Example sentences of "[prep] putting [pers pn] [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Instead of putting them down for the afternoon , I 'd like to be able to do something with them . |
| 2 | Now then , I like the new look — ’ Sarella had had her hair cropped ‘ — and was thinking of putting you in for the ingénue , but I 'm having second thoughts . ’ |
| 3 | If the bird keeps struggling , it will be clawed and bitten repeatedly by its captor , but if it lies still the cat may then make the mistake of putting it down on the ground and releasing it from its jaws . |
| 4 | The leggy actress has revealed that she now shreds all the rubbish at her Malibu home before putting it out for the dust-men . |
| 5 | You strike me as a basically good-natured and decent girl , and if I can be of assistance in putting you back on the right path , I shall be happy to oblige , so long as you do not expect too lengthy or too frequent an exchange . |
| 6 | Yeah , so erm cos then I had the argument about putting them back in the box . |
| 7 | But Cyprus Airways jetted to the rescue by putting them up in the honeymoon suite at Manchester Airport 's Hilton Hotel . |
| 8 | ‘ We shall know whether they sink or swim by putting them in at the deep end , and I have every confidence that they will all do well . |
| 9 | As Fred said with a grin , ‘ We 'll save money by putting you back on the staff rather than pay you free-lance rates ’ . |