Example sentences of "put the [noun] [adv prt] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I went to the restaurant and put the money down for a large brandy . |
| 2 | For reasons unknown , Adderly ceased production and put the mill up for sale . |
| 3 | Mr Osenat nevertheless put the paintings up for sale at their estimate , FFr2.5 million and sold them in the space of a few seconds to the town 's Mayor ( who is also , ironically , Chairman of the Board of the Hospital ) , who then donated them to the museum on behalf of the town . |
| 4 | The poor creep out of alleyways while the rich put the BMW in for the night and hit the rich over the head and steal the tyres . |
| 5 | So I 'm zooming down , which I thought must have been fifty mile an hour , but it was probably only about five really , or ten , but er put the brake on for the platform to stop , no chance , it just kept going . |
| 6 | Put the facts down for the specialist to see . |
| 7 | Then she said , very gently , ‘ Kit , why do n't you go down now , and put the kettle on for tea ? |
| 8 | As soon as I was clear of the entrance to the voe , I let the boat steer herself while I put the kettle on for a cuppa after a modest breakfast of bread and cheese . |
| 9 | Half way through Edward gave up , scraped the rest into Tam 's food bowl and put the kettle on for a cup of tea ; behind him , Tam slurped as though rescued from the brink of starvation . |
| 10 | We went back into the house and I put the kettle on for our customary cup of coffee . |
| 11 | Well what do you ask me if I put the kettle on for ? |
| 12 | Put the kettle on for a cuppa . |
| 13 | THE back office problems that lead to last month 's supension of Dumenil unit trusts were identified six months ago in a document that put the group up for sale . |
| 14 | THE back office problems that led to last month 's suspension of Dumenil unit trusts were identified six months ago in a document that put the group up for sale . |
| 15 | I put the receiver down for a moment so that I could take two hands to the strawboard . |
| 16 | And then you just put the numbers in for different hours into the equation into the formula that tells you how far he 's gone , work it out . |
| 17 | Dynamite on a long fuse Myles Palmer talks to singer , Brenda Lee , returning to Scotland on tour , and celebrating 33 years in the music business ‘ I know what entertainers have gone through to get to that point on the stage , to put the performance on for you . |
| 18 | Because I know what they 've gone through to get to that point on the stage , to put the performance on for you . |
| 19 | I 'm just going to put the video on for a moment Thank you . |
| 20 | As the council is entitled to send the bill to the owner , many decide at this stage to put the building up for sale and usually a buyer quickly comes forward . |
| 21 | Er it costs so much , nobody 's got enough money to , to put the money up for it to erm be at a price which would be affordable , unfortunately . |
| 22 | ‘ After an initial delay the MoD decided to put the property up for sale on the open market . |
| 23 | This seems somewhat cool behaviour , considering that the governors appear to have done nothing to put the medal up for competition . |
| 24 | Finally they reached home and tried to put the kettle on for a welcome cup of tea — to discover their water had been cut off . |
| 25 | They used to put the cloth on for the winter and take it off during the summer . |
| 26 | ‘ Then I have always kept to making the Ovaltine last thing , and on Friday night I forgot to put the sugar in for him and went to get the bowl . |
| 27 | I think I need to put the immersion on for just a little while . |
| 28 | It 's a policy of the stadium , if they come then we 'll make the effort to put the racing on for them . |
| 29 | She said , " Do you want to put the baby up for adoption ? " |
| 30 | I bus-hopped down to Covent Garden to start putting the feelers out for Werewolf . |