Example sentences of "[vb past] put him " in BNC.
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| 1 | Probably the people whose advice had put him behind in the polls during the first weeks of the campaign . |
| 2 | Given that the people had put him there , the Emperor envisaged it as his duty to be seen as the people 's servant — not just in the matter of governing but in his behaviour as a Sovereign who must associate the people with all aspects of his life . |
| 3 | Nellie had put him to bed thinking it was a cold , then hearing of the scarlet fever in Newry through Tommy Drennan , she sent for Dr Nolan at once . |
| 4 | She doubted if Williams were a major player — even on the telephone , he sounded a loser — but at least he might tell her who had put him up to it . |
| 5 | Sir Godfrey Webster , the fifth baronet , was elected as a Tory member for the county in 1812 ; almost immediately he voted against the government whose friends had put him in and became increasingly radical in his demands for electoral reform and the abolition of political sinecures for the supporters of ministers . |
| 6 | In addition , the Kee affair had put him on a collision course with his parents . |
| 7 | He had only recently joined QP and considered it important that he should serve the Church and enjoy worshipping the Lord in the place that God had put him . |
| 8 | Whatever Niki says , the accident had put him apart and it was , then — for later his scars became part of his persona — difficult to look at him . |
| 9 | As he entered Beresforde Road at three in the morning his eyes were everywhere , remembering the juggernaut which had put him in hospital . |
| 10 | The policeman 's wife was Fairley 's niece and the couple had put him up while Fairley was house hunting in London . |
| 11 | There was a desultory air to the whole performance , and I knew that he was conscious of his mediocre first round , which had put him some way down the field . |
| 12 | He had put him in the Cabinet because , with Bonar Law gone , he needed a man from the Law stable to preserve the balance . |
| 13 | One dealer urged a client not to pay for losses on roll-on account trades his Harvard dealer had put him into : " Harvard 'll never take you to court , " he said . |
| 14 | He had two other wins that year , at Zandvoort and Monza , but his car let him down on other occasions when his excellent driving had put him in a race-winning situation . |
| 15 | Once again the solicitor representing them said that there was not and that his clients had put him in difficulties , as he had only been given instructions a week before . |
| 16 | His sober , professional and dependable manner , as much as his editorial position , had put him on good terms with most managing directors of most record companies , but his contacts with Branson — while always cordial — had been few . |
| 17 | Maud had put him into a small hotel near the street where he was born , telling him to absorb the atmosphere . |
| 18 | Cardiff was still one of the bastards who had put him away , not someone who had been duped by a fellow officer with false evidence , certainly not someone he had come to respect . |
| 19 | Hugh 's prompting , perhaps intentionally , had put him into a difficult position . |
| 20 | I felt I ought to have gone in earlier ; that now I had put him in a huff . |
| 21 | The excitements of the day had put him back considerably . |
| 22 | As he was not involved in the investigation , Mayer had put him in touch with a colleague , Bert Pinsdorf , in Germany , who , in answer to the same question , said the ‘ BKA had serious concerns that the drug-sting operation originating in Cyprus had caused the bomb to be placed on the Pan Am plane . ’ |
| 23 | In fact he had fully intended to wait for a suitable moonlit warm right , but the trying events of the day had put him so out of sorts that he could stand the waiting no longer . |
| 24 | By now it must have been obvious to her host that she had put him down as a direct descendant of Casanova , Don Juan or Jack the Ripper — or possibly a combination of all three . |
| 25 | The angry look on the judge 's sallow face showed that either his attendance in court that morning or Cranston 's arrival had put him in an ill humour . |
| 26 | It was the same expression he 'd had when backing away from the struggle around the campfire just before Osvaldo — his beard still smouldering — had put him under arrest . |
| 27 | I thought I had put him off rather neatly four years ago . |
| 28 | When the right hon. and learned Member for Monklands , East went on television that night to clean up the mess that his right hon. Friend the Leader of the Opposition had put him into again , he did not look pleased about it . |
| 29 | Wishful thinking apart , it 's more likely that he 's making the most of a nice soft bed and reasonable food , ’ said Marcus , trying to find a creative way out of the check Pete had put him in . |
| 30 | It was Elspeth who had put him up to it . |