Example sentences of "[prep] put [pers pn] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | So but erm Jimmy has n't sort of put it to her yet . |
| 2 | ‘ I was thinking of putting her to a very nice stallion I 've seen in the district , ’ she said . |
| 3 | Although she was nervous of putting him to the test , she knew that , sooner or later , she must . |
| 4 | The officials who were entrusted with the task of putting him to death behaved with as much humanity as possible . |
| 5 | ‘ Me father dreamed of putting it to rights , ’ said Rory . |
| 6 | Let me breathe then , ’ she laughed , giving him a big hug before putting him to the floor . |
| 7 | When he still made no move to accept Cohen 's offer , Joshua put the package on the tea-chest , held up his sandwich and uttered a short Hebrew prayer before putting it to his mouth . |
| 8 | ‘ I look forward to putting it to the test . ’ |
| 9 | Therefore a study of the types of question is a useful preparation point : Types of Question Question type Explanation ( 1 ) A data recall question requires the pupil to remember facts without putting them to any use , e.g. " When was the Battle of Hastings ? " ( 2 ) A naming question asks the pupil to name something without showing how it relates to the historical situation , e.g. " What are the men in the picture wearing ? " |
| 10 | Now it 's true that since the second world war all wars have been limited in one sense or another , but then comes the question , if you do , in fact , succeed in defining objectives er and de in defining the means to those objectives , how can you know in fact that you possess genuine capability without putting it to the test , without actually fighting the war and then finding that you can not win it ? |
| 11 | I felt like apologising to Redpath for putting him to a lot of trouble for scant reason . |
| 12 | If Ethiopia falls apart , nobody outside will weep for it ; nor , if it holds together , will any outsider pay the vast bill for putting it to rights . |
| 13 | John Taub and others at the University of California School of Medicine required subjects to sleep an hour or more longer than usual , by putting them to bed at either II p.m. or I a.m. , but getting them up at the same time — 9 a.m . |
| 14 | In mid-October 1858 Alexander lent his imprimatur to Rostovtsev 's letters by putting them to the Main Committee . |