Example sentences of "put it [prep] " in BNC.

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1 He had put it on the draining board .
2 ‘ I 've put it on the back burner , but have never given up the long-term goal of going round the world by sailboat .
3 Hosanna started to smell the debris where she had put it on the marble top of the kitchen dresser and she shouted at him so that he darted out into the yard .
4 Pilar Wayne now says she ca n't afford the upkeep on ‘ La Roca ’ in exclusive Newport Beach , California , and has put it on the market for £2 million .
5 They had never put it on their floors .
6 When the envelope had arrived she had put it on the mantelpiece in the small sitting-room , but almost at once she had decided to take it more closely into her possession .
7 Now let's keep the force the same , say we 've got a Mini engine providing us , just running it steady at three thousand R P M. Pushing out the same amount of force , keep the force the same , this time we put a smaller mass , we 've got a Mini engine and you 've put it on your pushbike .
8 Poor-sighted as they were , they caught the brilliant light of the jewel , but you had mistakenly put it on your left hand , whereas Lady Eleanor always wore the ring on the right .
9 Thank you First class service at less than first class fares has become something of a slogan for Virgin Atlantic , but that 's put it on a collision course with big international airlines , especially British Airways .
10 And we had put it on fire and it had died down , you could have put it on two or three shovels , when we were leaving the place do you see , and it was all quiet and all all right now , and off we went home .
11 And we had put it on fire and it had died down , you could have put it on two or three shovels , when we were leaving the place do you see , and it was all quiet and all all right now , and off we went home .
12 He had put it on record firmly that he had attempted a sacrilegious felony , and was justly restrained in consequence .
13 Mind you , honestly , I would n't have put it on a dog kennel .
14 Well you should 've put it on your plate .
15 Missed me programme I had n't put it on this morning .
16 I 've put it on the stairs you see so it 's got like double height to go to , it 's nearly filled that , the thing is , the
17 Anyway I 've put it on Access so that that helped !
18 should of put it on your bike
19 You might have put it on the word processor and she could print off
20 The scrum has also looked solid enough to date , although no side has really put it under any pressure yet .
21 Most of the money for the campaign has come from the central government and the United Nations , but it seems to be Marxist enthusiasm that has put it to good use .
22 I have put it to the inspector at the claims branch that there must be many cases of this kind which have been settled by local inspectors without so much correspondence ; his reply is that local inspectors are under instruction to pass the cases to claims branch .
23 I 'm sure it is , but I have never put it to the test , being old fashioned .
24 They have put it to the test and found it true .
25 Her therapist had , naturally , put it to her that she had married her first husband just because he resembled her father , but Scarlet had rejected the suggestion quite emphatically : he had been a quiet , timorous boy until he discovered the excitement of chasing women , and he had not been artistic at all .
26 I 've just put it to the boss to see if he 's er
27 I 've put it to bed .
28 Secretary reports that he has already put it to good use .
29 Owen had put it to her and , slightly to his surprise , she had agreed .
30 They said the PLO chairman , Yasser Arafat , had discussed the proposal with the Egyptian president , Hosni Mubarak , in Cairo on Wednesday and Egypt had put it to the United States .
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