Example sentences of "to put [prep] a [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He departed again and , after a moment 's thought , I went into the office to put through a call to Doone 's police station . |
| 2 | When they had gone , Cramer used the phone in the garage to put through a call to Sir Harry Marriott at his home and give him the news — the phone was more secure than a police radio band . |
| 3 | After about ten minutes of deliberation , Fabia could plainly see that there was only one place to start , and that was to put through a call to Lubor in the hope that Ven had phoned him too last night . |
| 4 | Erm , there is a very small chance that he 's going to say , all the time that I was on , on top of Everest , er , I was thinking about you , because I 've heard you 're the best thing since sliced wholemeal bread , I have three thousand people that I want to put through a programme in the next six weeks . |
| 5 | Environmental Minister , Nicholas Ridley , has forced Councillors to put off a decision over the building of a controversial holiday village in his own constituency . |
| 6 | If someone is going to put off a lot of their own money in order to get into parliament , we can , then we can hardly trust them to look to the general interests once they 're there , they 'll want a return on their investment of some sorts . |
| 7 | You do n't want to put up a wall between you and the band . |
| 8 | Section 6 , like many other sections of the Act is no more than an attempt to put into an Act of Parliament a rule of common law . |
| 9 | When you have to put in a bit of |
| 10 | He wished to put in a plea for the teaching of pure poetry in the primary school . |
| 11 | That word ‘ insurance ’ prompted me to put in a plea on behalf of the premium-battered Ulster motorist . |
| 12 | Erm , the executive are accepting all these motions but on a couple of them want to put in a speaker with a statement and er after twenty one will to put that statement to the C E C. I now call composite twenty abolition of Wages Councils South Western Region to move , G M B Scotland to second . |
| 13 | Ten years ago , surveys showed people were willing to put in a half-hour in the kitchen . |
| 14 | I need to put in a couple of hours ’ work before I can think of eating . ’ |
| 15 | I 've had to put in a lot of stitches . |
| 16 | One thing I must emphasise though is that you will have to put in a lot of leg work and effort to find these places . |
| 17 | You want someone young , hungry and willing to put in a lot of hours . |
| 18 | Yes chairman , that er we er would be prepared , the County Council would be prepared to put in a statement to the effect that er it would be w prepared to amend the key diagram to reflect a a single er star on the diagram er to reflect the A fifty nine relief road . |
| 19 | The mother also sought leave to put in her own statement ; the local authority sought leave to put in a statement by D. 's foster mother . |
| 20 | As a chairman , I did n't have to worry about finding a particular part to put in a piece of kit to make it work . |
| 21 | Faced , however , with the catastrophic increase in unemployment and the need to occupy large numbers of workless people without directly employing them ( which would have run counter to the economic doctrine which had led to the redundancy of many of them in the first place ) , the Government poured money into any ‘ voluntary ’ agency willing to put in a bid for government-funded cheap labour . |
| 22 | Once a year , the landlord of the Watermen had to put in an appearance at the Head Office of the Brewery in Farringdon Street . |
| 23 | She would tell him where to place the pillow under your back , how to put on a condom for someone else , how to dry tears quickly , how not to be afraid , how to go down , how to let go of someone because it 's not the end of the world . |
| 24 | To put on a play in a town which had let its Mysteries lapse for five years — it was a serious temptation . |
| 25 | I asked children to think of a witches ' stew and this is what they suggested to put on a sign on the wall : |
| 26 | In January we were the first union to issue briefing notes on all six key health and safety regulations enacted at the beginning of the year we were the only trade union to put on a stand at the EuroSafe ninety three exhibition which was the main exhibition of the European year of health and safety this promoted the union 's approach to health and safety . |
| 27 | You 've got to be able to put on a bit of an act |
| 28 | Living in the country , we tend to put on a bit of a show on special occasions , and Edward 's parties used to be very sought-after . |
| 29 | I 'm starting to put on a bit of weight . |
| 30 | ‘ We 've had two good wins away from home and now we want to put on a show for our fans . ’ |