Example sentences of "was put [pron] [prep] [art] " in BNC.

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1 However , to knock down old buildings was to put himself beyond the pale — not before time perhaps , but hardly for the right reason .
2 The aim was to put them on the spot — or at least to impress the Inspector with your knowledge and concern .
3 They were in costumes that , in spite of their crumpled shabbiness , recalled the garb of Count Arnheim in the opera of ‘ The Bohemian Girl ’ , and looked like fugitive kings and emperors beside the thick-set railway porter , in capacious velveteens , whose duty it was to put them on the right track towards the ‘ free land ’ .
4 My first thought was to put them in the dustbin .
5 She had stayed at Thomas a while and now this officer was to put her on a stage for home .
6 Tony found that the best thing to do was to put her in the buggy and push her round the town , or take her to the park .
7 As the novelist E. M. Forster was to put it in the Indian summer of the bourgeoisie : ‘ In came the dividends , up went the lofty thoughts . ’
8 Mrs Brooks ' dog was almost run over recently as she was putting her into the car .
9 He was putting them on the game , women and young girls who would otherwise never have dreamt of doing it .
10 I was putting them round the back and sat thinking about it and I said well we ai n't got no peat , so we had to rush over to Hetford and bought some very good peat , and erm , by the time I got back and started digging hole for them to go in
11 What he was putting them in a ?
12 The cost of a player in the fantasy league does not reflect his ‘ true ’ value ; for defenders and goalies it 's how many clean sheets , +4 points , or goals conceded — 1 point for each ( but they get points for nipping in the odd goal ; why Irwin is worth 3m and Tony 1.9m ) ; for the midfield and forwards it is how many they score , +3 points , and how many they assist with , +2 points , explaining why Speed is valued higher than Macca , as at the time of setting this up he was putting them in the onion bag .
13 I mean , my mate , he went to hospital cos they said he was allergic to something and they was putting him in a thing that only
14 It symbolized that he was putting himself under the protection of the saint , the patron of his kingdom ; but it also revealed the sort of anomaly which had entered the feudal hierarchy .
15 Because what Niki was doing-the subject was Niki 's contract and terms for 1977 — was putting himself on the same level as Enzo .
16 Then I realized he was putting himself into the part .
17 I nearly forgot how old you are when I was putting you in the book .
18 Well , I was putting it on the foil and I thought : ‘ This could kill me ’ , but it was that strong the urge to have it , I did n't care .
19 She never said to whom that fresh statement was made , but it was apparent to the jury that she was saying that she had made a statement contrary to that incriminating one , and she was suggesting that the second statement set out her case as she was putting it in the witness box .
20 But not too many of those who reckoned she should be pitting herself alongside the professionals recognised that she was putting herself through a far tougher ordeal by playing in a junior championship where she had everything to lose , nothing to gain .
21 Siberia for me , but all they did was put me on a plane heading for Berlin .
22 Yeah , I think he did er , Rumpole was put him in the big time really .
23 I suppose what I did there was put them on the spot so how could I word that so that it does n't put people on the defensive so much ?
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