Example sentences of "[pron] [vb mod] be put [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Simply people who believe that a wrong was committed , which should be put right . |
| 2 | However , if the breach concerned some trifling defect , perhaps a mere technicality , which could be put right very quickly and easily , the term would be classed as a warranty . |
| 3 | In the eyes of a deckhand in his twenties who joined the " Sunderland Union " in the days of John Beresford and who was already a member of the Australian Seamen 's Union , it seemed little more than a " miscellaneous collection of beards and whiskers " including " old greybeards of sixty , seventy and eighty years of age , with little idea of how to conduct business " , who " reflected the pessimistic outlook of their leaders , supposing that everything was wrong and that nothing could be put right " . |
| 4 | ‘ It is very enjoyable but one of the disadvantages is that when you start out you can be put low on a list after others and you may have to wait some time . |
| 5 | ‘ If they 're thinking that , they should be put straight , ’ said Rachel grimly . |
| 6 | I 'm hoping that this might lead to an improvement but I still please ask you all to keep me in touch with where things are going wrong so that they can be put right . |
| 7 | After a few years in management , you know who they are , and it will be put right . ’ |
| 8 | There 's a whole range of things from the Foreign Office downwards where they have made mistakes costing many millions of pounds and we shall certainly be wanting to take evidence from this area of activity just to see what went wrong and how it can be put right and how we can prevent this sort of thing happening in the future . ’ |