Example sentences of "put [pron] [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 The Americans came to London and invested large amounts of money in local film production , but put nothing into the creative infrastructure .
2 The airlines , facing their fourth successive year in the red , are urging the EC to drop plans to lower maximum noise levels and nitrogen oxide emissions , arguing that they could increase operating costs , reduce the resale value of operators ' fleets and put them at a competitive disadvantage to international rivals .
3 What they added was a sense of grandeur — they took blues licks and put them on a epic scale .
4 What they added was a sense of grandeur — they took blues licks and put them on a epic scale .
5 The house was semi-detached , which put them on a higher social level than the people who lived in the long uniform ranks , a pleasant , gravel-faced house which had been built after the war and which had a good sized garden back and front , three bedrooms , a bathroom — and an outside toilet , coal house and glory hole .
6 To enjoy out-of-season greenery , pot up small root pieces of mint , put them on a warm windowsill and they 'll soon romp away .
7 They were also subject to the English Parliament , which put them on a different footing from the King 's Scots or Irish subjects , who had Parliaments of their own that were not subordinate to the Westminster Parliament in the way that the Virginia assembly was .
8 Well I must admit , I have , I mean I do n't do well I used to make quite nice cakes , since I 've had this new cooker mine wo n't ri I mean they rise , there 's no doubt about that , they rise , but I can take them out , put them on a cooling rack and watch them deflate !
9 I 've got them on in one room , er I put them on a little bit
10 John , who is a regional organiser for the CCBN , explains : ‘ The clubs that do accept single men usually put them on a 12 month waiting list to let them prove they are serious .
11 Philby claimed he thoughtfully put them on the right track to divert suspicion from himself .
12 We did , yes , the two Rhododendron behind the and put them on the outside
13 Unless I put them on the outside wood .
14 ‘ You do n't wash your feet and put them on the dirty floor , do you ? ’ he asked as he got ready for the guests who would soothe the painful passage towards the critics .
15 She poked busily at the concoctions , withdrew the tins from the oven and put them on the scrubbed wooden table to cool .
16 If you want two matches to be satisfied simultaneously you put them on the same row in the criteria range .
17 Indeed , it might have been better to divert funds away from RAM and put them towards a superior video card .
18 Or they put them under the wrong door .
19 and put them through an educational programme as a conditional of a probation order .
20 You do n't hurl them through space and put them through an electric field and a magnetic field and the rest of it .
21 Managers were encouraged by corporate head office to eradicate such excesses at the work-outs , not to refer them to committees or put them through the proper channels .
22 It was a busier time for us because we had to feed the the the six of them w we put them into a big shed and they just slept there but we we gave them their dinner , they managed to make their own breakfast and their tea whatever They had bread and stuff like that but we had to make their dinner for them .
23 And I thought , well I 'll break it down so That was what it was , I 'd pulled all the fractions together , put them into a common denominator .
24 Where they become problematic , especially for members of marginalized cultural groups , is in what they begin to mean if we take them out of the pristine hot-house of the academy and put them into the messy struggles of day-to-day life .
25 ‘ She collected all the patients ' false teeth last night — and put them into the same bowl !
26 As I clambered into the boat , moored near her big yacht , Lucy took the bottles of beer and Coca-Cola and put them into an open net bag which she lowered over the side , tying the net with a long rope to a hook on the gunwale .
27 Take out the chicken and meat , put them in a deep dish and sprinkle them with olive oil and salt while they are still hot .
28 Dispose of dirty nappies by flushing them down the toilet , or put them in a sealed plastic bag .
29 Put them in a heatproof dish .
30 Make them up beforehand and put them in a cool bag — or take boiled water in a sterile Thermos flask and mix feeds as you go .
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