Example sentences of "[conj] put [pron] [prep] [art] " in BNC.

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1 400e ) , they identified themselves with the state , or put themselves on a level with it : they did not openly claim to rule it .
2 I found the wire loops , though , having seen the boys set them , and I tore them out or put them under the grass on the paths the boys used to take when they came to inspect their traps .
3 Managers were encouraged by corporate head office to eradicate such excesses at the work-outs , not to refer them to committees or put them through the proper channels .
4 Yes , erm , that 's right , or put them on the
5 Dispose of dirty nappies by flushing them down the toilet , or put them in a sealed plastic bag .
6 Drain well in a colander and divide them among individual bowls or put them in a large soup tureen .
7 Some furnishings , pot-holders and ornaments have a very strong-smelling varnish coating , particularly cheap bamboo products with a glossy surface If you have any items of this sort , banish them or put them in an airtight container .
8 If you decide at the end of the day the thing to do is to pick up this kid and run like hell for somewhere you can gain , wave for help , or put him in the car and drive like mad to the hospital , then you might just do that , even though it breaks all the golden rules of first aid
9 Half bury the log or timber in soil in a part of the garden where it will stay damp , or put it on a shaded window-sill in a plastic container ( ice-cream carton ) .
10 Place the joint in a trivet over the tin , or put it on the oven rack directly above the roasting tin , so that the juices from the meat ‘ weep ’ into the potatoes and onions .
11 ‘ So only the person who served the lobster or put it on the plates could have poisoned it ? ’
12 ‘ Appropriates ’ is generally proved by a witness stating that the accused picked the property up or put it in a shopping bag or a pocket .
13 Or put it in a left-luggage compartment somewhere . ’
14 Put in a bowl or put it in a plastic
15 • The UNIPOT needs the minimum of cleaning , to keep its good looks simply wash in hot soapy water or put it in the dishwasher .
16 stick it in your pocket for next time or put it in the bin .
17 I might be going swimming at lunchtime today so I could probably run up there or put it in the post if I go .
18 So even if ministerial loyalties make it hard to admit it , he probably shares the apprehension which haunts many others as they contemplate this Bill : that though , at the end of the day , quantity will increase , quality will diminish ; or to put it in a form of words which trips easily off Conservative lips on other occasions — that More is going to mean Worse .
19 He could win his place back or put himself on the market . ’
20 Small touches like presenting objects wrapped up , or putting them inside a " feel bag " and asking pupils to guess what they are can add spice to the exercise .
21 To make a claim is to articulate a public statement that one has ‘ reasons or grounds that put one in a position to engage in performative and propositional claiming ’ .
22 They were now thirty-odd miles away from the Manchester slums where they had been brought up , a distance that put them beyond the range of mobility of their families , who could not afford to visit them .
23 It was n't a story that put anyone in a good light .
24 Jones revealed : ‘ A lot of people say to me ‘ that put you on the map ’ .
25 I mean given that you 've got a , oh I do n't know , a pound you 're going to spend a week in gambling entertainment , if I could put it that way , you 'd do better to go in for the pools , because if you did have a win you might have a big one , than to put it on a horse — am I right ?
26 I must also criticise a system that puts them in a position in which problems occur .
27 ( i mean the way he have sticked with specially dino shows us that — dino himself who expressed wishes for playing at the international level himself when he joined leeds — i guess he is a farther away now : the likes of Shearer , Wright ( a flop in the internationals ) , Cole ( hey there is one that puts them in the net ) and Ferdinand will have no problems keeping him out … )
28 Well , so we do , about Handel and the way he makes the best effect ( at least on us ) ; but a different kind of historical awareness is needed here , one that puts us into the frame of mind of late eighteenth-century Vienna and its perception of Handel .
29 To me that puts us in a difficult position when trying Germans , whose crime was obeying their superiors ’ orders , whatever our horror at what those orders led to . ’
30 But the mature work reveals also a deep sense of enjoyment and at times a poetic intensity that puts it in a very high class indeed .
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