Example sentences of "[was/were] put [pron] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'd be looking for sixty five for ours , if we were to put it on the market , I mean we 're not |
| 2 | The one time they were encouraged to sit her on a chair , after she had scratched her sister , both parents moved over to her and fussed her , talking and explaining to her why they were putting her on the chair . |
| 3 | The aim was to put them on the spot — or at least to impress the Inspector with your knowledge and concern . |
| 4 | They were in costumes that , in spite of their crumpled shabbiness , recalled the garb of Count Arnheim in the opera of ‘ The Bohemian Girl ’ , and looked like fugitive kings and emperors beside the thick-set railway porter , in capacious velveteens , whose duty it was to put them on the right track towards the ‘ free land ’ . |
| 5 | He was putting them on the game , women and young girls who would otherwise never have dreamt of doing it . |
| 6 | Because what Niki was doing-the subject was Niki 's contract and terms for 1977 — was putting himself on the same level as Enzo . |
| 7 | Well , I was putting it on the foil and I thought : ‘ This could kill me ’ , but it was that strong the urge to have it , I did n't care . |
| 8 | I suppose what I did there was put them on the spot so how could I word that so that it does n't put people on the defensive so much ? |