Example sentences of "put [pron] on a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The house was semi-detached , which put them on a higher social level than the people who lived in the long uniform ranks , a pleasant , gravel-faced house which had been built after the war and which had a good sized garden back and front , three bedrooms , a bathroom — and an outside toilet , coal house and glory hole . |
| 2 | They were also subject to the English Parliament , which put them on a different footing from the King 's Scots or Irish subjects , who had Parliaments of their own that were not subordinate to the Westminster Parliament in the way that the Virginia assembly was . |
| 3 | To enjoy out-of-season greenery , pot up small root pieces of mint , put them on a warm windowsill and they 'll soon romp away . |
| 4 | ‘ Yes , put them on a Code Red standby . |
| 5 | Girls are so much easier , if you put them on a blanket at least all they do is wet it . |
| 6 | We bring them home , kill them , and put them on a whitethorn bush . |
| 7 | You bury them under bits of the motorway , and if the motorway 's finished , you put them on a traffic island with bushes on it . |
| 8 | Put them on a window-sill and water them every two or three days . |
| 9 | What they added was a sense of grandeur — they took blues licks and put them on a epic scale . |
| 10 | She made a chicken salad and poured herself a glass of chilled white wine , then put them on a tray and took them into her sitting room . |
| 11 | When he had gone out , she gathered up their scattered clothes then folded them tidily and put them on a chair . |
| 12 | I got half a dozen drunks and three women dressed as Mother Christmas and put them on a truck and we drove round the West End on the busiest shopping day of the year playing loud jazz and bunging up the traffic . |
| 13 | I 've got them on in one room , er I put them on a little bit |
| 14 | What they added was a sense of grandeur — they took blues licks and put them on a epic scale . |
| 15 | She took out her warmed mince pies and put them on a tray . |
| 16 | Then use anything — mugs — egg-cups — put them on a tray to catch the drips . |
| 17 | John , who is a regional organiser for the CCBN , explains : ‘ The clubs that do accept single men usually put them on a 12 month waiting list to let them prove they are serious . |
| 18 | Put them on a list and wait . |
| 19 | Put them on a did n't they , then load them load |
| 20 | Put them on a plate , right ? |
| 21 | Cos what I 'm doing , I put them on a series and keeping them for revision . |
| 22 | Well I must admit , I have , I mean I do n't do well I used to make quite nice cakes , since I 've had this new cooker mine wo n't ri I mean they rise , there 's no doubt about that , they rise , but I can take them out , put them on a cooling rack and watch them deflate ! |
| 23 | Just take a couple and put them on a plate ! |
| 24 | On Dec. 16 the Netherlands authorities expelled 43 Russian Jews and put them on an aeroplane to Israel after their applications for asylum were turned down ; a further nine were expelled on Dec. 23 . |
| 25 | ‘ You put me on a kind of honour … |
| 26 | I could not keep food or fluids down and when the symptoms did not go after a couple of days they took me to the hospital and put me on a drip . ’ |
| 27 | Arrest me and put me on a diet fast ! |
| 28 | In fact , my doctor even put me on a diet . |
| 29 | So I started there and they put me on a month 's trial and I dithered about about this month , whether I was good enough , and they 'd forgotten all about it , by the end of month , trial . |
| 30 | He never put me on a heavy job until at such times he thinks I was fit . |