Example sentences of "one [noun] put [pers pn] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | As one teacher put it to me , ‘ on a bad day I have the feeling that I am struggling hard to do something that may not be worth doing at all ’ . |
| 2 | There was an abundance of help ( ‘ both seen and unseen ’ as one elder put it to me ) ; there was constant anxiety about the weather ; there was joy of meeting old friends and making new ones ; there was the amazing efficiency , imperturbability and the reticence of the treasury ; and the true pleasure of finding things for people . |
| 3 | As one manager put it to me : ‘ None of the companies here is in the business of finding reasons not to pay legitimate claims . ’ |
| 4 | ( It was not until the 1939 conclave that all the cardinals were present at a papal election , due as one observer put it to " the advance of medicine and transport " . ) |
| 5 | As one member put it to ‘ Bill ’ Whyte : |
| 6 | As one peasant put it to Yakovlev on a later occasion : No one will help you for cash , but everyone will for home-brew . ’ |