Example sentences of "put it [prep] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Ni Bevan took it up , introduced it , put it through parliament , and then lo and behold , it was running wonderful wonderfully well .
2 Bill got his car back last night , put it through M O T
3 I could roll this through the mud , spit on it and put it through dog 's dirtisisism and most people would still say yes please .
4 The references to Hansard which are set out in the speech of my noble and learned friend , Lord Browne-Wilkinson , put it beyond doubt that that could not have been the intention of Parliament in enacting the section .
5 According to Eurotunnel it is £7bn ; the contractors put it at £7.5bn .
6 Whereas the government publicly estimated the cost of meeting EC water standards at £3–4 billion , City sources put it at £22–32 billion over 11 years .
7 I put it to Paul and he decided he was prepared to give it a go . ’
8 I 'll think over what you 've said , and also put it to Ben .
9 We put it to bed in a bowl and cover it in bulb fibre like a blanket .
10 Deem gives the example of cuts in teacher training , which had the effect of reducing the opportunities that had previously been available to large numbers of girls who had been considered by their teachers to be , as they put it to Michelle Stanworth , ‘ not university material ’ .
11 I put it to Andy that it must have been a blow when they split in 1988 , but he , ever the voice of reason , says , ‘ There was no point in trying to keep them together , it had gone as far as they wanted it to go and they wanted to do something different .
12 Although he had defied her before , it had only been in words but now the thought that he had the choice of putting those words into action and so set a new pattern , and in doing so break one of the threads that tied him to her , caused his whole body to tremble and his voice to quiver as he said , ‘ Either you give me permission freely to go with Mick tomorrow or I go down now and put it to Martin . ’
13 He then put it to Mr and Mrs Singh that they would have to think about whether they would like Balbinder to come to the school .
14 I put it to Assemblyman Keene that this weakened the bill , and restricted the freedom of action of patients and doctors .
15 Should a higher form of awareness decide to tip the balance here or there ( perhaps by embryo implantation ) or put it on ice ( as in frozen embryos ) so that knowledge can be gained which will enable future embryos to prosper healthily , then it will not be acting contrary to what Nature itself does by trial and error and evolution .
16 Lee picked up the helmet and put it on Philip 's head .
17 And they just put it on leg and just put a little bit on like that and just went ee ooh !
18 Put it on defrost to get out of carton .
19 And they put it on back to front and so she keeps on putting her watch on upside down , she goes and I was feeling dead sick and then it realised it was the stupid cow at the shop with
20 Yeah , they put it on board , if you if you having them by by appointment
21 only , they put it on board .
22 When I wake up I just pull it back or put it on top of my head in a top knot .
23 As you catch each worm , put it on top of the soil in the wormery .
24 I dust down another box and put it on top of the one I am perching on , to bring it up to the height of a normal chair .
25 Yeah , put it on top of that one there
26 We do n't , we turned the valve off , we take a bunch of newspapers and put it on top of the bricks , then we light the newspaper , then we go back and turn the valve on and let this hundred octane mixture of oil drip on the bricks and it would burn .
27 and put it on top
28 You never know , you wan na buy another bit of wood , put it on top of that .
29 aha I put it on top of your radiator I put your bag up there , it 's not a
30 Just put it on top
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