Example sentences of "being put [adv prt] on " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ There are no barriers being put up on the basis of age but the national team is now in a situation in qualifying Group I where they have to produce every time in the six ties that remain to be played . |
2 | Northop Hall set Mochdre a tough test , reaching 181–7 , after being put in on their own track and i reply Mochdre could only muster 136–7 . |
3 | They could , in theory , be collected in another trailer and taken away , instead of being put back on the field . |
4 | He told them about Mahmoud being put back on the case . |
5 | Then he rang some film company in London and asked for one of the most junior men in the public-relations office , and the girl could hear the phone being put down on him . |
6 | As she hesitated outside Bob 's door she heard a muffled metallic thump from within , as of a saucepan being put down on a gas-stove , then the sound of a tap being turned on . |