Example sentences of "[pers pn] could [not/n't] put [pron] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 Well all we had was Broadfield School and that 's where my boys had to go to Broadfield , they went into Broadfield School and erm , they all got on alright you know , they got on well there and then from there they went to when the new school was built they went to Netteswell school you see , but two of my sons are electricians and unfortunately the eldest one , one of the electricians I could n't put him to apprentice because I could n't afford it cos I had a hard to struggle to bring them up you know in those days , we did n't get erm any family allowance or anything those days , and erm , so therefore he could n't go , but he sort of got on and got his own factory , but my other son who 's an electrician , one of the twins he 's erm , he 's got his City and Guilds he passed , he went , he was able to go to the school when the new schools were built you see , when Netteswell school was built he was able to go to night school and er learn all you see , then there was the one at Burnt Mill was n't there , down the bottom ?
2 I could n't put you to that trouble .
3 My dear chap you could n't put them in a work of fiction .
4 Well you could n't put them in the car could you ?
5 My daughter was of er grammar school erm tuition but we could n't put her into anywhere here because there were no schools available Loughton would n't take her neither would er , Bishop 's Stortford because they were the only two grammar schools available here and erm my dau , other daughter with many other children er , well all the , children of the residency in Tanys Dell and the Glebelands had to travel to Chingford every day to school .
6 We would have to hope for a Tory victory , but , because of the uncertainty about the outcome of the election , he could not put her on the waiting list .
7 He could not put them to the Committee and I look forward to seeing whether they can be put forward tonight .
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