Example sentences of "[pron] put [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I put in the usual request for official clearance through the valve and was pleased to find that we had got lucky . |
| 2 | My husband was mad on golf , and he used to go down into the park and send golf balls onto the lawn and then walk back through the rose garden which I put in the wrong place . |
| 3 | I put in the white chairs — just the basic shapes will do — and add some more light pink to the flowers . |
| 4 | I put before the whole House my own views with an appalling frankness [ he typically but unwisely began the crucial passage ] . |
| 5 | I put it on the bed where we made the baby that was n't and what am I to put in the water-marked , dog-tooth lining ? |
| 6 | He showed concern for her and gave her an old , baggy sweater of his to put over the other garments . |
| 7 | Yeah , just erm , that was fine , fingering here , erm , why do you put a , put a four on that , I , I would of thought that , that is more sensible , you put into the next note down , let's try that , er mm |
| 8 | and some of them differ so much from others who you put in the same box and you |
| 9 | I mean , how much time do you put into the Red Dwarf ? |
| 10 | Which digit should you put in the hundreds column ? |
| 11 | She should try to forget him , but the memory of their afternoon together had the power to make her cheeks rosy , and so they stayed while she put on the plainest gown which she could find in the wardrobe which she had left behind , with her personal maid , when she had pretended to go with the Parslows . |
| 12 | Now the reason this is a bit messy , is that at that stage , depended on which one you get out of here , you putting in the second bag . |
| 13 | Others who put off the evil day may find it helps to book a weekend away together so that there is time to talk and listen to each other and sort matters out . |
| 14 | In on the fourteenth of July of nineteen ninety three the defendant took out a summons with a view to having all the outstanding matters resolved and er this summons came before erm deputy master on the twelfth of August nineteen ninety three and he gave various directions including an enquiry in relation to how the surgery premises er ought to be dealt with as in court in the winding up of the partnership and that matter went before Mr Justice long in December and he decided those issues and gave directions in relation to and how the premises are to be sold , the effect of the directions very vaguely , is that the premises have to be offered to the partners , if only one of the partners shows any interest then there is provision in the relevant deed for ascertaining the price and this is put to that partner at that price , if more than one partner wishes to buy the premises then there is provision for a fixing of a minimum figure and then each of the partners has to put in sealed offers er and the premises will be sold to the partner , the former partner who put in the last offer , that broadly speaking I think is the substance of Mr Justice order . |
| 15 | It is other girls who are on set wages who put in the fat work [ i. e. the spacing ] and the house gets the benefit of it . |
| 16 | Though 45 stunt people were employed in Batman and they were heavily used in the final rooftop battle , it is a dummy that takes the Joker 's final long fall from the roof of Gotham City cathedral , possibly enhanced by a rotoscope artist who put in the diminishing image frame by frame . |
| 17 | Dorothy L. must be describing them to put over the dramatic picture of the abandoned easel , but I 'll take all that for granted . " |
| 18 | We put in the wrong substances , we overload it and mistreat it and yet we still expect it to work efficiently and well , day in and day out , for the whole of our life . |
| 19 | ‘ But dammit , ’ said Gibbs , exasperated , ‘ we must have something to put in the French papers . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ Not until we fully understand people 's attitudes and experience can we put through the appropriate legislation , ’ says a spokesman . |
| 21 | So , shall we put about the fifth er fifteenth ? |
| 22 | It shows , say the authors , what a spanking investment the politicians are making with every cent of public money they put into the three big museums . |
| 23 | They are aware of the need to improve their length so much that they put in the extra line so they are looking at a 1 or 1.5m ( 4 or 5ft ) area . |
| 24 | Dana read a group of modern Americans , which must have annoyed the British , starting with Elizabeth Bishop 's ‘ The Fish ’ — I can still hear his voice , the faint American accent and the hushed astonishment he put into the first line : ‘ I caught a tremendous fish … . ’ |
| 25 | Here is an example from a question he put to the prime minister on 9 July 1992 : |
| 26 | He put on the first English show of American Abstract Expressionists , and the British critics sniffed . |
| 27 | They did notice that , contrary to his usual custom , he showered at the end of the morning 's gym classes ; but since he put on the same grubby and sweaty old clothes he had come in , that was practically a wasted gesture . |
| 28 | I 'm suggesting we send that man a voucher for fifty pound that his company or he puts towards the next time they buy a full fare or an Apex and then we actually get fifty quid or a hundred and fifty quid . |