Example sentences of "put a [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Taxpayers in America , for example , can be hurt by the failure of a global bank 's Luxembourg operations , and common minimum standards put a floor under destructive competitive deregulation . |
| 2 | Sheep producers , in particular , found it difficult to escape worries about continuing fixed and variable cost increases and the ending of the sheepmeat variable premium that put a floor in the market . |
| 3 | Taken from left to right and put a colour to it add a colour . |
| 4 | I feel they 're putting units into this country , why not us put a unit into their country , not to kill their women and children , but to kill the people who 's actually doing it , whether they be I R A , U D A , knock 'em out , let's have 'em out once and for all . |
| 5 | You put a test in , do n't you ? |
| 6 | We er put a flag on the top and a sort of plant pot stuck on the top of that and then me and Sinead we made a erm we put to stones and we filled that with junk and had a aerial stuck in it . |
| 7 | and you put a grid on each side like a plastic grid , you know |
| 8 | And this was but they put a D in it |
| 9 | And then , I grant , we put a sting in him |
| 10 | And then , I grant , we put a sting in him |
| 11 | Crown him that/And then I grant we put a sting in him/That at his will he may do danger with |
| 12 | With acclaim like that , Beatty 's agent immediately put a pricetag of $300,000 a picture on his head — and was getting it . |
| 13 | We 've grown up with it , there 's got to come a time when we say ‘ put a halt to it ’ , but er I do n't know what we 'll do then |
| 14 | So put a Saab to the test — only from an Approved Used Saab Dealer . |
| 15 | But that little plan was soon put a stop to , for mother would not let me go by myself , and there was nobody to go with me . |
| 16 | Toscanini put a stop to all that at his first rehearsal for Tannhäuser : ‘ No , no , nix Wagner , nix Bayreuth — café chantant ! ’ |
| 17 | When you put a stop to all that , when the place is silent and empty , all that is left is a large , ramshackle shed — cold , filthy and depressing . |
| 18 | Daisy soon put a stop to that . |
| 19 | They put a stop to predators , parasites and cannibalism , simplified feeding and kept eggs clean — very significant for production when the law forbids farmers to wash eggs because of the risk of bacteria getting inside the shell . |
| 20 | Moreover , Corbett realised that if de Craon knew he was asking questions it was only a matter of time before the Council of Guardians intervened and either put a stop to his activities or expelled him from the country . |
| 21 | We did have a couple of suicides , but I soon put a stop to that . |
| 22 | But , apart from the fact that we have to live anyway , could reason alone put a stop to the dizzying effect of the question ? |
| 23 | All our playmates crowded round to marvel at our get-up and touch our finery , but Mum soon put a stop to this and sent us indoors . |
| 24 | As far as the Royal Navy were concerned the nuisance of excessive leakage was largely put a stop to when Sir Robert Seppings ( 1764–1840 ) introduced diagonal iron bracing into wooden hulls about 1830 . |
| 25 | Please put a stop to this rubbish ! |
| 26 | Might the continued strength of the yen put a stop to this ? |
| 27 | So we founded AMES , but the repression soon put a stop to this first attempt . |
| 28 | Yet I still do n't understand you — remember when you put a stop to my having dinner Chez Auguste ? ’ |
| 29 | When the Muslims arrived in Egypt in the seventh century , they put a stop to this particular barbarity . |
| 30 | the teachers always put a stop to it . |