Example sentences of "put in [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ If I play tonight and put in a solid performance , hopefully he would n't look upon it as me doing a job just for one game . ’
2 ‘ If I play tonight and put in a solid performance , hopefully he would n't look upon it as me doing a job just for one game . ’
3 The core distribution business , providing a kind of mail order service in components , put in a firm performance , thanks to improved margins on the many small orders people make in a recession , and reduced losses at a new German start-up .
4 Conrad Allen put in a first appearance on the track in the 600 metres at Crawley .
5 He put in a good word for him at meetings of the Jockey Club .
6 He put in a good word for me and it went on from there .
7 The landlord of the inn which Ernest visited when his mother and his wife became too much for him knew of a coffee-house in the town which needed a kitchenmaid , and because he put in a good word for her , Ruth was given the job without references .
8 It was at this stage that there was an interruption , a quite noisy one as the Master of Dunbar put in a shouting appearance , three-year-old George , Agnes 's son , his nurse in full cry behind him , a couple of deer-hounds also in attendance .
9 Then , during the afternoon he put in a personal appearance at three of the funeral parlours that he 'd recently acquired for the company as part of his new expansion programme .
10 Zeta 's Lad put in a smooth performance to beat Docklands Express ( fourth in the National last year ) and Bradbury Star with Royal Athlete fourth .
11 The operation was overseen by Pilger , who put in an occasional appearance in person with suggestions for improvement .
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