Example sentences of "putting it [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Stay with the traffic , ’ he reiterated , opening the Falkplan for her and putting it above the glove compartment . |
| 2 | Using the trowel she chipped at the ground outside the door , prising cold earth from among the prickly stems and broken bricks , gathering it with her hands and putting it into the bucket . |
| 3 | A rewarded training trial consisted of transporting a rat in a slowly rotating opaque box from an adjoining room and putting it into the arena at and facing the centre of the N , S , E or W side-wall ( shown as an unfilled circle ) from which it could move around freely until it found the F+ feeder ; a non-rewarded trial lasted 60s and was conducted without either landmarks or feeders . |
| 4 | So , for perfect results , reduce everything to the lowest common denominator before putting it into the press . |
| 5 | I shall describe later the hostile response to this demand , putting it into the context of sixteenth-century protest and rebellion . |
| 6 | She ought to unpack , but she only got as far as getting out Ricky 's photograph in its blue silk frame and putting it beside the bed . |
| 7 | ‘ What odd things to put in a deposit box ! ’ she said , intrigued , putting it beside the gondola . |
| 8 | ‘ I look forward to putting it to the test . ’ |
| 9 | Now it 's true that since the second world war all wars have been limited in one sense or another , but then comes the question , if you do , in fact , succeed in defining objectives er and de in defining the means to those objectives , how can you know in fact that you possess genuine capability without putting it to the test , without actually fighting the war and then finding that you can not win it ? |
| 10 | well I , well that 's why I 'm not putting it to the vote |
| 11 | Mrs Blakey was already bustling about , taking butter from the fridge and putting it on the edge of the Aga to soften , taking a sliced loaf from the bread-bin . |
| 12 | Well , I was putting it on the foil and I thought : ‘ This could kill me ’ , but it was that strong the urge to have it , I did n't care . |
| 13 | putting it on the table If you do n't do that , I can guarantee that Bill , Bill is gon na play silly buggers . |
| 14 | The answer is to unwind some of the absurdities of the intervention system which mean that far too much money is devoted to financing the depreciation of beef rather than to putting it on the table . |
| 15 | ‘ Try harder , ’ he appealed and , taking her wine glass from her and putting it on the table , he drew her close . |
| 16 | Taking the score out of my brief-case and putting it on the podium : that is not my way . |
| 17 | She had not visited Jackdaw Cottage since putting it on the market two months ago . |
| 18 | Lean forward as you rise As in the beach start , by leaning down on a straight front arm you are taking the weight off the back of the board and putting it on the mast foot . |
| 19 | if an aircraft does come back it would be an ideal way of getting our market share back from by putting it on the east coast |
| 20 | I 'm not putting it around the table , because it 's a very long letter , and I do n't think we could have a worthwhile discussion on it right now . |
| 21 | The savings on operating costs alone were immense , some experts putting it in the order of £2 million a year . |
| 22 | and putting it in the leg . |
| 23 | ‘ Given that an angry parent might just conceivably break Gray 's neck for , as you put it , touching up his youngster , why should he go to the trouble of severing the head , and then putting it in the Cathedral font ? |
| 24 | That by putting it in the middle of the other side , he clipped the pallet again the opposite side and that also went down in between the racks and dropped on the pallet below it . |
| 25 | ‘ If they keep their bikes in garages , they should consider removing a wheel and putting it in the house . |
| 26 | Instead of putting it in the power of the creditor to prevent his debtor from obtaining his liberty on giving up his all , it vested the right of a negative in the judges in open court , where it was more just to place it than to allow it to remain in the power of the creditor who , from motives of resentment , was less likely to decide impartially in his own cause . |
| 27 | ‘ I just wandered around and watched for a few minutes , to see how things were done , ’ she said over her shoulder , stowing a small block of fresh Parmesan in an airtight container before putting it in the fridge . |
| 28 | She never said to whom that fresh statement was made , but it was apparent to the jury that she was saying that she had made a statement contrary to that incriminating one , and she was suggesting that the second statement set out her case as she was putting it in the witness box . |
| 29 | I had expected that one or two of the fry might tentatively explore this new hiding place ; what in fact happened was that the ENTIRE brood crammed themselves into it within a minute of my putting it in the tank . |
| 30 | He 's saving three pounds a week and putting it in the post office at hoe . |