Example sentences of "have [be] put [prep] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Andy has been put through absolute hell . ’
2 The river avon between Tewkesbury and Pershore has been put on red flood alert , it 's banks swollen by torrential rain .
3 Already that money has been put to good use .
4 The new park planting etcetera really enhances the area , so that 's nice to hear from the Civic Society , and they 're also saying that er they 're grateful for the newspaper collection , which their office is thinking has been put to good use .
5 In the past , chartered accountants have also been able to charge higher rates because of their qualification , but this premium has been put under increasing pressure at the smaller end of the market because of the recession .
6 The consequence of those legal manoeuvres is to deny other London boroughs a massive capital receipt which could have been put to good use on behalf of charge payers .
7 For several weeks the project had been the talk of Polruan : the Russell had been put into extended refit , volunteers had been sought by extravagant promises of Spanish prizes and — to prove that this time Harry 's adventure was to be more than just talk — two six-pounder sakers and a couple of falconets had been delivered aboard a hoy from Plymouth , and hoisted onto the Russell 's deck under Harry 's personal supervision .
8 On Nov. 10 a police statement said that " all sensitive install-ations " in the country had been put under 24-hour guard .
9 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 .
10 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 .
11 In addition , he had been put in sole charge of handling negotiations between Cadogan 's and one of the major American corporations .
12 Enraptured by the celluloid screen , we revelled in the romance that had been denied to us , or had been put in cold storage ‘ for the duration , .
13 When asked how it was done , Ruysch simply said that the corpse had been put in cold water for a day or so , the aorta and venae cavae were then opened , the blood cleared out and the whole put in hot water for four to six hours ; for the injection he had used suet or tallow in the winter , and added wax , turpentine and resin in summer .
14 Talking of worthwhile investments , the new flats constructed by Norman and David have been put to good use this year and indeed Nor indeed Norman 's sets get better and better .
15 The Display Boards and Banners have been put to good use this year and are always available free from the office on request .
16 Parts of the river wye have been put on red flood alert , the highest level , as it 's waters continue to rise .
17 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 .
18 It is believed that chimpanzee colonies in Western Africa have been put under severe strain by live export trade for medical research .
19 18 women have been put in administrative detention for 6 months without trial a measure that has not been used against women since 1979 .
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