Example sentences of "putting the [noun] to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He served with the Parliamentary army as a chaplain on two occasions , although he also disapproved of putting the king to death . |
| 2 | By eight-thirty , after putting the army to rights , and warming ourselves on one cup of tea after another , we were too cold to stay up . |
| 3 | But there is a problem when it comes to putting the girls to bed . |
| 4 | Untiring zeal on the part of the mother or nurse is the only cure ; it may be necessary to put the legs in splints before putting the child to bed . |
| 5 | And yet what was there to stop him walking down the hill that very morning and putting the question to Martha ? |
| 6 | The offer made can either involve both parties jointly admitting liability to the pursuer , or to putting the pursuer to Proof but proposing a sharing in the event that he succeeds . |
| 7 | I dropped in on long sessions of talk , putting the world to rights — after all that was supposed to be one of the main aspects of college education was n't it ? |
| 8 | ‘ Too busy putting the world to rights , ’ said his brother . |
| 9 | Amy cast herself as The Maid and proceeded to rush around the house performing errands and putting the world to rights . |
| 10 | We were drinking out of glass tumblers with British Rail logos on and generally chewing the fat and putting the world to rights . |
| 11 | ‘ I imagine art school is a place where you sit up all hours putting the world to rights ? ’ |
| 12 | Oh it 's not a case of putting the world to rights I 'm looking for this bacon |
| 13 | Later , as , with Agnes Diggory 's aid , she set about putting the dressing-room to rights , a new determination began to burgeon in her breast . |
| 14 | ‘ Preston , ’ said Polly , when she came down from putting the twins to bed and in a tone he had come to recognise over the years . |
| 15 | And said to her about erm putting the kids to bed . |
| 16 | And Murphy 's Law invariably applies : if you do n't want anybody to knock on your door — because you 're putting the kids to bed/washing your hair/making love/cooking something impossible like a souffl é/late; for just about anything/working to a deadline/just secretly reclining on the sofa with a packet of your favourite chocolate biscuits , watching Coronation Street — somebody always will . |