Example sentences of "put pay [prep] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the glint of mockery in his dark eyes put paid to that fantasy . |
| 2 | They reckoned then that anything in the river would have been sent half way across to Norway so that put paid to that search . |
| 3 | ‘ Carronade ’ was the first boat home , but ‘ Blush ’ and the First Europe ‘ Fraggle ’ ( Michael Nash CYC ) together and breathing down her neck less than two minutes behind put paid to any idea of victory for Peter Clements ( WMYC ) , and ‘ Blush ’ secured her second trophy of the weekend by a comfortable margin . |
| 4 | Papert explains that Reagan 's election in 1980 put paid to any hopes of obtaining public money to establish such a centre in the United states . |
| 5 | Half an hour with a drum of selective weed killer and a spray and you 'd put paid to that lot for good and all . ’ |
| 6 | Of course , the advent of the remote controlled boat may even put paid to any drifter development . |
| 7 | Then , putting paid to any ideas he might have , she added , ‘ On condition that that is how it remains : a friendly environment purely for working purposes . ’ |
| 8 | This correspondence , though Dorothy figures in it more prominently than Ezra , I believe puts paid to such suspicions . |
| 9 | But the steely ‘ So fuck you , smarty-pants , ‘ cos he 's mine ’ look in Karen 's eye soon put paid to that idea . |
| 10 | Major Burrows , back from the forces , nearly put paid to both plans . |
| 11 | Their manager , Graham Turner , had said before the game that Wolves could still make it into the play-offs , but this result has put paid to those hopes . |
| 12 | To throw ourselves into those turbulent waters and then be unable to regain the punt would have put paid to any hope of rescuing Dennis . |
| 13 | But the October 1987 crash put paid to many ambitions . |
| 14 | The Delacroix date put paid to that idea . |
| 15 | There was a plan once to supply our place and the Fawcetts ' at West Birk Hatt from a source within the boundaries of High Birk Hatt , but the Fawcetts had to leave when their farm disappeared under the waters of Balderhead Reservoir which , ironically , put paid to that enterprise . |
| 16 | The miners ' strike put paid to that stage of the project and Peter returned to the Operations Support Group in London to prepare operating procedures and training manuals for the Ula platform . |
| 17 | In The Desert Rats as the young English captain who put paid to that upstart Rommel by turning him back at a crucial moment in the whole North African Campaign ( set in Palm Springs ) , he was fine . |
| 18 | Sadly , the low cloud base put paid to any jumping today , but weather permitting , they 'll be packing their chutes again tomorrow . |
| 19 | It rather put paid to any idea she 'd had of motoring around and discovering more of the area though . |
| 20 | THREE second half tries in eight minutes from Wigan put paid to any hopes the ambitious Eagles had of grabbing a shock win at Central Park last night . |
| 21 | Skiing in November is not unheard of in Scotland : last year it snowed heavily in the west Highlands in October but the warmer weather in December and January put paid to any hopes of building up a decent depth of snow pack . |