Example sentences of "[adv] [adv] to put " in BNC.
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| 1 | He managed furthermore discreetly to put into circulation the audacious proposal that he should be the first Governor-General of the two independent states . |
| 2 | The trouble is we never stop long enough to put them to good use . |
| 3 | SERVICEMEN and women are seldom in the same place long enough to put down roots and buy their own home . |
| 4 | Yet qualifying for a black belt usually takes at least three years ( see table ) — long enough to put most westerners off . |
| 5 | But if I were a free agent , I think what I 'd do now is keep Rainbow hammering away at this lost cause just long enough to put the wind up those damned smug ben Issachars . |
| 6 | Basically just to put some flesh on the bones of what Michael has said that that is a view of the w of the Greater York study that erm the A sixty four south corridor is more likely er to er serve the needs of Leeds then it is to serve the needs of of of York . |
| 7 | After a while , two soldiers in khaki ponchos came up the hill and asked us somewhat apologetically to put out the fire . |
| 8 | At the moment they use their sitting room umm as just somewhere to put toys and washing and , just have n't decorated it or anything the dining room is still used like a living room , and what they really need is another room where they can . |
| 9 | Some surfaces can make it bobble a bit , though not enough to put you off . |
| 10 | The final circuit dropped Marrs back to 14th while Barthelsson had worked his way steadily up from 12th after one lap to 4th at the finish , a systematic climb through the top of the fleet but not enough to put a Swede in the top three placings , the initial group ( except Marrs ) not having changed throughout the race . |
| 11 | I have faith in your erm in your business instinct Richard , but not , but not enough to put money on it till I see them |
| 12 | Clients now became appreciative of specialisms and saw the basic good sense of employing the building specialist , not only to put right a defect , but also to refurbish entire buildings . |
| 13 | Each discipline may choose not only to put their own interpretation on the material they incorporate under a heading , but also choose to organize the material in a different way , e.g. classify according to the type of processing , rather than function . |
| 14 | It was rumoured that Alam wanted Khomeini executed in 1963 but other religious leaders prevailed upon the Shah not even to put him on trial . |
| 15 | There may have been a breakdown in communication ; the taxi for day care did not call , the officer in charge was abrupt , the meal unsuitable ; these are matters not hard to put right , but unless sorted out quickly , enough to put off an elderly person perhaps reluctant to face a change of routine or the challenge of meeting new people . |
| 16 | ‘ That is an inquisitorial power , which may work with great severity against third persons , and it seems to me to be obvious that such a section ought to be used with the greatest care , so as not unnecessarily to put in motion the machinery of justice when it is not wanted , or to put it in motion at a stage when it is not clear that it is wanted , and certainly not to put it in motion if unnecessary mischief is going to be done or hardship inflicted upon the third person who is called upon to appear and give information . |
| 17 | Not so at the short story length , where humour can be used more gainfully to put over the perhaps dull facts needed to lay out a situation leading to an ingenious switch-over ending . |
| 18 | The problem in West Yorkshire is that it costs more there to put a police man on the beat , and the authority spends more per head of the population . |
| 19 | However co-operative US administrations might try to be , Congress was always there to put narrow American interests first . |
| 20 | This inspired a mini revival by the Quakers and John Weldon hit the post at the other end , with Peter Lentinue following up only to put a simple chance wide of the post . |
| 21 | So , somebody no doubt has got ta get up there to put them up wrong . |
| 22 | Nevertheless , the real value of land is constant ; and capital invested in it will not deteriorate with inflation ; in the long term the purchase of a smallholding even at inflated prices , can make sense if the buyer can hold back enough to put it in order , and stock and equip it . |
| 23 | I would have thought that you 'd be delighted to invite Calder back just to put your views across again , even though there is n't anything between you both , as you 've been at pains to tell me ! ’ |
| 24 | Ah 've not come this far just to put my tail between my legs … |
| 25 | only there wo n't be a bed , but I said if she does , then she 'll have to remember when she goes back home to put it back , cos I 'm not lugging beds about |
| 26 | Bribed some top-flight mind-tech from Spiderglass out here to put your tower in . |
| 27 | Belinda had n't even managed to get out there to put all her packages beneath the tree yet . |
| 28 | as if the cold was n't enough to put up with , Detective Lomax 's disgust and discomfort were increased by the damp clinging fog , which was gradually thickening and reducing visibility . |
| 29 | ‘ It was n't enough to put us back in the World Cup contention . |
| 30 | There was simply nowhere to put down one 's drink or , eventually , anywhere to sit . |