Example sentences of "put a " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Human nature being what it is , my guess is that any maid worth her salt would have put a slightly imperfect dish in front of anyone but her master or mistress for the cook 's sake . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ It seems to me , ’ said Henry Tyler , in the last analysis a Ministry man , ‘ that this stuff , whatever it is , is something that ought to be put a stop to . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ I would have put a torch to their damned house yesterday , if I had had some tinder . |
| 4 | Mr James has put a hold on all disposals from Eagle while he completes a strategic review of the business , which was rocked by the liquidation of Connect Parcels and the disappearance of £13.7m of funds . |
| 5 | City analysts have put a price tag of as much as £60m on Hargreaves and some potential bidders , including the Irish group CRH , have intimated that the business would be worth more to an existing player in the market than a newcomer . |
| 6 | The doubt is really whether Western companies have put a sufficiently high price on the information they are providing . |
| 7 | EC legislation could well put a stop to this . |
| 8 | Team member Jack Tinsdale said : ‘ John was Bill 's right-hand man and has put a lot of time into the team . |
| 9 | Such an innocent river , for all that it knew a secret , for all that one of its stones had put a man out of sight of the sunset ! |
| 10 | Although no cost analyses have been made in the Nasa report , a separate study by the White House Office of Management and Budget has put a tentative $400 billion price tag on the Mars venture . |
| 11 | At the same time , he has put a warning shot across the bows of the rightwing pro-Hindu Bharatiya Janata Party ( BJP ) , which has already committed its 88 members of parliament to supporting the minority government . |
| 12 | She may have put a brave face on it . |
| 13 | Mr Yenici had put a Kidney for Sale advert in an Istanbul newspaper . |
| 14 | The Bush Administration has put a bounty of $1 million on General Noriega 's head and offered $150 for every PDF weapon handed over to the authorities . |
| 15 | John Wakeham , the British Energy Secretary , had put a new twist on the need for nuclear power at the September 1989 World Energy Conference in Montreal by suggesting that the developed countries might have to turn increasingly to nuclear power to ‘ make room ’ for more use of fossil fuels by developing countries . |
| 16 | Iraq has launched a rocket into space but it has never put a satellite into orbit . |
| 17 | If he had put a second £100 into the FT-SE index each time he bought from the state , the resulting shares would now be worth only a little over a third more than he paid . |
| 18 | I had put a point to the unions concerning long-term pay arrangements on which she had neither been informed nor consulted . |
| 19 | They 'd be able to get in unless Jack or Tom had put a padlock on since he 'd last been there . |
| 20 | He sometimes wondered if Eleanor had put a curse on him . |
| 21 | He had put a little bronze foundation on his face — a sample from one of the magazines . |
| 22 | Once they heard her say , ‘ But Harry , you ca n't keep on — ’ And then she must have put a hand over the mouthpiece , because they did not hear anything else until , suddenly , another voice spoke . |
| 23 | The sergeant told them all about the cattle trucks and how Charles had soon put a stop to that . |
| 24 | All they need to do is put a ‘ before ’ and ‘ after ’ circle , one with dots and one with nothing , like they do with lavatory cleaners . |
| 25 | Lane Fox and managing agent Peter Rapson have put a £4m price tag on Inholmes with its neo-Georgian house , at least two other dwellings and its own village . |
| 26 | He had put a Greek monogram of the first letters of the name of Christ ( CHR ) on his standards , and it had been a talisman of victory . |
| 27 | I always notice what people are wearing , I think it 's fascinating ; I 'm good at appreciating what kind of look someone has aimed for , especially when it 's obvious she 's put a lot of time and effort into it . |
| 28 | The first thing we talked about was how wearing the camisole top had made her feel self-conscious , and how glad she was that she had put a shirt over it . |
| 29 | When you came to make your presentation he would even have put a glass of water within reach in case you needed it — and operated the equipment for you . |
| 30 | Kylie feels that way too and has put a lot of her own money into the tour too . ’ |