Example sentences of "put [prep] the [noun] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When preparing to sail the board should be left by the edge of the water and the rig should be put in the water first . |
| 2 | The proposal , drawn up by an advisory group of industrialists and academics known as the DTI 's aviation committee , was originally put to the department last November , but has only just been made public . |
| 3 | George said : ‘ I also had a Triumph Stag I wanted to do up and put on the road next year . |
| 4 | It was n't the sort of thing he would have put on the wall next to his bed but it was a lot more acceptable than Mr Pilkington in a black cowl . |
| 5 | It is important to ensure that the negotiations take account of the whole Community and not simply the northern products that have been put on the table first . |
| 6 | Nynex Corp 's Nynex CableComms unit has bought three of the eight UK cable television companies that Pacific Telesis Group Inc 's PacTel Cable UK Ltd put on the market last June ( CI No 1,943 ) : Nynex has taken the Greater Manchester , Bolton and Derby franchises and while it did not disclose terms , says it plans to invest £1,000m over the next five to six years to provide local telecommunications networks in its British franchise areas ; the companies it acquired are in franchise areas where it already operates . |