Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] put a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | THE youthful resentment that threatened to put a break on the wing wizardry of Ryan Giggs is fading rapidly thanks to some wise counsel from Manchester United boss Alex Ferguson . |
| 2 | Yes , one , one thing has occurred to me about this in trying to deal with forms , it seems to me that trying to put a date on a day on it , is absolutely hopeless . |
| 3 | Well , no one movement can be said to be wrong , it is the repetition of a movement that begins to put a strain upon the body . |
| 4 | ‘ We are not trying to rip people off and planned to put a sticker on the records saying they were recorded 10 years ago . |
| 5 | Team member Jack Tinsdale said : ‘ John was Bill 's right-hand man and has put a lot of time into the team . |
| 6 | Kylie feels that way too and has put a lot of her own money into the tour too . ’ |
| 7 | I never used to say that , I used to keep my mouth shut and say put a cross against his name , see not to be trusted see the , you 've got ta do it yourself see . |
| 8 | Once the mobile team is put in contact with the village elders and a date agreed , the village is informed and encouraged to put a priority on attending . |
| 9 | The police had done a reasonable job of cleaning up and had put a plastic sheet over the hole in the window to keep the rain out . |
| 10 | Many of them are acting as interpreters and trying to put a semblance of order into the chaos as the world 's press converges on ministries with fresh tenants and uncertain programmes . |
| 11 | Officials at Number 10 are planning for all contingencies , as usual , and have put a removal van on standby in case the couple have to move out next weekend . |
| 12 | Now I were bloody daft , If I 'd 've gone to the foreman and wanted to put a suggestion in , I , I , I 'd 've beat sure they were crowing abou when he got but I was first really was n't I ? |
| 13 | All the difficulties with ‘ wet white ’ were eliminated in Birmingham where there was an obscure ruling that bare legs were banned ( this remained in force as late as the 1950s ) , so when playing there they were given cotton tights but had to put a penny at the side , wrap a piece of string round it and the tights in order to hold them up . |