Example sentences of "put me [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He never put me on a heavy job until at such times he thinks I was fit . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | ‘ It 's definitely put me on the right tracks for the future . |
| 5 | Ah well they put me on the top rate of pay , which was quite good , thirty five shilling a week . |
| 6 | My best friends , Ada , Nora and Nives , all had bicycles , which put me at a serious disadvantage . |
| 7 | It was bad enough finding the poor bugger ; to be suspected of carving him up put me in a right tizzy ! |
| 8 | While I ca n't say I actually enjoyed the experience — as usual , two shirts flaked me out and put me in a bad mood for the rest of the day — I did find the whole process a whole lot easier on the nerves than throwing a glass of water across a shirt in the hope that somehow the creases , along with the water , would eventually evaporate . |
| 9 | ‘ You know you put me in a bad position going off like that . |
| 10 | A tall and smartly dressed Englishwoman took my hand and put me in a chauffeur-driven car and , suddenly , after three months of confinement behind barbed-wire fences , we were driving away , through the barrier and down the lanes thick and bright with the leaves and flowers of spring . |
| 11 | ‘ The police took me to prison without a change of clothes , put me in an awful cell , I was amazed that I was accused . ’ |
| 12 | You put me in an embarrassing position . ’ |
| 13 | When I was running away they put me in an approved school for girls run by nuns . |
| 14 | They put me in an isolated pit for the first few weeks . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | On the day I drew peg 45 which put me in the private meadow below the Teme mouth . |
| 17 | I mean look at myself , my father was a doctor , his father was a schoolteacher , so the way one used to look at things , that immediately when I was born put me in the middle class erm bracket . |
| 18 | Now I need you to back up my story and put me in the clear . |