Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] put [adv prt] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 In addition , the Council agreed to put up cycle/ pedestrian direction signs at suitable locations nearby , so that people , local or not , are aware of the path 's existence .
2 The announcement everyone had been waiting for came on time as British Telecom proposed to put up telephone bills by five per cent .
3 One of the girls made a crack that Rachaela had put on weight due to the food .
4 On May 13 the government agreed to sign an accord with Iran providing for the despatch of a 50-strong Iranian team to help put out oil fires in Burgan province .
5 All the fish have put on weight , the Pictus especially have grown about half-an-inch .
6 Anna 's put on weight in her face , has n't she ?
7 Yeah , yeah and she 's , yeah , and she says she 's so fed cos to her there 's nothing wrong with her , the baby did put on weight last week , but she said you know , what do you do in here all day .
8 The Government beat putting up interest rates by the skin of its teeth .
9 Meanwhile , HP has put back volume ships of its top-end HP Corporate Business Systems to the first quarter of its new fiscal starting November 1 .
10 Are the Government prepared to put up money to assist local authorities if they decide to prosecute in the interests of what they believe ought to be the law , and in fact is the law ?
11 Upholstery became a separate trade , and seating began to put on weight in consequence .
12 Badger road mortalities , however , are reduced now as badgers have put on weight for the winter and venture out from their setts less and less .
13 They observed that birds start to put on weight soon after establishing a territory ( Figure 7.7a ) .
14 Just as he did during the general election when we said that the Tories planned to put up VAT .
15 At first it had affected Mr Cosmo very little , but when the little screen began putting out quality material , the Cosmo ( then under the control of George 's son Ronald Singleton ) was no longer viable and the family sold it , with great reluctance , to the Scottish Film Council .
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