Example sentences of "not [verb] be put " in BNC.
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| 1 | They like being flattered , or congratulated , or encouraged : they certainly do not like being put down . |
| 2 | This is a Latin phrase meaning the ‘ date after which ’ , and only means that the artefact could not have been put into the spoil after it had been dumped , but of course , could be many years earlier in date . |
| 3 | ‘ He should not have been put in charge of the fund . |
| 4 | Whether this device would , in a crisis , have served to drive people away or draw them to the spot seems not to have been put to the test . |
| 5 | One thing we do n't do is put the dog on the couch . |
| 6 | Well one thing he did n't do was put a woman in the cabinet , and , as I have said , that 's something we 've got an eye on , obviously . |
| 7 | Does n't like being put on the spot and adopts conceptualising and abstract thinking to counter this . |
| 8 | She protested that they should n't have been put on there without her authority , and the farm chaps laughed and said , ‘ You wo n't be wanting that again . ’ |
| 9 | " He could n't have been put in from either bank , because the body was weighted , and it would have sunk in shallow water . |
| 10 | The reason I shall vote against the motion and for the amendment could n't have been put more succinctly than it was by Mr , I think Mr made the most pertinent remark that has been made in the debate today , when in opposition to what Mr said about individual freedom he said this is a matter of personal conscience . |