Example sentences of "put [pers pn] to [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A chance for you to air your views and put them to a Government spokesperson . |
| 2 | We put them to the test with the help of : Gloria Hunniford , television cook Glynn Christian , cake expert Mary Berry , Emma Forbes of BBC1 's Going Live ! , children 's presenter Andi Peters , Food & Drink producer Alison Field and Willie Elsner , chef of London 's Dorchester Hotel . |
| 3 | ‘ We thought , ’ put in Bith , who was feeling a bit bolder now that Goibniu had approved their ideas , ‘ we thought that the lady — that is Reflection 's daughter — might like to see the designs before we put them to the forge , your honour . ’ |
| 4 | There is no doubt at all that heads have the power , in managerial terms , to make such decisions ; but it would be a foolish head who put them to the governors without first winning staff support . |
| 5 | You can question other people , other people might have that knowledge and you can question and clarify and form in your mind the ideas that you need and maybe put them to the group as a group . |
| 6 | Let me , let's , let's , let's try a couple of those thoughts , put them to the vote . |
| 7 | As the general secretary indicated , colleagues , all the motions are being accepted , so I now put them to the vote . |
| 8 | The first congress of the ruling Popular Front , held in Ouagadougou , the capital , on March 1-4 , decided to draft a constitution for Burkina Faso and put it to a referendum within six months . |
| 9 | As Lord Salisbury once put it to a German , ‘ nous sommes des poissons ’ . |
| 10 | Will the Prime Minister now put it to the test through the ballot box and let the people decide on his record ? |
| 11 | Rather dubiously I put it to the Chairman and I was relieved to find that he was quite enthusiastic about the idea . |
| 12 | you 're always concerned , do n't get me wrong , but you just put it to the back of your mind . |
| 13 | ‘ I put it to the back of my mind . ’ |
| 14 | But she may have accepted it by now , put it to the back of her mind . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ Aaron seems to have coped with the accident and put it to the back of his mind , ’ she added . |
| 16 | Yeah if you do n't , if you do n't like it you probably just put it to the back of your mind then |
| 17 | Put it to the back of your mind a moment please . |
| 18 | " Besides all this Tristan learned to ride nimbly with shield and lance , to spur his mount skilfully on either flank , put it to the gallop with dash , wheel and give it free rein and urge it on with his knees , in strict accordance with the chivalric art . |
| 19 | It is carried against , and so I come back to the new erm section being proposed by Professor on anti-semitism and concurred by the convenor , Dr , and put it to the assembly . |
| 20 | I put it to the committee . ’ |
| 21 | Now you would court martial them well I put it to the S I B |
| 22 | That was recommended to the employers , the employers said yes , that 's the action they would take , they put it to the trustees , the trustees agreed it and that was it . |
| 23 | In Britain , comments like those of Admiral Lord Charles Beresford were typical : ‘ I put it to the men who play cricket and football that we must now all be prepared to stand by our country and to suffer for our country . ’ |
| 24 | " Take a quart of green gooseberries boil them and pulp them thro " a sieve , take the whites of 3 eggs , beat them to a Froth , put it to the Gooseberries and beat it both together till it looks white , then take ½ pound refin 'd sugar , make it into a Syrrup with Spring Water , boyl it to a Candy , [ i.e. to the small thread ] let it be almost cold then put it to the Gooseberries and Eggs and beat all together till t is all froth , which put into Cups or Glasses — Codlings [ green apples ] may be done the same way . |
| 25 | " Take a quart of green gooseberries boil them and pulp them thro " a sieve , take the whites of 3 eggs , beat them to a Froth , put it to the Gooseberries and beat it both together till it looks white , then take ½ pound refin 'd sugar , make it into a Syrrup with Spring Water , boyl it to a Candy , [ i.e. to the small thread ] let it be almost cold then put it to the Gooseberries and Eggs and beat all together till t is all froth , which put into Cups or Glasses — Codlings [ green apples ] may be done the same way . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | One of his most senior colleagues , Mr Michael Heseltine , the Environment Secretary , indicated that , if the Tories were the biggest party in a hung Parliament , Mr Major would draw up a programme of legislation and put it to the vote in Parliament rather than seeking any formal deal with the Liberal Democrats or Ulster Unionists . |
| 28 | Colleagues , motion one seven five is being accepted , I put it to the vote , all those in favour ? |
| 29 | Put it to the vote , and let's get on with it . |
| 30 | Then the Scots raided down from the borders and put it to the torch . |