain well in a colander and divide them among individual bowls or put them in a large soup tureen .
4	Some furnishings , pot-holders and ornaments have a very strong-smelling varnish coating , particularly cheap bamboo products with a glossy surface If you have any items of this sort , banish them or put them in an airtight container .
5	Half bury the log or timber in soil in a part of the garden where it will stay damp , or put it on a shaded window-sill in a plastic container ( ice-cream carton ) .
6	‘ Appropriates ’ is generally proved by a witness stating that the accused picked the property up or put it in a shopping bag or a pocket .
7	Or put it in a left-luggage compartment somewhere . ’
8	Put in a bowl or put it in a plastic
9	To make a claim is to articulate a public statement that one has ‘ reasons or grounds that put one in a position to engage in performative and propositional claiming ’ .
10	It was n't a story that put anyone in a good light .
11	Catching hold of her and she could n't get back do you seem because he had slipped this hand down this stick , got hold of her and he you see , and then I let go of the dog and take the the front feet and we used to drag her out like that you see , from the burrow and put her in a bag .
12	she said yeah she said sorted that out and put her in a trolley
13	And we 'd shut them out shunt them out and then we 'd collect the two coaches and take them over to the main yard , and put them under a cleaning platform you see for the cleaners .
14	He added : ‘ Had we got an early goal and put them under a bit of pressure they may have reacted differently .
15	and put them through an educational programme as a conditional of a probation order .
16	You do n't hurl them through space and put them through an electric field and a magnetic field and the rest of it .
17	As I clambered into the boat , moored near her big yacht , Lucy took the bottles of beer and Coca-Cola and put them into an open net bag which she lowered over the side , tying the net with a long rope to a hook on the gunwale .
18	He fished the cubes out and put them into an ashtray and found it all he could do not to weep at the mess they made with the ash .
19	He clipped the sheets together and put them into an envelope .
20	Indeed , it might have been better to divert funds away from RAM and put them towards a superior video card .
21	The airlines , facing their fourth successive year in the red , are urging the EC to drop plans to lower maximum noise levels and nitrogen oxide emissions , arguing that they could increase operating costs , reduce the resale value of operators ' fleets and put them at a competitive disadvantage to international rivals .
22	A chance for you to air your views and put them to a Government spokesperson .
23	We bring them home , kill them , and put them on a whitethorn bush .
24	What they added was a sense of grandeur — they took blues licks and put them on a epic scale .
25	When he had gone out , she gathered up their scattered clothes then folded them tidily and put them on a chair .
26	I got half a dozen drunks and three women dressed as Mother Christmas and put them on a truck and we drove round the West End on the busiest shopping day of the year playing loud jazz and bunging up the traffic .
27	What they added was a sense of grandeur — they took blues licks and put them on a epic scale .
28	She took out her warmed mince pies and put them on a tray .
29	Just take a couple and put them on a plate !
30	On Dec. 16 the Netherlands authorities expelled 43 Russian Jews and put them on an aeroplane to Israel after their applications for asylum were turned down ; a further nine were expelled on Dec. 23 .