Example sentences of "put [pron] [noun sg] on the line " in BNC.
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| 1 | ALL Ireland champions Kilkenny put their title on the line this afternoon against a Galway side desperately keen to revive the glory days of the late 80s . |
| 2 | The year she died Sir Walter Raleigh was in South America , on his last ill-fated search for Eldorado : he had , like many of his contemporaries , quite literally put his life on the line to find this worldly paradise . |
| 3 | The history books will list the world records , Olympic title and the record number of sub four-minute miles , but that alone does n't do justice to the man who consistently put his reputation on the line , changed our notions on the possible longevity of a miler 's career and who , I believe , was the inspiration that heralded the greatest decade in the history of British middle distance running . |
| 4 | See World Champion Macho Man Randy Savage put his belt on the line in the main event against The Ultimate Warrior . |
| 5 | OSSIE ARDILES put his job on the line yesterday by slamming the West Brom board for their decision to ban Bobby Gould from the Hawthorns . |
| 6 | The verdict came as an immense relief for Mr Major , who put his job on the line over the Maastricht Treaty . |
| 7 | Gray put his job on the line and smashed the club 's transfer record by splashing out £95,000 for Nick Cusack , a homesick English centre forward playing in the Scottish Premier League at Motherwell . |