Example sentences of "[noun] to put [pers pn] [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although there is much in these three books to put them in the category of Ruritanian adventure , Scott may be a stronger influence . |
| 2 | You 'd like that , would n't you , Leith ? ’ he had the unmitigated nerve to put her on the spot . |
| 3 | Fairness to his creditors demands that he should not be able to deplete his assets in this way in a deliberate attempt to put them beyond the reach of his creditors . |
| 4 | More shaming had been his reluctance to put it to the test . |
| 5 | Mummy tell daddy to put me in the hall . |
| 6 | There 's nothing quite like sexy lingerie to put you in the mood so knock him dead on Valentine 's Day with some of this sizzling underwear from the latest Freemans Spring/Summer collection . |
| 7 | Parapsychologists have always complained that they did n't get enough funding , Randi says , so this was an ideal opportunity to put them to the test . |
| 8 | ‘ I am asking for a mandate from the supporters and shareholders to put me on the board . ’ |
| 9 | He could again ask parliament to put him at the head of the government . |
| 10 | Chatting to PC Coupland , an avuncular , agreeable man of 39 with the sort of handshake which suggests it would be unwise to give him occasion to put you in an armlock , was to realise that the rural bobby 's function remains essentially unchanging . |
| 11 | Um so erm I did have some I did have some references on this which erm unfortunately I I put to one side and I 've succeeded in losing so erm I did n't get the chance to put them on the handout but erm I 'm just alerting you to that area of debate and that area of enquiry . |
| 12 | With the watery light in imminent danger of failing , we wedged our empty mugs in the sink , dropped the dock lines and took Islander out into Southampton Water to put her to the test . |
| 13 | Straw Dogs managed to attract enough blood seekers to put it into the black at the box-office , but this disturbing tale of rural atrocities can scarcely have done much for the Cornish tourist industry . |
| 14 | After several visits from head office staff to put us in the picture , we now look forward to being part of a much larger organisation and being fully ‘ commercialised ’ in 1992 . ’ |
| 15 | At the House of Commons he could at least rely upon one of the whips to put him in a cab , and pay the driver . |
| 16 | Certainly , for household products , it makes sense to put them in a household setting . |
| 17 | Perhaps this is a challenge to put it at the centre of our lives , to think about it and , this Lent , to read the story as if we were there . |
| 18 | The beauty of this method is that it is not only fascinating but incredibly cheap and will not need large capital expenditure to put it to the test . |
| 19 | The pistol was still in the bucket , covered with muck and mess , and she was on her way to put it under the tap . |
| 20 | If you feel your baby 's been quiet during the day , you can ask a nurse to put you on the machine and it 'll reassure you the baby 's still there kicking away . |
| 21 | Lord Denning observed : ‘ In the OLA 1957 the word occupier is used [ as ] … a convenient word to denote a person who had a sufficient degree of control over premises to put him under a duty of care towards those who came lawfully on to the premises . ’ |
| 22 | The tablecloth needed no stones to hold it down and all the plastic bags waited for Betty to put them in the master plastic bag she had brought for the purpose . |
| 23 | He 's a fabulous guy and very funny , but it took a long time , and I do n't take credit for it , but it took a long time to put him in a situation where I felt that he was at maximum ‘ comfortableness ’ , so that his shyness — and he was very shy — was overcome . |
| 24 | And Taylor said : ‘ At last , our young players now have the facilities to put us at the top of the world game . ’ |