Example sentences of "[adv] put [pron] [noun sg] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The year she died Sir Walter Raleigh was in South America , on his last ill-fated search for Eldorado : he had , like many of his contemporaries , quite literally put his life on the line to find this worldly paradise . |
| 2 | The room had one other chair , a red velvet-covered rocker , having massive springs and I well remember how , when sitting on this on one occasion , absent-mindedly put my hand on the bottom leg . |
| 3 | Put at its simplest , it was jealous suspicion , for when she had looked through Barbs 's windows she had seen Memet 's straw hat sitting on the sill : he always put his hat on the window-sill . |
| 4 | " You still put your money on the evenings , though . " |
| 5 | do n't miss out PUT YOUR SALON ON THE MAP IN THE NEW salon directory |
| 6 | C. S. Lewis ( 1979 : 9 ) surely put his finger on the proper Christian approach to evil spirits in the preface to The Screwtape Letters : ‘ There are two equal and opposite errors into which our race can fall about the devils . |
| 7 | Please put your name on the back of the photograph — only those entries submitted with a stamped addressed envelope will be returned . |
| 8 | The history books will list the world records , Olympic title and the record number of sub four-minute miles , but that alone does n't do justice to the man who consistently put his reputation on the line , changed our notions on the possible longevity of a miler 's career and who , I believe , was the inspiration that heralded the greatest decade in the history of British middle distance running . |
| 9 | He hesitated , then put his arm on the man 's shoulders . |
| 10 | I then put my hand on the throttles and said : " This reduces the power . " |
| 11 | But he says Shakespeare certainly put his finger on the truth when he wrote : ‘ There are more things in heaven and earth … than are dreamt in ( your ) philosophy . ’ |
| 12 | And he actually put his watch on the table , and sat back in his chair , closing his eyes . |