Example sentences of "put back the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In all these cases the treatment is simple : put back the skin fats by the liberal use of moisturising creams . |
| 2 | As part of the eventual closedown , deal workers demanded the protestors put back the wood they 'd moved . |
| 3 | Slowly I put back the receiver and climbed upstairs . |
| 4 | The girl raised her hands to put back the veil from her face . |
| 5 | At the end of your editorial ( ‘ Starting again ’ , 17 April ) you make the point that the Labour Party has not yet had the opportunity to discuss why it lost the recent election and this is a good reason to put back the choice of a new leader . |
| 6 | Whether your hair has been chemically treated or not , you should take extra rich products to put back the moisture removed by the sun , sea and chlorine . |
| 7 | There is all the difference between keeping slim , well-groomed and well-dressed in order to look good at forty-five or fifty , and putting the same amount of effort into an attempt to put back the clock and have another crack at being twenty-five . |
| 8 | It is therefore important to refrain from continuous cereal-growing on the same land , and to put back the equivalent of what has been taken out . |
| 9 | Spread out the roots before putting back the soil . |
| 10 | That surprised him , and he paused a moment before putting back the sheet . |
| 11 | Well , Isabel told herself , putting back the magazine , here is one mystery partially solved , one set of questions answered . |
| 12 | ‘ We have modified it a little already by putting back the starting time from 10 to 10.30 , ’ he said . |
| 13 | He urged Leclerc to compromise : ‘ You can not put back the past : there is a new situation . ’ |
| 14 | Watts fears not : he fears a return of union militancy ; he fears Labour 's desire to bring water under greater public control will put back the modernisation of the industry . |
| 15 | The inclusion of a very attractive volute behind the nut is a major improvement , since it puts back the wood that the bolt-through locking nut removes . |
| 16 | She shut the lid of the chest and put back the pot , shoe and mirror , stopping for a moment to gaze at her reflection . |
| 17 | He put back the stone as he found it , carefully aligned . |
| 18 | I have stripped off the patina of almost-respectable journalism , put back the earring , parted my hair in the middle to hide my own personal recession , exchanged the Marks and Spencer 's cords for 501s , the Oxford shirt for a Lloyd Cole cast-off black polo . |
| 19 | She stripped it angrily off again , and put back the sweat shirt , and with it a feeling of appropriateness and even virtue , as if she had been tempted briefly by the forbidden . |
| 20 | Emyr has built it all up and put back the roof . |
| 21 | Two white hands rose and put back the hood . |
| 22 | So I rebelled and left and immediately put back the stone in weight . |
| 23 | And it 's , I 'm going to do things for the house like I want to make erm Chris has put back the rail over my windowsill . |
| 24 | While he was enthusing about future advancements in the industry there was perhaps a hint of sadness in leaving it behind — but thoughts of the ‘ challenges of my new career ’ soon put back the sparkle in his eye . |
| 25 | As they put it , they feel that they have ‘ put back the life into a very contented house ’ . |
| 26 | Delays in the determination of the final form and decoration of the palace constantly put back the date for the grand house-warming party . |
| 27 | They have put back the release date nine months to September next year . |
| 28 | THE KILLING of 11 Royal Marines bandsmen in the Deal Barracks explosion had put back the cause of the IRA , Dr Robert Runcie , the Archbishop of Canterbury , said during the memorial service to the victims at Canterbury Cathedral yesterday . |
| 29 | To prove wrong those who say that any dieter will have put back the weight ( and more ) 12 months after losing it — 12 months on and 18 lbs ( 8.2 kg ) down , I 'm still a ‘ Hip and Thigh ’ fan . |
| 30 | Brittain says : ‘ She has put back the weight , is in tremendous form — and deserves a tilt at another classic . ’ |