Example sentences of "being put [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She told me , just as did you a moment ago , about being put to bed and the sprinkling of holy water — but I could still not see what all the fuss was about ! |
| 2 | The second thing Artemis remembered was being put to bed very early , so early that tea had hardly been cleared . |
| 3 | All over the country this week stately homes are being put to bed . |
| 4 | In a brief account of her life Collier describes her education at her parents ' hands : ‘ I was taught to read when very Young , and took great delight in it ; but my Mother dying , I lost my Education , Never being put to School . ’ |
| 5 | The Miller letter shows that , at present , there is little chance of a resolution being put to Congress that simply mimics the language of the UN Security Council resolution of November 29th . |
| 6 | ‘ Our livelihoods , our environment , our heritage are all being put under threat , ’ says Peter Shanley of the militant Mayo Environmental Group ( MEG ) , ‘ and for what ? |
| 7 | For example , if every time you tell the typist that your work is very urgent the result seems to be that the job arrives late , then maybe she hates being put under pressure and reacts in the opposite way that you want . |
| 8 | ‘ The restaurant had already achieved record takings and there was no question of her being put under pressure . |
| 9 | WHILE Craig Chalmers revealed in this paper earlier this week that he might just have a chance of being put on standby for the forthcoming British Lions tour , he is now more upbeat about the prospects of that happening . |
| 10 | Now I can look forward to squeezing in one or two games before the season is over , and being put on standby would really give me something to aim for . ’ |
| 11 | Jew Süss featured Conrad Veidt as an ambitious aristocrat at a German court , whose intrigues lead to his being put on trial under an old law forbidding sexual relations between Jews and Gentiles , and the film was made because of its relevance to the contemporary situation in Germany . |
| 12 | But perhaps those who most objected to Hitlers painting being put on sale can take some consolation from the fact that it will not be taking pride of place in Mr Sullivans living room : |
| 13 | New children are being put at risk every day because many care workers still do not know how to protect people from HIV . |
| 14 | The placid equilibrium of Sergeant Bramble 's existence was suddenly being put at risk . |
| 15 | Or maybe results that you are trying to achieve are being put at risk by their behaviour . |
| 16 | He had already advised Donleavy in his bi-weekly reports that Hurley 's security arrangements were derisory , that all sorts of people with no clear allegiance were wandering in and out of NARCOG , ostensibly selling information but just as likely collecting it ; that agents and bona fide informants were being put at risk because of this , and that future DEA or inter-agency operations might well be fatally compromised from the start . |
| 17 | Prison officers at a maximum security jail say lives are being put at risk because of staff shortages . |
| 18 | Babies lives are being put at risk because many parents are failing to fit car safety seats properly . |
| 19 | He had feared that children 's lives were being put at risk and called on the Chester Health Authority to hold a study into the local need . |
| 20 | Many smaller firms in Darlington have already been in touch with me about the jobs they say are being put at risk . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ I fear peoples ’ sight is being put at risk because the hospital simply does not have enough cash to treat all the patients who require help . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ I fear peoples ’ sight is being put at risk because the hospital simply does not have enough cash to treat all the patients who require help . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ However , there is no question of anyone being put at risk as a result of the disappearance of these keys . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ However , there is no question of anyone being put at risk as a result of the disappearance of these keys . ’ |
| 25 | We must put a stop to employees being put at risk , and being pressurized by ruthless employers to work unsafe , under the threat of if you do n't do it , then we 'll get somebody that will . |
| 26 | Even if you 've got a series of slides I recommend that you turn it off between each one so that you know the audience do n't see the things being put into position or moved about because that can be a bit distracting so er it does mean that you 'd obviously need to know where the on off switch is and and this is a nice one because it 's it 's right there . |
| 27 | Starting in 1980 Mr. Pearson became deeply involved in a farming venture but despite the creation of a highly successful Holstein show herd this investment unfortunately was largely responsible for all G.M. Pearson & Son Ltd , interests being put into Receivership in July 1986 . |
| 28 | A Draft Plan is being produced and a consultation programme is being put into operation . ’ |
| 29 | His great technical knowledge and ability were combined with thoroughness ; all important engineering drawings were personally approved by him and all new features were tested on prototypes before being put into quantity production . |
| 30 | 19E was delicensed on 17 February , but instead of being put into store like the others , it was painted plain red and fitted with primitive snow brooms , which were no more than boards with bristles attached , fitted in place of the lifeguard gates and it was used for sweeping snow in the Croydon area until 31 March 1937 . |