Example sentences of "put back in the " in BNC.

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1 They were piled haphazardly , some put back in the wrong sleeves , and were mainly recordings of Italian opera .
2 I ca n't help feeling that some women would prefer a doll than a child , something they can put back in the box when they 're tired of it .
3 So the bit was taken out of his mouth and put back in the proper place , and Wendy continued to calmly trot him around with the other horses ; and Huckleberry kept putting his tongue over the bit again , and again , and again .
4 Hand-reared birds can be put back in the nest once they can feed themselves , but if they 've become imprinted on a human , they may not respond properly to the other birds and the parents may reject them .
5 Marco would n't hear of him being put back in the cabin .
6 My next book was due to have been a literary novel but that 's been put back in the top drawer .
7 Even a biscuit tin full of buttons and other odds and ends was finally put back in the pile of things to be kept because , as Granny said , ‘ You never know when they 'll come in handy . ’
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