Example sentences of "would put [pers pn] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well , judging by the looks of her I 'd put her at about fifteen , Vi , so get rid of her . |
| 2 | He said he 'd put them at a friend 's house for safe keeping , and the friend just happened to have gone away on holiday . |
| 3 | It was better , but not a lot , and McLeish who knew her to be in her late fifties decided any casual observer would put her at nearer seventy . |
| 4 | It would put her at even more of a disadvantage than she already was . |
| 5 | He feels it would put him at a disadvantage . |
| 6 | The key job , currently held by Michael Heseltine , would put him at the forefront of the drive to get the country back on course . |
| 7 | To pick and choose which plants they were going to eat would put them at a disadvantage since they would waste so much time looking for food , rather than eating it . |
| 8 | So I would suggest that regional and sub- regional policies need to occur much higher up the list and er perhaps I would put them at number one if not number two . |
| 9 | Efforts by the EC to introduce a tax last year were frustrated by the Bush administration 's opposition to the concept which European industrialists claimed would put them at an unfair disadvantage in world markets . |
| 10 | An experienced interviewer would put you at your ease beforehand and would know how to ask questions to the best advantage . |