Example sentences of "put [pn reflx] into the " in BNC.
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| 1 | This does not mean that they put themselves into the hands of an absolute authority . |
| 2 | About two-thirds of all temporary workers put themselves into the seasonal , temporary or casual category , though the proportion was much higher amongst those in lower level occupations and much lower amongst those in more skilled , and particularly in " professional " occupations [ see Table 2.4 ] . |
| 3 | ‘ Put yourself into the hands of a Gothic architect , tell him what you want , let him invoke his muse and his clerks , and know the result . |
| 4 | As regular , well-known members of the church it is difficult to put ourselves into the shoes of the first-time visitor . |
| 5 | Yet when Cornwall pronounces him the new Earl of Gloucester , and orders him to seek his father out , Edmund has yet another layer of pretence at hand : Edmund 's perversion of such words as ‘ nature ’ , ‘ loyalty ’ , and ‘ blood ’ is grimly evident to us , but not to Cornwall — who may not understand those terms , in any case — and who now puts himself into the position of an adopted father to Edmund : ‘ I will lay trust upon thee ; and thou shalt find a dearer father in my love ’ ( 24f . ) . |
| 6 | Then I realized he was putting himself into the part . |
| 7 | He put himself into the hands of a psychiatrist who passed him to another psychiatrist , Leonard Browne . |
| 8 | He put himself into the pathologist 's shoes and stood in the witness box . |
| 9 | White put himself into the character of Merlyn , passing on to the young king his knowledge of wildlife and hunting . |
| 10 | They had also put themselves into the role of mediators , if anyone wanted to use them . |
| 11 | Now I 've got to sort out all the people who persist in putting themselves into the wrong bedrooms … ’ |
| 12 | Ironically , it ended just as the Giants were putting themselves into the play-off hunt with a 27–7 victory over the Green Bay Packers for their third straight win . |
| 13 | So I was n't bitter when I put myself into the hands of the surgeon and that splendid bank nurse was so thoughtful as to ask me the question . |
| 14 | I wanted to make certain I was leaving the jeep with Kaptan — I wanted to establish my connection with the family , give a hint of trouble I could solve ( without making it look like a threat ) , and put myself into the frame without a hint of asserting myself . |
| 15 | Pascal warned that ‘ hearsay is so far from being a criterion of belief that you should not believe anything until you have put yourself into the same state as if you had never heard it . ’ |
| 16 | Try putting yourself into the other person 's shoes . |