Example sentences of "could [adv] put [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His conclusion that there was no duress where the defendant could only put pressure on the plaintiff by the institution of proceedings , to which proceedings there would have been available the defence which ultimately prevailed , was , in my view , unimpeachable since there is ample authority for the view that a mere threat of action does not per se constitute duress . |
| 2 | Bullets seemed unable to set up a consistent attack — Alan Murray was top scorer with just 11 points — and they could not put things right in the second half . |
| 3 | Thus , for example , when meeting the TUC General Council in January 1942 he warned that he could not put money towards the elderly ‘ at the cost of the children ’ and that he had to give them ‘ fair treatment without ruining the country ’ . |
| 4 | She had asked why he could not put Beth firmly in the past . |
| 5 | We had to put it in erm oh what did we call it oh dear a little vice and er put a ball , about three inches long and then er put it into the plug and erm put the cap , the little brass cap but also the I 've made a mistake there , before we did that we had to put the natural plug in and in that plug there were five like aluminium coloured er pins , each of a different size and we had to learn to read the key for the various depths you see and we had boxes of pins with the different sizes in and er then put those in the plug and then push the key in and but we 'd got to , we got to file , we had to file the bars and also the little brass caps to get all the edge the , I forget what we used to call it now , off the cap to get it smooth and then get it in our own vice and screw , screw them down and there were thirty two , there were three key keys to each , each lock , and er we had to file them until they were ready and they worked easily push the key in properly , and we also used to put black lead in , you could not put oil because they would have stopped the springs working and we had a little box of ordinary oh like the black lead that we used to black lead the graves , put some on the key and push that then and work it round , and that was the erm that was made it work freely you see and then there was erm a half a gross to each board , and three , three keys to each one and then erm we , we filed the various things ourselves , but then they would take that away from you and bring you more you see and then when eventually the keys had to be polished and it was only a favourite few that were allowed to sit down to sort the keys out to com to complete them you see , but it was very very interesting work and I enjoyed being there but you |
| 6 | We could just put manager could n't we ? |
| 7 | Newspapers printed a photograph of a letter to a flood-control committee bearing Mr Li 's signature , so it was assumed that he could still put pen to paper . |
| 8 | She 's built like a rugby player , could probably put Ferg over her shoulder , but not this girl . |
| 9 | There was a gracious drawing room , beautiful furniture , smooth with age and polish , but not the sort you could n't put things on . |
| 10 | Er the water was coming in and you could n't put mats on the floor . |
| 11 | Could n't put mats on the floor . |
| 12 | Humpty Dumpty sat on the wall , Humpty Dumpty had a great fall all the king 's horses and all the king 's men could n't put Humpty together again |
| 13 | Yeah Humpty dumpty sat on the wall , humpty dumpty had a great fall , all the king 's horses and all the king 's men could n't put humpty together again |
| 14 | It was then that she could n't put Fen out of her mind . |
| 15 | ‘ I could never put Dad into a home . ’ |
| 16 | I 'd just like to say that only Conservatives could actually put need in one paragraph and slip straight into financial in the next and I assume they 're talking about the same thing . |