Example sentences of "put [adv] [art] [noun sg] to " in BNC.

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1 If we get first division people I 'll do it a different way to him if I had to end up with second division people and the responsibilities they take on board will very much reflect that and the same surely should happen to the field sales force erm their abilities are reflected in in what sort of activities we give them and by looking at the people we have we then put together a team to most accurately attack whatever we want to do .
2 Jersey cops put out an alert to the Yard asking for assistance in tracking down the globe-trotting 27-year-old .
3 Yes I put out an appeal to er my readers to search their attics and their er lofts and their garden sheds for all the things they might have left over from the second World War .
4 By 1978 British Rail and the Société Nationale des Chemins de Fer Français ( SNC ) had started planning a single track rail tunnel for through rail services , commonly known as the Mousehole , and they put forward a plan to the governments in 1979 .
5 So , I wonder whether er , as ari er , a matter arising out of this , erm er , the director of education could , erm er , perhaps address this issue and put forward a paper to the next education committee .
6 In November 1987 Tony Higton , the rector of Hawkwell in Essex , put forward a motion to General Synod which reaffirmed the
7 I put forward the idea to Mme Bluot that , rather than sit either side of a table , reminding Didier of school and his failure to keep up , he and I would do better to talk down by the river , in the park , even in the Café du Coin .
8 The pressure came from John McFall , a Labour home affairs spokesman , who put forward an amendment to the Carrying of Knives etc ( Scotland ) Bill calling for the planned six-month jail sentence or fine of up to £1,000 to be increased to two years or an unlimited fine .
9 Although in fact they accepted all three Beveridge ‘ assumptions ’ on behalf of the coalition government , the impression they gave was one of hesitancy and caution ; and the result was that the Parliamentary Labour Party , for the one and only time during the coalition years , decided to put down an amendment to the government motion and thus divide the House .
10 Instead of having to cancel a trip to the Blue Mountains , she 'd had to put off a trip to the Blue Danube .
11 God , it 's simple to understand , a child could do it , but old Mike has to put up a resistance to everything .
12 It was by then already obvious that the schools had overcome their first reservations er about what the scheme had to offer and it was so obvious that they deserved recognition for their efforts that it led to my colleagues , Councillor and putting down the motion to Council in April of this year , drawing attention to the continuing success in schools throughout the district of the Local Management initiative .
13 We 'd only just put down the phone to them .
14 Gerry , at Sony for three years , puts down the success to the close-knit staff which has hardly changed since then , including .
15 That piece of information shook her so much that she put up no resistance to being led off , except to say , ‘ Where are we going ? ’
16 Nicandra put up a hand to the loose hairpins in her bun , and looked rather miserable .
17 Hotspur put up a hand to the furred collar of his cloak , and let it slide from his shoulders ; and like a silent and attentive valet the girl came gliding out of the shadows and took it from him .
18 Unconsciously she put up a hand to that fatal head of hair , and her fingers , coming into contact with the enveloping white cap , brought her a sobering thought .
19 Disconcerted , Sarella put up a hand to her earrings .
20 She looked back at him , her mouth slightly tilted in a half-smile , and put up a finger to lightly trace the outline of his mouth .
21 ‘ We 'll put up a statue to you , Mary . ’
22 The old stone walls closed about her , so that at times it seemed to be suffocatingly hot , and she found herself putting up a hand to her throat .
23 Grainne gasped and put out a hand to Raynor .
24 She put out a hand to him .
25 He put out a hand to her and she slapped it away .
26 She put out a hand to him at once .
27 Men are portrayed as being powerless : CB LOLITA , 13 , HAD SEX ON THE SLIDE ( ‘ A girl of 13 had sex on a kiddies ' playground slide with a young man she contacted over CB radio , a court heard yesterday ’ ) ; Bedtime antics of a ‘ latter-day Lolita ’ ( ‘ A 13-year-old girl … described as a ‘ latter-day Lolita ’ went to bed with one man … and then swapped him for another in the same room ’ ) ; Girl , 15 , tempted her mother 's man ( ‘ She had made propositions to him three times which he resisted before succumbing ’ ) ; Sex-case man goes to jail ( Defence counsel claimed ‘ the initiative in the sexual relationship came from the girl ’ ) ; CABBlE 'S TEEN SEX SESSIONS ( ‘ Taxi driver … found the cheeky advances of a teenage Lolita hard to resist ’ ) ; CHOIRMASTER AND GIRL , 15 ( ‘ I was tempted and that 's all ’ ) ; Girl gave rapist sex lesson ( ‘ A 14-year-old girl put out a challenge to a convicted rapist … .
28 Sun put out the wire to its community describing Sparc as ‘ an open evolutionary process … the only cooperatively-developed , royalty-free architecture in the world . ’
29 Bismarck followed it up by putting out a feeler to Great Britain , but nothing came of it .
30 ‘ We 've put out a call to the hospital personnel that we 're low on blood and some of them have volunteered to come in .
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