Example sentences of "put a [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Sheep producers , in particular , found it difficult to escape worries about continuing fixed and variable cost increases and the ending of the sheepmeat variable premium that put a floor in the market .
2 Taxpayers in America , for example , can be hurt by the failure of a global bank 's Luxembourg operations , and common minimum standards put a floor under destructive competitive deregulation .
3 Taken from left to right and put a colour to it add a colour .
4 I feel they 're putting units into this country , why not us put a unit into their country , not to kill their women and children , but to kill the people who 's actually doing it , whether they be I R A , U D A , knock 'em out , let's have 'em out once and for all .
5 You put a test in , do n't you ?
6 We er put a flag on the top and a sort of plant pot stuck on the top of that and then me and Sinead we made a erm we put to stones and we filled that with junk and had a aerial stuck in it .
7 And er the foreman and bosses that knew people and they knew the circumstances and I suppose they put a word in and erm you know men were sort of stopped because er I mean , if a man had a house full of children or something , he 'd probably be the very last you know before he was sort of forced to g you know sacked or wh And I mean they were n't sacked in a sense , they was always ready there was a place ready for them to come back to there .
8 I put a word , because it , you follow me , it fits the theme that we 're talking about , alright ?
9 and you put a grid on each side like a plastic grid , you know
10 They 're bringing it in tomorrow so just shows just goes to show that if you put a plea out on the radio , you prayers can be answered sometimes .
11 Yeah , that 's why you see , we 've converted , put a wall up where the door were and knocked the wall down and had a door into the house
12 And then , I grant , we put a sting in him
13 And then , I grant , we put a sting in him
14 Crown him that/And then I grant we put a sting in him/That at his will he may do danger with
15 Not like , you 're not , it 's not the way they s , like , phrase it , put a sentence together .
16 With acclaim like that , Beatty 's agent immediately put a pricetag of $300,000 a picture on his head — and was getting it .
17 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
18 warmed up , so I put a pie crust on , put it in two dishes and put a pie crust on
19 warmed up , so I put a pie crust on , put it in two dishes and put a pie crust on
20 I lived in one of the rougher parts of Manchester , and was chased by gangs , had bottles thrown at me and once inadvertently put a gang to rout .
21 But that little plan was soon put a stop to , for mother would not let me go by myself , and there was nobody to go with me .
22 Toscanini put a stop to all that at his first rehearsal for Tannhäuser : ‘ No , no , nix Wagner , nix Bayreuth — café chantant ! ’
23 When you put a stop to all that , when the place is silent and empty , all that is left is a large , ramshackle shed — cold , filthy and depressing .
24 Daisy soon put a stop to that .
25 They put a stop to predators , parasites and cannibalism , simplified feeding and kept eggs clean — very significant for production when the law forbids farmers to wash eggs because of the risk of bacteria getting inside the shell .
26 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 .
27 We did have a couple of suicides , but I soon put a stop to that .
28 But , apart from the fact that we have to live anyway , could reason alone put a stop to the dizzying effect of the question ?
29 All our playmates crowded round to marvel at our get-up and touch our finery , but Mum soon put a stop to this and sent us indoors .
30 As far as the Royal Navy were concerned the nuisance of excessive leakage was largely put a stop to when Sir Robert Seppings ( 1764–1840 ) introduced diagonal iron bracing into wooden hulls about 1830 .
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