Example sentences of "[adv] put [pers pn] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The trouble is we never stop long enough to put them to good use . |
| 2 | Faldo ruined his chances with a 76 on Saturday — and even a 67 on the last day could only put him in joint second place . |
| 3 | He 's already put them to good use at Halifax Rugby League club where he enjoyed four years of success . |
| 4 | Just put them in boiling water for about thirty seconds . |
| 5 | With the gentry his charm and distinction soon put him on excellent terms . |
| 6 | Well I 'm just putting them on clean dishes because I think these dishes |
| 7 | Secretary reports that he has already put it to good use . |
| 8 | I think that just puts it into bloody perspective |
| 9 | I intended at first only to teach her needlework to qualify her for a genteel position , for you see she has a delicacy in her person that makes it a pity ever to put her to hard work , but she masters everything so fast that now I am desirous to have to divert and entertain me in my thoughtful hours . |
| 10 | Kite had to win in New Orleans to be invited but could only manage joint 12th with Severiano Ballesteros , whose last round of 69 has also put him in good heart . |
| 11 | How could he possibly think such a thing about her — that she would not only take drugs herself , but that she 'd willingly put him in horrific danger by acting as a kind of double agent ? |
| 12 | You can also put them in dry hair , but we suggest that you lightly spritz all over with water first . |
| 13 | Though many were crumbling after the Second World War many owners are now putting them in good order . ’ |
| 14 | Here put it on low . |
| 15 | Erm but of course to provide erm electricity on a larger scale , you ca n't put these things too close together , you need about er a thousand of those to , for example , to replace say a power station like Didcot and er and a thousand of these windmills would o occupy about three hundred square miles , and this is what three hundred square miles looks like er it 's , it 's the major part of , of central L you would n't put them in central London of course but erm gives you some idea of the sort of area you 'd have to devote to wind farms if you were to use this particular type of er of energy . |
| 16 | The five minutes were almost up , and she would n't put it past Lori to leave if she was so much as a second late . |
| 17 | She would n't put it past fitzAlan to read her mind . |
| 18 | So , Paul was worried that I had n't put it in straight were n't you Paul ? |
| 19 | I had n't put it in straight . |
| 20 | We write it out in longhand , each of the 700 or so entries on individual sheets of A4 paper and then put them into alphabetical order . ’ |
| 21 | But why should speakers or writers actually plan to say something in one way and then put it in other words in order to ensure the intended interpretation ? |
| 22 | Oh I just boiled the ends a bit and erm and then put it in deep water . |
| 23 | Y we put it in the garden and I got really cold hands and then was just about to put them into hot water when you said do n't cos you 'll get chilblains |
| 24 | The way he said it , almost putting it in inverted commas , made her give a reluctant smile . |
| 25 | If all Preston 's childhood friends had lined up against a wall , as when they were waiting to be picked for football , Preston would most likely have left William to pretty near the end and then put him at left back , or somewhere he would do the least damage to his own side . |
| 26 | of the two wooden chairs at the kitchen table and looked rather helplessly at the card with its seven clearly written digits , then glanced round as if seeking inspiration where to put it for safe keeping . |
| 27 | So it 's important that you know about your rainwater disposal system — so that you can either put it in good repair and keep it that way or safely replace an old system with a modern plastic one which will work properly . |
| 28 | They never put us in foster care . |
| 29 | At first they were quite crude and it took little skill and expertise to forge the signature , and then fraudulently put them to financial advantage . |
| 30 | And I suggested to him that I sedate him , essentially put him under general anaesthesia with morphine , and let nature take its course . |