Example sentences of "put [prep] [det] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He pulled her to her feet , marvelling that so slight a creature could have put up such a fight . |
| 2 | ‘ It 's probably just me — you 'll be alright ( you 'd better not be after I 've put up such a struggle ) . |
| 3 | A whole kingdom , a whole community and all Christian people , save for a few exceptions , might be put under such a sentence . |
| 4 | Frick hated being contradicted and often flew into a rage when put in such a position . |
| 5 | All the emphasis , she felt , must be on this coming as an order which could not be disobeyed and yet put in such a way as not to be offensive . |
| 6 | An argument over the restaurant bill or at the cinema box office is humiliating and undignified for a man , and her good manners must save him from being put in such a situation . |
| 7 | You know , have you got a bit which could be put in such a form that it would actually make sense and appeal to this particular viewership , audienceship and so on and so forth . |
| 8 | But he has put in many a coaching stint at London Welsh and that is a task every bit as unrewarding as watching Chelsea . |
| 9 | ‘ Quite apart from the liability imposed upon the owner of animals or the person having control of them by reason of knowledge of their propensities , there is the ordinary duty of a person to take care either that his animal or his chattel is not put to such a use as is likely to injure his neighbour — the ordinary duty to take care in the cases put upon negligence . ’ |
| 10 | In the current case , J Hedley Walton deceased v Inland Revenue , a challenge is being mounted to the value put on such a tenancy . |
| 11 | Angry at being put at such a disadvantage , Shaughnessy twice confronted Aviv about the leak , and twice Aviv denied having had anything to do it . |