Example sentences of "put [pers pn] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The airlines , facing their fourth successive year in the red , are urging the EC to drop plans to lower maximum noise levels and nitrogen oxide emissions , arguing that they could increase operating costs , reduce the resale value of operators ' fleets and put them at a competitive disadvantage to international rivals . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | ‘ Yes , put them on a Code Red standby . |
| 6 | Girls are so much easier , if you put them on a blanket at least all they do is wet it . |
| 7 | We bring them home , kill them , and put them on a whitethorn bush . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Put them on a window-sill and water them every two or three days . |
| 10 | What they added was a sense of grandeur — they took blues licks and put them on a epic scale . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | When he had gone out , she gathered up their scattered clothes then folded them tidily and put them on a chair . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | I 've got them on in one room , er I put them on a little bit |
| 15 | What they added was a sense of grandeur — they took blues licks and put them on a epic scale . |
| 16 | She took out her warmed mince pies and put them on a tray . |
| 17 | Then use anything — mugs — egg-cups — put them on a tray to catch the drips . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | Put them on a list and wait . |
| 20 | Put them on a did n't they , then load them load |
| 21 | Put them on a plate , right ? |
| 22 | Cos what I 'm doing , I put them on a series and keeping them for revision . |
| 23 | 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 ! |
| 24 | Just take a couple and put them on a plate ! |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | A chance for you to air your views and put them to a Government spokesperson . |
| 27 | Indeed , it might have been better to divert funds away from RAM and put them towards a superior video card . |
| 28 | And we 'd shut them out shunt them out and then we 'd collect the two coaches and take them over to the main yard , and put them under a cleaning platform you see for the cleaners . |
| 29 | He added : ‘ Had we got an early goal and put them under a bit of pressure they may have reacted differently . |
| 30 | I suppose you could if you put them through a junction box or something . |