Example sentences of "to put him [prep] a [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Lord Denning observed : ‘ In the OLA 1957 the word occupier is used [ as ] … a convenient word to denote a person who had a sufficient degree of control over premises to put him under a duty of care towards those who came lawfully on to the premises . ’
2 Mr. Mendez wanted to put him on a coach and send him down there in style , but Russell kept backing off .
3 One said it was pointless to put him on a waiting list , but letters from a grain merchant 's and from Littlewood 's Pools promised to file his application and interview him when he returned home .
4 I threatened to put him on a discipline charge because whenever the drunks were turning out , you 'd find him in the station writing some trivial bike without a light .
5 The other option for a Warlord is to put him on a wyvern or other big monster , but this is n't recommended .
6 At the House of Commons he could at least rely upon one of the whips to put him in a cab , and pay the driver .
7 He 's a fabulous guy and very funny , but it took a long time , and I do n't take credit for it , but it took a long time to put him in a situation where I felt that he was at maximum ‘ comfortableness ’ , so that his shyness — and he was very shy — was overcome .
8 You do n't want to put him in a corner and have him as an enemy .
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