Example sentences of "put under the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A scotch was kept near the shelter at the top of Anerley Hill , and put under the front wheel when the crews took their break in the Crystal Palace canteen . |
| 2 | Its research institutes in Ulm , Berlin and Frankfurt have been put under the centralised control of the Daimler holding company in Stuttgart . |
| 3 | About six other Cambridge graduates joined the firm with Sir Adrian and they were put under the protective wing of the head of the employment department , who guided their career progression . |
| 4 | Members of the research and development department , put under the massive strain of trying to turn production over from rock slippers to ‘ rubber craft ’ ( not proving all that popular according to market research anyway ) were dropping like flies . |
| 5 | The London Passenger Transport Board was put under the direct control of the Government through the Railway Executive Committee . |