Example sentences of "to put [pers pn] in [art] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 The words and melodies of the hymns used during the day all helped to put me in a receptive mood .
2 They were concious of their decision and did n't seem to put them in a great dilemna
3 We move them around deliberately , to gain experience and to put them in a different environment so that they come forward with fresh ideas . ’
4 You certainly would n't want to put them in a different species , at least as far as you can judge from their shells .
5 And just to put them in the right mood , they have now been invited to take part in an international competition at Market Drayton next weekend ( June 19–20 ) involving the United States junior team , Eire and Great Britain juniors .
6 You 're trying to put them in the same leg darling .
7 But Iago 's ‘ practice ’ is so assured , his control of surface and perspective so total , that we have to put him in the highest class of hypocrites , along with Satan .
8 At first sight , his praise of the Romanian regime seemed to put him in the same class as the ‘ Red Dean ’ , Hewlett Johnson .
9 He was trying to put her in the wrong again .
10 So they do have to put it in the individual enquiry ?
11 I 'm not very sure it 's prudent if you 're indicating your own incorruptibility as a poet to put it in the future tense in the first place , and when you continue as Pope does ‘ Envy must own , I live among the great ’ as he starts to describe his own life and you realise he 's bringing in touches about himself which really have very little to do with the particular role as poet , it becomes quite clear that that depersonalisation process has not taken place in the case of Pope .
12 But even that performance is only sufficient to put it in the middle ranking of the world 's stock markets .
13 You told me to put it in the safe place .
14 That 's it you have to put it in the simplest of terms and that is the way that most people would understand it , you know , you come to sixty five or whatever and instead of having three hundred pounds a week you 've got eighty five pounds a week and what are you going to do about it .
15 As the novelist E. M. Forster was to put it in the Indian summer of the bourgeoisie : ‘ In came the dividends , up went the lofty thoughts . ’
16 Well as I say , I 'm going to put it in the big one once a year .
17 To put it in the broadest possible terms , we can see that intonation makes it easier for a listener to understand what a speaker is trying to convey .
18 And coach Bill Calcraft , a lock in Australia 's 1984 Grand Slam-winning team , agrees : ‘ If we can get promotion , and it 's a big if because this season only one club goes up , I do believe the club , with all its superb facilities and tradition , can attract the players to put it in the top flight again . ’
19 We did not really listen , but it helped to put us in the right mood .
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