Example sentences of "put [pron] [adv] the " in BNC.
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1 | Put them off the scent . ’ |
2 | Put them down the hole . |
3 | Just put them down the way you think that they 're spelt . |
4 | Put me down the block ? |
5 | No , I mean , strangely enough that was one of the things that almost put me off the relationship in the first place because I 'd never had any desire to be a mother . |
6 | It it 's er really put me off the track there , I 'm sorry I . |
7 | If there 's a fight , they tie your hands , pull your head sideways and put you down the block . |
8 | That 's why I put you down the end of the table so I would n't have to talk to you . |
9 | Of course at school they always tell you that you should do a secretarial course , which was absolutely dreadful , and they put you off the idea of a career in the theatre just as much as they can . |
10 | Let none of these warnings and precautions put you off the adventure and excitement of collecting in this field if you have an inclination that way . |
11 | ‘ Leonora , does the fact that I 've been married before put you off the thought of becoming my wife ? ’ |
12 | And , or put it down the cellar in the |
13 | or put it down the cellar , you see , out the way . |
14 | Oh I put it down the other end . |
15 | And instead , instead of telling the woman I I pretended to eat it could n't finish it I put it down the lift shaft . |
16 | It was very tempting to just stay put but the longer we put it off the worse it would be . |
17 | Say they needed it at eight , they thought they might need it at eight o'clock and then turned out they did n't , because one body else came in the restaurant , then they 'd just stick that in the fridge over night , and put it out the next morning . |
18 | I refused to go in my cell and they put us down the block . |
19 | Then another time I smashed my cell up and slashed my arms and that , because I did n't get any letters or anything like that , so one of the screws came in and they put us down the block . |
20 | It was before I had the bairn , and I would n't go and they put us down the block for being cheeky . |
21 | I just cracked up , and they put us down the block . |
22 | He was trying to put me off the scent , perhaps , trying to explain , trying to seem reasonable . |
23 | ‘ I decided to put them off the scent . ’ |
24 | This assumes that girls themselves want to do this , unlike Kate whose response to being given contraceptive pills by her mother was to put them down the toilet . |
25 | We 've got out back , it 's all sheltered , next door 's got more for years to put them down the front , my wife wo n't let me for the same reason she says if you blind yourself then any bugger can come in . |
26 | And er then th one man used to load the barrel , and the other man was to put them down the plank . |
27 | Sorry I 'll have to put you where the teapot is |
28 | ‘ Is n't it possible , though , that the other girl could be a hundred kilometres from here and that this one was dumped here to put you off the scent ? ’ |
29 | Having done my best to put you off the Bar , I must add that the public interest strongly requires that the profession should continue to attract a flow of top quality recruits . |
30 | ‘ Almost anything , ’ said Roland , suddenly wanting to put him off the trail . |