Example sentences of "put it to the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Will the Prime Minister now put it to the test through the ballot box and let the people decide on his record ? |
| 2 | Rather dubiously I put it to the Chairman and I was relieved to find that he was quite enthusiastic about the idea . |
| 3 | you 're always concerned , do n't get me wrong , but you just put it to the back of your mind . |
| 4 | ‘ I put it to the back of my mind . ’ |
| 5 | But she may have accepted it by now , put it to the back of her mind . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ Aaron seems to have coped with the accident and put it to the back of his mind , ’ she added . |
| 7 | 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 |
| 8 | Put it to the back of your mind a moment please . |
| 9 | " 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | I put it to the committee . ’ |
| 12 | Now you would court martial them well I put it to the S I B |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . ’ |
| 15 | " 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 . |
| 16 | " 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | Colleagues , motion one seven five is being accepted , I put it to the vote , all those in favour ? |
| 20 | Put it to the vote , and let's get on with it . |
| 21 | Then the Scots raided down from the borders and put it to the torch . |
| 22 | Are there any questions of this erm resolution before I put it to the meeting ? |
| 23 | Sorry I was going to go down to get an authorization from Age Concern , I missed the first bit , but erm if resources are allowed for this work , would it not be better to aim them at priority areas , and not wards , I mean , in other words , to put it to the areas that needed most . |
| 24 | All , from Davout down to the humblest ranker , were eager to put it to the test . |
| 25 | I really think , although I would not be prepared to put it to the test , that you could go out in the streets of London in your nightdress and nobody would notice . |
| 26 | It might be prudent to put it to the test . |
| 27 | More shaming had been his reluctance to put it to the test . |
| 28 | Against the urgent advice of Keith , Fraser and other veterans , they decided that the English were afraid to put it to the test ; but they were not . |
| 29 | Naturally the two officers protest that their girls are different , but Alfonso persuades them to put it to the test . |
| 30 | So too with exhibiting : somewhere a reader may be able to grow significantly better roses than his or her neighbours , and he or she would like to put it to the test of the show-bench . |