Example sentences of "put their [noun pl] in the " in BNC.
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| 1 | They put their feet in the rabbit-runs between the dead . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 … |
| 4 | Could all Labour Party members in the audience , in the delegations , put their hands in the air please . |
| 5 | and , you know , they 'll be tempted to put their fingers in the till and , and pilfer from work and , and , and |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | The counter argument is that investors ought to have known that there was a risk involved , particularly those who put their funds in the Gibraltar fund at suspiciously high rates of interest in order to avoid UK taxation . |
| 8 | Telling them where they can put their cards in the best possible term |
| 9 | just off hanging over the welly boots when somebody puts their feet in the welly boots they get a bit of shock ! |