Example sentences of "put [pers pn] to [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One day his inquisitors would take Master Learmouth and put him to the question . |
| 2 | Lady Grubb had fallen easily into the habit of behaving to her children as if she were some doggedly snobbish godmother , inviting them home every few months to look into their marriage prospects and treating the occasion as if it were a country weekend that put her to a lot of trouble , though her house was actually in the middle of London and fully staffed with unhappy au-pair girls . |
| 3 | Nick put it to a yard from the pin . |
| 4 | And despite their recent successes , Mickey put it to the star 's coach , Don Jameson , that they 've yet to find a way round Harringay 's defensive system . |
| 5 | Pipkin put it to the ground . |