Example sentences of "[prep] [art] [noun prp] [noun] put [pers pn] " in BNC.
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1 | As the Macdonald Survey put it in 1904 , " a curious point in connection with the work being sent out of London is that , except in the case of Edinburgh , the greater cheapness of the work outside London is not due so much to cheaper labour as to lower rents , etc . " . |
2 | As the Bullock Report put it : |
3 | A kind of traumatized folk-punk , shifting fitfully between grace and frenzy , extremes of heat and cold , their debut album is the choreography of a body possessed and scattered by dread : as The Stud Brothers put it , music like ‘ a punch , accentuating and projecting every hiss , mutter and scream … so exact and punctual it 's simply sublime . ’ |
4 | Perhaps this is because , as a member of the Abingdon Group put it : ‘ In a group there is the fun and companionship … and the awe at saving a life , supporting a prisoner through years of isolation , getting your prisoner free . ’ |
5 | And his hat-trick for Wales earlier this month against the Faroe Islands puts him on 23 goals for his country — equalling the Welsh record held jointly by Trevor Ford and Ivor Allchurch . |
6 | As a Managua businessman put it , ‘ I used to sell fridges . |
7 | As a Managua businessman put it , ‘ I used to sell fridges . |
8 | As a personnel manager in a Bradford mill put it ‘ Asian ladies are so well behaved . |