Example sentences of "put [pers pn] out " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You 'll put me out of my misery then , ’ says Chris . |
| 2 | The first sets a few months ago were well over £2000 which would put them out of the range of all private and a lot of charter boats . |
| 3 | Some of the smaller stations already find it difficult to make ends meet — and the arrival of a national commercial channel , which would take most of the country-wide advertising , could put them out of business . |
| 4 | If someone gas missing , you must stop thinking about them , you must put them out of your mind . |
| 5 | ‘ But we could put them out of business if we , say , used sealing wax , or special security envelopes … ’ |
| 6 | Many hotels and shops are on the borderline … this could put them out of business . |
| 7 | There is only one league match left after that and a West derby victory would put them out of reach . |
| 8 | Mr Smith , who is also chairman of Fraserburgh Fish Merchants ' Association , said it was not just the French who were suffering from cheap fish imports — catches could be bought from eastern European boats in the North-east at prices which local fishermen say would put them out of business . |
| 9 | No no no no no Amy Now yu can put them out if you like . |
| 10 | She wo n't put them out she leaves and walks out . |
| 11 | Well one of you on cleaning fruit , getting all the stalks and stones out of the fruit , we used to have a sieve , not a riddle , a sieve with round , the wires were round in the sieve and you rub it , and the stalks would drop through and then you 'd put them out onto an iron baking sheet and sort out all the stones that and little bits that were in the fruit and you 'd be on cleaning fruit you might be one day , the other whichever one was the you 'd be cleaning and greasing baking tins , ready for the baker to put the cakes in or what have you , and then at night we used to grease all the bread tins ready for men to be allowed to drop the dough into the bread tins , and er stuff like that and cleaning up scrubbing down and |
| 12 | At 78 he still refused to stop work : ‘ My advice to parents is not to give up to the rising generation the place you have occupied in the world so long , because there are some who are very near to you who would turn round and put you out homeless and penniless . ’ |
| 13 | If your marriage is on the rocks , the thing to do is throw a wobbly on a motorway at night so that your husband will put you out at the next lay-by . |
| 14 | She does hope it would n't put you out , but she did n't know until yesterday , and you know how unreliable these baby-sitters can be ! ’ |
| 15 | ‘ I tried to provoke her into doing so , but she said she 'd put you out of her mind completely — she 'd forgotten you , she said — which is nonsense of course — ‘ |
| 16 | ’ So I wondered whether it would put you out too much to let her visit with you for a couple of hours . ’ |
| 17 | The man with the lisp said , ‘ It 'll put you out for ten minutes . |
| 18 | Now that the Press releases have all been dispatched , the publicity details more or less finalised , I see no reason why I should not put you out of your misery , allay those nasty suspicious thoughts of yours ! ’ |
| 19 | ‘ If I could put you out of business it would be very much in my interests . |
| 20 | If it were not for my concern for my grandmother , I would — I would put you out of the car right now , I would let you wait beside the road until someone took pity on you and offered to drive you back to Milano . ’ |
| 21 | The poor industrialist had said that the minimum wage would put him out of business , only to be told by the noble academic that it would not need to if he ran his company properly . |
| 22 | And , although she never actually put it into words she had made it perfectly clear that she would put him out of business if he did n't agree to her terms . |
| 23 | Expert police questioning would get enough out of her to cost Bonanza a lot of profits , if it did n't put him out of business altogether . |
| 24 | We must put him out of our hearts for ever , he said . ’ |
| 25 | But there was obviously nothing she could do about it now , she decided , and the holiday in Rome would no doubt put him out of her mind . |
| 26 | You may put him out of your mind . |
| 27 | This claim might not unreasonably be held to cover such examples as we see in the following subject phrases : ( 15 ) the bicycles damaged all had red handlebars the line defective is the one to the outside a dose strong enough would put him out all night In all these cases , prenominal position would also be acceptable and appears to give the same cognitive meaning for the sentence as a whole , hence encouraging us to accept a solution to the first question , above , in terms of " emphasis " or " focus " . |
| 28 | Lawrence himself revealed today he had originally thought his broken kneecap would put him out of the game for ever . |
| 29 | Well how can I , how can I put him out like that . |
| 30 | Well I think you should put him out to work ! |