Example sentences of "[subord] they put [pers pn] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | They could n't come to a decision so they put it to the vote when — as the book put it — a pair of bearded anarchists , one with flame red hair , appeared out of nowhere and took their decision for them , smashing down the gates with sledgehammers . |
| 2 | I wonder why they reduced them then , if they put them in the new catalogue , oh there 's a slight difference ai n't there , there 's no bow |
| 3 | And if they died , we us I helping my moni my Mother many at time , to wash them down , before they put them in the coffins . |
| 4 | I was only a lad , I was er a messenger boy on the loading deck and I used to have to go down to at Beskett and fetch parts for the planes and er plates , aluminium plates , to be normalized which was a treatment when they put them into the vats and I had to fetch the films as well , from the house that used to be a warehouse for films over in er in by the beacon , great bar ! |
| 5 | But especially when they put them at the end of a sentence where they should be putting a full stop . |
| 6 | ‘ I started to come round when they put me on the slab . |
| 7 | Or as they put it in the locker-room , once you 're in , you 're in . |