Example sentences of "have been put on [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The river avon between Tewkesbury and Pershore has been put on red flood alert , it 's banks swollen by torrential rain . |
| 2 | Gates had been put on inactive duty pending an investigation of the videotaped beating of a black motorist by a group of city police on March 3 . |
| 3 | I did n't realise that Dad was home early that afternoon because he had been put on short time and had had to take a drop in wages in consequence . |
| 4 | Parts of the river wye have been put on red flood alert , the highest level , as it 's waters continue to rise . |
| 5 | At Ford , where workers across the country have been put on short time because of the slump in demand , the feeling was that car tax should have been scrapped much sooner . |