Example sentences of "put in a [adj] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | While he mulled over his future , Rudd gradually sorted out the handling so that by July 1960 the Type 48 was good enough for Hill to put in a brilliant performance in the British Grand Prix , clawing his way into the lead after losing a third of a lap through stalling on the grid . |
| 2 | Conrad Allen put in a first appearance on the track in the 600 metres at Crawley . |
| 3 | He put in a good word for him at meetings of the Jockey Club . |
| 4 | He put in a good word for me and it went on from there . |
| 5 | The landlord of the inn which Ernest visited when his mother and his wife became too much for him knew of a coffee-house in the town which needed a kitchenmaid , and because he put in a good word for her , Ruth was given the job without references . |
| 6 | Then , during the afternoon he put in a personal appearance at three of the funeral parlours that he 'd recently acquired for the company as part of his new expansion programme . |
| 7 | Even then , they would only put in a brief appearance in puddings and cakes at Thanksgiving and Christmas . |
| 8 | Tom Cruise puts in a fine performance as Ron Kovic , disabled Vietnam vet who fought back against indifference from the country he fought for , but somehow Oliver Stone 's direction still leaves the viewer unmoved by his plight |
| 9 | ‘ The producers told me later that I got the job because of the winning chemistry between us — and that Pauline had put in a good word for me . |
| 10 | Sales here rose by 18 per cent , and the Miss Selfridge subsidiary also put in a strong performance with a sales gain of 17.5 per cent on a store-for-store comparison . |