Example sentences of "it [be] put [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was clean , even the wheels were clean , as if it were put out on a drive on Sundays and given the old once-over like the family car . |
| 2 | ‘ Was it being put in or taken out ? ’ |
| 3 | It 's putting off prospective buyers . |
| 4 | In fact , it is n't in a theatre at all — it 's put on at irregular intervals by a group of lawyers in the sedate and sheltered surroundings of the Temple , and it 's called Seminars for the Expert Witness . |
| 5 | It 's thought the sword guard will be bought by The museum of Wales when it 's put up for auction by the Receiver of wrecks later this year . |
| 6 | " Well , as long as it 's put back where you found it . |
| 7 | One friend , whose widowed father has come to share their home , told me how hard it is to put up with his constant smoking . |
| 8 | Sometimes the intention to go on the Pill is there , but it is put off until next week , or until their sixteenth birthday . |
| 9 | It was left out before , it is put back now . |
| 10 | Every round the tongue regenerates fully ; it must suffer 8 Wounds in a single round before it is put out of action for good . |
| 11 | Finally it is put down as boredom sets in and some other activity is engaged in . |
| 12 | The steady release and peak indicates the best way to use this manure : if it is put down at the end of March , the peak comes towards the end of June . |
| 13 | I actually put forward an amendment , to the police authority , whereby we take that er , million pounds o , of pensions , and by a certain amount of slight of hand , it be put back into county balances , and then re-allocated back to the police authority for this year , and that would have added an extra million to the base budget and it would not have cost this county council one extra penny . |
| 14 | Because the senior members on the flats that have been living here since it was put up , when they came to live on complex , they reckoned it was the place to come and live . |
| 15 | The monument was brought from Stanwick in about 1920 , Mr Carter says , and it was put up by a local firm , Charge Brothers . |
| 16 | It was put up for £2.20 a square foot . |
| 17 | I waltzed across the floor with the scarred Lieutenant and as soon as the song was finished it was put on again . |
| 18 | It might of course have been a more acceptable blue when it was put on because it changes |
| 19 | Well I think it , I think it was put on after this bit . |
| 20 | There is in fact a detailed expression of Plan B , which we may as well call Plan C. It was put out earlier this week as a joint reconstruction programme for LA by the Bloods and Crips , the LA gangs whose truce in fact began before the riots began . |
| 21 | It is worth lingering over Churchill 's ‘ overlord ’ experiment , as it was put back on the agenda of reform by Sir Douglas Wass , former Permanent Secretary to the Treasury , in his 1983 Reith Lectures . |
| 22 | This sparked off two days of rioting , with widespread looting and burning : it was put down only after the declaration of martial law . |
| 23 | It was put down by Darius , who in 490 sent a punitive expedition which burned Eretria but was defeated by the Athenians at Marathon , a victory which became at once a legend . |
| 24 | The motion was in order when it was put down and it is open to any hon. Member to support it — or amend it — if he or she wishes . |
| 25 | The urgency to complete it was put down to US pressure to achieve a result in time for the opening of the Republican Party convention on Aug. 17 , apparently in an attempt to boost the troubled election campaign of President George Bush by convincing the US electorate that his skills in the foreign policy field had domestic benefits . |
| 26 | It was not until the end of the 18th century that the first bottle of claret as we now know it was put down for ageing at the famous Chateau Lafite in 1797 . |
| 27 | But last year , because it was put down |
| 28 | This is the reason for the internal head-band in helmets which looks as if it was put in in order to provide ventilation . |
| 29 | It was put in today , and hopefully , if we do have trouble , we can then contact the police much more quickly . |
| 30 | And every year it was put off . |