Example sentences of "[noun sg] put [pron] in a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Why did Granddad put it in a dump or of the pocket ? |
| 2 | This must of necessity put you in a very weak defensive position and I would maintain that this is responsible for losing more bouts than any other factor . |
| 3 | Hardy Hall put you in a rather higher position and invited you to consider some of the long-term implications of the proposed change as well as the immediate problems . |
| 4 | The fireman put me in a car and drove me back home . |
| 5 | Labour 's change of policy on the European Community puts it in a strong position to argue that economic and industrial decisions are increasingly likely to be made on a European basis and it is essential that Britain plays a more constructive role . |
| 6 | Similar reasoning could be applied where the plaintiff puts himself in a position which is not dangerous in itself but he is aware of circumstances which make it more likely that he will suffer harm . |
| 7 | Yet we felt we should give this fellow a chance , so my wife put it in a box and set it on top of the Aga . |
| 8 | A group of whirligig beetles span round and round on the surface of the water putting me in a daze . |
| 9 | Next day put them in a saucepan with the same water , plus a half teaspoon of bicarbonate of soda . |
| 10 | Course , I was looking out the window and I know he took I picked it out and it I looked again , there 's another one in there , course she 's only getting out the bath put them in a bowl like I was ! |
| 11 | My need of M. Chaillot 's advice put me in a weak position . |
| 12 | The assistant put them in a paper bag and Tom handed them to him . |
| 13 | Mrs Wood paid for the shoes , and Pip 's father put them in a box . |
| 14 | A woman put her in a car and drove away and I did n't see Shelly again . |
| 15 | Certainly , for household products , it makes sense to put them in a household setting . |
| 16 | ‘ The decision puts us in a very difficult position . |
| 17 | As The Economist put it in a wide ranging analysis : ‘ European business needs more competition , not less ’ . |
| 18 | This differentiation puts us in a place of desire and of choice . |
| 19 | At the same time the near certainty that at least one member of the household knew she had been out of her bed before dawn put her in a state of nervous watchfulness . |
| 20 | Clause 8 provides the necessary precautionary provision to prevent the buyer claiming that he has the right to intellectual property arising out of any development work which the seller has had to effect in order to put himself in a position to supply the goods under the contract . |
| 21 | There was no sense in letting a silly thing like an unsolicited horoscope put her in a flap . |
| 22 | Or it might say hand wash only and the customer puts it in a washing machine . |
| 23 | As one officer put it in a local study ( Glennerster et al . , |
| 24 | 2.1.3 " surveyors " means ( Surveyors ) of ( address ) or such other firm of Surveyors previously approved in writing by the Landlord [ such approval not to be unreasonably withheld [ or delayed ] ] as the Tenant may from time to time appoint to perform the functions of the Surveyors under this Agreement It would be foolhardy for the tenant to put itself in a position whereby the landlord must approve the identity of its surveyors . |
| 25 | He 's a fabulous guy and very funny , but it took a long time , and I do n't take credit for it , but it took a long time to put him in a situation where I felt that he was at maximum ‘ comfortableness ’ , so that his shyness — and he was very shy — was overcome . |
| 26 | And I remember very very well he had a big heavy coat and my mother put him in a very big pocket on the inside of the coat and we always called that his rabbit pocket , because he very often came home with a rabbit . |
| 27 | Clement 's prose puts him in a higher class than any of his extant pagan contemporaries , and he was able obliquely to refute pagan critics ( such as Celsus , writing 177–80 ) who thought Christians an anti-cultural lot , by decorating his pages with a rich variety of quotations and allusions taken from classical poetry and philosophy . |