Example sentences of "put him at " in BNC.
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| 1 | Josh Gifford wheeled Honey End round , took him back a few paces and put him at the fence a second time . |
| 2 | Yet one must also beware of the sort of patronising attitude nicely expressed in the film of The Go-Between , when the silly sprig of the Big House observes , after an exchange with the lusty Alan Bates , ‘ I think I put him at his ease , do n't you ? ’ |
| 3 | Maybe the director , Pietro Germi , put him at his ease ; Alfredo , Hoffman 's bank clerk , is warm and friendly and likeable . |
| 4 | Ruth now put him at no more than five-and-twenty . |
| 5 | They put him at a-disadvantage . |
| 6 | In the 1470s the closest parallel is to be found in the north midlands , where Hastings ' possession of the key duchy of Lancaster offices put him at the head of the royal connection in the region . |
| 7 | If all Preston 's childhood friends had lined up against a wall , as when they were waiting to be picked for football , Preston would most likely have left William to pretty near the end and then put him at left back , or somewhere he would do the least damage to his own side . |
| 8 | Some put him at average height , others said he was a tall man . |
| 9 | But that put him at a disadvantage according to the flatty rules Daine had strung himself with . |
| 10 | He sounded so anxious that Folly was quite relieved to hear Luke put him at his ease . |
| 11 | In the 1470s the closest parallel is to be found in the north midlands , where Hastings ' possession of the key duchy of Lancaster offices put him at the head of the royal connection in the region . |