Example sentences of "[conj] put [pron] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 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 | 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 ) . |
| 5 | ‘ 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 . |
| 6 | Or put it in a left-luggage compartment somewhere . ’ |
| 7 | Put in a bowl or put it in a plastic |
| 8 | 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 ’ . |
| 9 | It was n't a story that put anyone in a good light . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | she said yeah she said sorted that out and put her in a trolley |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | He added : ‘ Had we got an early goal and put them under a bit of pressure they may have reacted differently . |
| 14 | Indeed , it might have been better to divert funds away from RAM and put them towards a superior video card . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | A chance for you to air your views and put them to a Government spokesperson . |
| 17 | We bring them home , kill them , and put them on a whitethorn bush . |
| 18 | What they added was a sense of grandeur — they took blues licks and put them on a epic scale . |
| 19 | When he had gone out , she gathered up their scattered clothes then folded them tidily and put them on a chair . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | What they added was a sense of grandeur — they took blues licks and put them on a epic scale . |
| 22 | She took out her warmed mince pies and put them on a tray . |
| 23 | Just take a couple and put them on a plate ! |
| 24 | ‘ One or two of these mushrooms are deliquescing already , ’ Rodney picked out a couple and put them in a plastic bag . |
| 25 | ‘ And when I was up in the tree , ’ she added , gazing up at him , ‘ I saw a thief climb into the Botanical Gardens and dig up a lot of bulbs and put them in a big case and go off with them ! ’ |
| 26 | Take two handfuls of herbs of your choice and put them in a class bowl . |
| 27 | That has been done to death by ex-managers and ex-record companies who use a list of about two dozen tracks which they write down on a sheet of paper , cut them up and put them in a hat , and whatever order they come out in that 's another album . |
| 28 | [ Houghton ] himself would pick a dozen objects and put them in a ‘ masterpiece ’ gallery so the average Joe could taste the cream and leave ’ , yet Hoving espouses precisely such ideas throughout the book . |
| 29 | His view was that Hollywood could never make such a picture ‘ simply because in all America you could hardly collect a hundred actors and put them in a picture and keep them from acting ’ . |
| 30 | I gathered together the various sawn-up and wrenched-apart pieces of putter and put them in a drawer . |