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

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1 From the machining room the sails go through to the packaging department where they are folded , inserted in sail bags and sent either to the despatch department or put into stock .
2 I would erm suggest what we do is we stop the Dieside and put in something else , you know , just to keep you on on I do n't really want to have you on a combination of lots
3 Humming to himself , he went back into the bedroom and put on a pair of grey corduroy trousers , a red shirt and a bright turquoise jumper , stained with food .
4 He turned off the main light switch and put on the bedside lamp , and against the lamp he propped an old brown photograph .
5 At the counter the elderly lady took off her pinafore and put on her coat .
6 which would be capable of sweeping away the Kuomintang and putting into power the leadership of the Chinese Communist Party .
7 The superior numbers of the Imperial army stood them in good stead : within a few minutes , Dara 's forces had broken through the rebels ' artillery and put to flight the infantry .
8 While Kathleen wired him up to a monitor and put in an intravenous line , Ben ran gentle fingers over the boy .
9 Crilly turns off the telly and puts on a Billie Holiday record .
10 Tomorrow we 've got quite a lively day ahead of us erm by the time we do our group work tomorrow first thing in the morning , and also tomorrow after that you 'll be doing a role play as well using the things that you 've picked up today and seeing how many of them you can practice and put into action what you talked about .
11 Even before autumn sets in , gardeners start thinking about spring and putting in bulbs for next year
12 While redundancy rights can sometimes arise in the context of men being laid off from work or put on short time , in the case of a business executive , redundancy almost always involves a dismissal .
13 You can pop under the bar and put on her cavesson and/or bridle safely .
14 A big-built Scottish woman , who has been playing pool in the other section of the pub , crosses over to the east side of the bar and puts in her last orders .
15 In February 1944 , after his twentieth victory , nineteen of them at night , Braham was taken off intruder and escort work and put in charge of night operations at No. 2 Light Bomber Group headquarters .
16 At clipping time the sheep were driven in and penned , and as they were clipped , the fleeces were thrown up to a helper standing on the gallery and put at once into the wool store .
17 It must also be pointed out that the Sub-Group is a sub-group of Management Group , and its functions are to advise Management and to put into effect Management policy on computing issues .
18 The Carabinieri patrolman had the raw look of a recruit freshly dug up from one of the no-hope regions of the deep South and put through the human equivalent of a potato-peeling machine .
19 Instead of saying , ‘ That 's a nice dress you 're wearing , ’ they might rush to the wardrobe and put on a T-shirt that says the same thing .
20 I hang my clothes in the wardrobe and put on the plastic gown .
21 The men at the ramparts had often tried in vain to tempt one of the stray artillery bullocks near enough to capture it , but at long last , towards the end of the first week of September , an old horse was captured at the banqueting hall and put to death .
22 Erbani , Lorieux and Carminati in the pack are no strangers to the international arena with 75 caps between them , but Fouroux and his assistant coach Daniel Dubroca hope that the French will show willingness and enthusiasm for battle and put behind them the inept and inexplicable performance witnessed at Strasbourg .
23 Dip your fingers into the paste and run it around the rim of the dish and put on the lid .
24 You have to kick out the yaw damper and put in some twinky footwork on the rudders , but it has a salutary effect .
25 And I can always remember it was in the middle of winter and put on the , the four that bit circular bit put it into the four wheel drive and it came up there wonderful and the , yet er going in we were and the other car was swaying all over the place .
26 9.30am : Wrap turkey and put in the oven .
27 Then prime and undercoat the bare wood and put on one top coat to finish the job .
28 ‘ Or would be if you had white hair and put on a bit of weight .
29 I 'd been on duty in the Met Office since 8am , and managed to comb my hair and put on some lipstick before going straight down to the dance with June , one of the other Met Waafs .
30 The shower was wonderfully soothing and afterwards she spent a long time drying her hair and putting on her make-up .
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