Example sentences of "put [pers pn] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Philby claimed he thoughtfully put them on the right track to divert suspicion from himself . |
| 2 | We did , yes , the two Rhododendron behind the and put them on the outside |
| 3 | Unless I put them on the outside wood . |
| 4 | ‘ 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 . |
| 5 | She poked busily at the concoctions , withdrew the tins from the oven and put them on the scrubbed wooden table to cool . |
| 6 | Or they put them under the wrong door . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Put them in the hot seat and question then to find out . |
| 10 | " Now " he said " write down all the detailed types of communication you think can take place while you 're in College until the end of your courses and put them in the right parts of the chart . |
| 11 | Then see if you can work out what those says and put them in the right places . |
| 12 | While I waited , I took the films out of my cameras and put them in the home-made packets . |
| 13 | I 'm gon na lift a few mint roots Stefan and er plant them in a box of compost and put them in the warm greenhouse so they give me nice sprigs of fresh mint in a few months ' time . |
| 14 | and put them in the spare room |
| 15 | She picked a mixed posy of flowers and put them in the small basket she was carrying , and then wandered down through the orchard . |
| 16 | Place a sausage on each of the remaining cocktail sticks and put them in the other orange . |
| 17 | I wonder why they reduced them then , if they put them in the new catalogue , oh there 's a slight difference ai n't there , there 's no bow |
| 18 | Put them in the top half of a double saucepan with the sugar , and steam them ( or if it is easier bake them in a covered jar in a low oven ) until they are quite soft . |
| 19 | Put them in the fucking |
| 20 | I have to dress in my sweaty , dirty clothes and go back down to the kitchen , grumbling while she makes me a coffee , and I complain about my wet boots and she gives me a fresh pair of William 's socks to wear and I put them on and drink my coffee and whine about never being allowed to spend the night and tell her how just once I 'd like to wake up here in the morning , and have a nice , civilised breakfast with her , sitting on the sunny balcony outside the bedroom windows , but she makes me sit down while she laces my boots up , then takes my coffee cup off me and sends me out the back door and says I 've got two minutes before she arms the alarm and puts the infrared lights on stand-by so I have to go back the way I came , over the estate wall and through the wood and down into the stream where I get both feet wet and cold and I fall going up the bank and get all muddy and eventually drag myself up and through the hedge , scratching my cheek and tearing my polo-neck and then trudging across the field through heavy rain and more mud and finally getting to the car and panicking when I ca n't find the car keys before remembering I put them in the button-down back pocket of the jeans for safety instead of the side pocket like I usually do , and then having to put some dead branches under the front wheels because the fucking car 's stuck and finally getting away and home and even in the street light I can see what a mess of the pale upholstery my muddy clothes have made . |
| 21 | My best dress that she 'd sewed , my blouses with her embroidery : I put them in the hard square leather case . |
| 22 | They come in during the winter time , and take off their coats and sweaters and put them in the big dryer for a sixpenny warm-up . |
| 23 | Sometimes the they make a fuss if you put them in the wrong place . |
| 24 | Put them in the wrong places ai n't he ? |
| 25 | She said go now to the electrical desk and you can pay for them when no I do n't want to do that and I made her come out with me and see I picked up those teddies in the bags and I went back in and put them by the electrical desk |
| 26 | Then she walked with me to a bus stop — I had to take one step every two minutes , and that in slow motion — waited with me , put me on the right bus and reminded the conductor where to let me out . |
| 27 | It was the way they put me on the right track that made me wonder — guiding angels in the Bible have a habit of appearing as two young men . |
| 28 | ‘ It 's definitely put me on the right tracks for the future . |
| 29 | Ah well they put me on the top rate of pay , which was quite good , thirty five shilling a week . |
| 30 | I won , which put me in the final contest between all the winners of the ‘ All Winners ’ contest which was to be televised , live , from the London Palladium in July . |