Example sentences of "put their [noun pl] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | She said last night : ‘ All the night drivers put their lives on the line . |
| 2 | Scientists — many of them , like the physicists Niels Bohr and Enrico Fermi , refugees from Fascism — put their skills at the disposal of the government . |
| 3 | She told her brothers and they too put their faces into the soft sealskin . |
| 4 | And both men put their arms round the children , and felt them flinch from the touch of strangers . |
| 5 | They put their feet in the rabbit-runs between the dead . |
| 6 | The Ukrainians put their signatures to the Lisbon protocol . |
| 7 | They put their cases in the boot and within ten minutes he was leaving the outskirts of Brussels , heading east for Liège — the opposite direction to Bruges . |
| 8 | They know that they put their jobs on the line with any such shortfall . |
| 9 | I put their empties on the bar and , of course , I glanced in here to see whether there were any more to clear away . |
| 10 | The film 's main assets are Croft and Tiernan , both young enough to ignore the weight of Shakespeare 's name and get on with acting — they put their words at the service of fresh emotions , not the other way round . |
| 11 | What you mean to say is — everyone 's scared of cancer and/or the bomb , so they put their heads in the sand and take up jogging and unrefined bran … |
| 12 | Once or twice people put their heads round the door and asked her if the Meditation proof was up yet , or whether she knew ‘ that she had four inches less than usual on page twelve . |
| 13 | Soldiers put their shoulders to the wheels of a trolley representing a bobsleigh at Thorpe Park , Surrey , |
| 14 | Soldiers put their shoulders to the wheels of a trolley representing a bobsleigh at Thorpe Park , Surrey , yesterday . |
| 15 | So while Philip made tentative approaches to Elizabeth , families like the Raleighs , Grenvilles and Drakes put their shoulders to the door and pushed in the opposite direction . |
| 16 | A few of the burlier men put their shoulders to the door , but it was built of ancient oak , heavily reinforced with iron and their combined weights failed so much as to cause the door to tremble on its massive hinges . |
| 17 | And we got a full of chocolates and sweets and by the time we put their sweets on the top as well , there 'll be lots and lots by for Christmas . |
| 18 | Keith Geddes , the leader of the region 's Labour group , said the council 's support would depend on ‘ whether other players put their cards on the table . |
| 19 | Could all Labour Party members in the audience , in the delegations , put their hands in the air please . |
| 20 | and , you know , they 'll be tempted to put their fingers in the till and , and pilfer from work and , and , and |
| 21 | To see that all parties get justice , are dealt with fairly and get the chance to put their cases to the best of their abilities . |
| 22 | He got up to put their dishes on the tray . |
| 23 | in in coming to grips with this issue we have realised how particular they are met er and a number of members will prevent from getting to that meeting to put their views on the table and for this reason er they decided to defer that . |
| 24 | A Steamship Owners ' Mutual Protection and Indemnity Association had been formed as early as 1874 which later became part of a North of England Protecting and Indemnity Association , and as early as 1878 shipowners of the north-east were complaining of the " tyrannical " attempts of a " dictatorial body of unionists " ' to impose demands on the industry , establishing in 1885 a Central Association of Shipowners of Sunderland , Glasgow and Newcastle to put their views to the Royal Commission of 1886 on Chamberlain 's proposed Shipping Bill . |
| 25 | It is my belief that the people who are willing to put their lives on the line , we , are patriotic . |
| 26 | If we 're only offering £10,500 a year to join the police force , for people to put their lives on the line , it not the sort of money that would attract the right people . |
| 27 | Both said they had decided not to put their families through the ordeal of the embassy occupation and appeared to believe the assurance of Wolfgang Vogel , special envoy of Erich Honecker , the East German leader , that they would all be allowed to leave for the West with their dependents within six months . |
| 28 | Soon the bodies began to pile up here , too , and yet again the Collector and his men had to put their shoulders to the carnal barricade to prevent it from being ejected into the hall ; and yet again , as if in a dream , the Collector found his face an inch from that of an amused sepoy and thought : " It surely ca n't be the same man ! " for from this corpse 's moustache there was also a scent of patchouli . |
| 29 | But miners say that the continuing importation of cheap foreign coal is helping to put their jobs on the scrap heap . |
| 30 | It was as though the railway companies wished to put their excursionists in the mood , remind them of the rather light-hearted , somewhat extravagant outing they were engaged upon , quite different from everyday commuting and business travel . |