Example sentences of "[adj] put [pn reflx] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | During a visit to the hairdresser 's I realized that we women are prepared to put ourselves through the most extraordinary practices in order to improve our image . |
| 2 | Patients who have had previous experience of hypnotherapy ( even if no regression was involved ) are more likely to have confidence in the technique and in its safety , and therefore are often more willing to put themselves in the hands of the therapist and trust their own subconscious . |
| 3 | It 's hard to put yourself on the line ; you need incredible conviction , and you 've got to be dead sure about what you 're doing , because leading a band is absolutely riddled with paranoia . |
| 4 | ‘ It is hard to put yourself in the mind of a general , , Cameron answered . |
| 5 | As in the 1987 general election , the Conservatives were readier to put themselves on the line — to be made fools of , as might be , by voters and journalists . |
| 6 | It is sometimes useful to put oneself in the shoes of another person . |
| 7 | Lads like Gregan , Sunley and Isaacs are all putting themselves in the shop window , and some day a big club will come and get them . |
| 8 | I mean , he was able to put himself among the duped . |
| 9 | ‘ You have to be able to put yourself in the place of the athlete and work out what they need ’ , she says . |
| 10 | As regular , well-known members of the church it is difficult to put ourselves into the shoes of the first-time visitor . |
| 11 | ‘ David is keen to put himself in the shop window before the end of the season so he can be involved in a new club with their pre-season preparations , ’ said Town 's general manager Alan Smith . |
| 12 | The source of this subversive suggestion is the view , already mentioned in the Introduction , that social theorists who adhere too closely to a single set of explanatory canons are liable to put themselves at a disadvantage . |