Example sentences of "to put that [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was no way to put that garment on alluringly — she knew that with certainty , having spent hours struggling in front of her bedroom mirror . |
| 2 | Do you think I ought to put that teddy in his cot ? |
| 3 | You may well , for instance , be depending to a large extent on the character of the victim ( as I was in The Murder of the Maharajah ) and the least troublesome way to put that character before the reader is in direct scenes showing the future victim in action . |
| 4 | I may object on a point of fact ( ‘ There are no gibbons there now ’ ) or by appealing to some other end or principle ( ‘ You ought not to put that problem off any longer ’ ) . |
| 5 | Erm now we have , as an authority to negotiate er , to put that land together erm the Scout 's hut is on some of that land at the moment , and we 've failed er , to do that in the past . |
| 6 | That 's basically for editing purposes , so that , if the editor , he likes the general tenor of what you 've said but he perhaps wants to , he wants to chop a little bit out or he wants to put that sentence up there , he 's got somewhere that he can actually , he can actually do his editing . |
| 7 | If we try to put that description more concretely , we might describe essay- writing as involving a standardised , written variety of language which seeks to communicate clearly while following academic conventions . |
| 8 | Thank God we have n't been bombed , and Theresa has n't had to put that gas mask on the baby . ’ |
| 9 | Now he was determined to put that mistake right . |
| 10 | To put that type of pressure on individuals I think is absolutely awful . |
| 11 | With his splendid physique and proud , noble head his presence is such as to give him an instant advantage over any bowler , and he has rarely failed to put that advantage to use ; spinners in particular have suffered at his hands , but when he decides that he wants to score runs it is virtually impossible to bowl to him . |
| 12 | I wanted to forget it and to put that life behind me . |
| 13 | Similarly , Samet added , the paint is flaking on Georges Seurat 's 1888 masterpiece ‘ Les Poseuses ’ , reason enough not to put that work on tour . |
| 14 | Right , when you , off you go then dear , you want to put that stuff in ? |
| 15 | ‘ Anyway , to make extra sure , you get yourself round to Bella 's tomorrow morning , ’ said Simon , ‘ and get her to put that money in the bank . ’ |
| 16 | He was n't ashamed to put that money into his business , it 's what she wanted and he wanted . |
| 17 | The new Toxic Shock Syndrome Information Service aims to put that ignorance right . |
| 18 | Now we 're going to put that knowledge to work . |
| 19 | You have to have the ability to put that knowledge across . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ I 've also got to know Whitby very well and it 's nice to be able to put that knowledge to good use . ’ |
| 21 | He wanted me to put that bit on , you know there are the two bolts |
| 22 | As soon as one just one company decides to take that seal we 've got to put that ad in somewhere . |
| 23 | we , we do , but there 's no harm , in view of our knowledge and experiences just to put that phraseology in a little bit bolder . |
| 24 | Tell her to put that football down . |
| 25 | " You would n't get the wrong idea if I asked you to put that light out , would you ? " she asked . |
| 26 | Have you decided whereabouts you 're going to put that light at the front ? |
| 27 | but if I come back in night time I have to put that light on and it 's empty |
| 28 | No , but have n't they had to call their client files , client master job files and if you get an enquiry from an existing client they will probably want to put that enquiry back in that folder . |
| 29 | yeah but having said that erm that was something I wanted to ask you about because I mean both , both of them might need some money for higher education so , whilst I 'd like to put that sum money on one side , I 'd also possibly , you know if the need arose , would like to use it myself if I needed to for , for higher education . |
| 30 | And when she came home she said , Do you know what she said she must have taken ages she said to put that cord through that er beam , she said . |