Example sentences of "put a [noun] to [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Taken from left to right and put a colour to it add a colour . |
| 2 | We 've grown up with it , there 's got to come a time when we say ‘ put a halt to it ’ , but er I do n't know what we 'll do then |
| 3 | The colonel knew all the right people to approach , and every time Ryan submits the plans they put a stop to them . |
| 4 | Yet I still do n't understand you — remember when you put a stop to my having dinner Chez Auguste ? ’ |
| 5 | Moreover , Corbett realised that if de Craon knew he was asking questions it was only a matter of time before the Council of Guardians intervened and either put a stop to his activities or expelled him from the country . |
| 6 | the teachers always put a stop to it . |
| 7 | Put a stop to it in the end , though . ’ |
| 8 | Right , erm that 's something that I do n't really think I should erm reply to even though we are aware of the situation and are taking steps to identify the problem and put a stop to it . |
| 9 | I did , I did , I s actually put a stop to it . |
| 10 | ‘ Put a name to it , Damian , before I go mad … ’ |
| 11 | Put a knife to it and the canvas will rip . |
| 12 | ‘ He had long been in a bad state of health , which he took no care to repair but on the contrary lived in such a manner as greatly promoted the disorders he had had long upon him , this brought on the Flux which put a period to his life ’ ( Cook ) . |
| 13 | Mr eleven year old son offered to help so one of the put a gun to him and forced him to lead them to him threatening him at the same time . |
| 14 | She nodded , then put a finger to her lips . |
| 15 | I parried most of them until we got to their door , then I put a finger to my lips and shushed them . |
| 16 | ‘ Oh , for God 's sake ! ’ he said thickly , then put a hand to her damp head , clutching her to him . |
| 17 | We put a match to ours and it goes up with a rocket-like roar , heating the yurt in a flash . |
| 18 | It took her so long to roll the joint , she 'd slowed down before she even put a match to it . |
| 19 | We we used to get erm at the chapel meetings we used to get erm paper , newspaper and put up a s guttering , a spout you know , a drainpipe , and put a match to it . |
| 20 | You 're about to put a proposition to us , later on , about how we change documents in the process form , authorising the change and the re-issuing . |
| 21 | Conservative MP David Shaw is trying to put a stop to their transactions with UK residents . |
| 22 | Jimmy , a world of conjecture in his face , opened his mouth , and Leith thought it time to put a stop to his speculations before he went any further . |
| 23 | ‘ And who 's going to put a stop to it ? |
| 24 | It 's coming out of our taxes , that 's where , and we ought to put a stop to it . |
| 25 | It is a question of fact in every case whether the number of people affected will constitute ‘ a class of Her Majesty 's subjects ’ , but Lord Denning provides some guidance , saying ‘ A public nuisance is a nuisance which is so widespread in range and so indiscriminate in its effect that it would not be reasonable to expect one person to take proceedings on his own responsibility to put a stop to it , but that it would be the responsibility of the community at large ’ . |
| 26 | He would take steps to put a stop to it : write to his father , to Uncle Cent at Princenhage . |
| 27 | ‘ I had to put a stop to it , ’ he told Mexican television . |
| 28 | But , she resolved , I 'm going to do what I can to put a stop to it . |
| 29 | This is an altogether more simple reading of the section , and would apply where the policeman comes across a person who is using abusive language , and comes to the conclusion that it is likely that somebody in the audience will intervene to put a stop to it , using unlawful violence ( citizens may have the power to prevent a breach of the peace , but not to preserve the public quiet ) . |
| 30 | So is he to be he does n't know whether to just carry on or to put a stop to it now or what the hell to do |