Example sentences of "put [pron] on the [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Philby claimed he thoughtfully put them on the right track to divert suspicion from himself .
2 We did , yes , the two Rhododendron behind the and put them on the outside
3 Unless I put them on the outside wood .
4 ‘ You do n't wash your feet and put them on the dirty floor , do you ? ’ he asked as he got ready for the guests who would soothe the painful passage towards the critics .
5 She poked busily at the concoctions , withdrew the tins from the oven and put them on the scrubbed wooden table to cool .
6 If you want two matches to be satisfied simultaneously you put them on the same row in the criteria range .
7 Then she walked with me to a bus stop — I had to take one step every two minutes , and that in slow motion — waited with me , put me on the right bus and reminded the conductor where to let me out .
8 It was the way they put me on the right track that made me wonder — guiding angels in the Bible have a habit of appearing as two young men .
9 ‘ It 's definitely put me on the right tracks for the future .
10 Put me on the next train home ? ’ she suggested unsteadily , her pulses skittering recklessly .
11 Ah well they put me on the top rate of pay , which was quite good , thirty five shilling a week .
12 Prentice reached up and put something on the thin collar of Rory 's shirt .
13 If you put it on the right feet it 's clearly one of the best available .
14 LEFT Especially if you are not used to fitting a check chain , take care to ensure that you put it on the right way round .
15 But make sure we put it on the right side though !
16 So , I put it on the other way round this morning and he hates it , I 've only just done it
17 ‘ We did not want the burden of administration falling on the taxpayer so we put it on the prime beneficiary , which is the farmer himself . ’
18 The Rosewood 's very close to a Jazzmaster sometimes , actually , because it 's very sweet ; when you put it on the front pickup it 's very mellow .
19 When I had eaten the first course of cabbage , and the second of meat pudding , potato and carrots , I poured cold water into my used billycan and put it on the lighted stove .
20 He removed the vase and put it on the occasional table next to the wedding photograph .
21 I 've done m is there , are there any gaps in between , if you put it on the good quality like , can you see any spaces ?
22 So I put it on the dim switch so as he can see to get in the bedroom .
23 Second , they put themselves on the defensive by shying away from subjects like food scares and by protecting the rogues within their industry .
24 They were in costumes that , in spite of their crumpled shabbiness , recalled the garb of Count Arnheim in the opera of ‘ The Bohemian Girl ’ , and looked like fugitive kings and emperors beside the thick-set railway porter , in capacious velveteens , whose duty it was to put them on the right track towards the ‘ free land ’ .
25 Mr Jim Woolsey , a member of Scowcroft commission and one of the Democrats ' leading missile experts , says it makes much more sense to put them on the vast military bases of Nevada and California , where they could be continually on the move .
26 The rich North Italian industrial city of Turin has decided to put itself on the international map with a biennial art and antiques fair to be held at the Lingotto , the spectacular former Fiat car factory , from 27 February to 7 March .
27 This appears to put him on the right side of the new rulers , even if Steaua were answerable to one of Ceausescu 's brothers .
28 Simple as sneezing to put him on the defensive .
29 You would n't mind if he married your daughter , but you would n't want to put him on the front page .
30 ‘ There is a big future for this club , and I intend to put it on the right footing .
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