Example sentences of "[conj] put [pron] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I found the wire loops , though , having seen the boys set them , and I tore them out or put them under the grass on the paths the boys used to take when they came to inspect their traps . |
| 2 | Managers were encouraged by corporate head office to eradicate such excesses at the work-outs , not to refer them to committees or put them through the proper channels . |
| 3 | Yes , erm , that 's right , or put them on the |
| 4 | If you decide at the end of the day the thing to do is to pick up this kid and run like hell for somewhere you can gain , wave for help , or put him in the car and drive like mad to the hospital , then you might just do that , even though it breaks all the golden rules of first aid |
| 5 | Place the joint in a trivet over the tin , or put it on the oven rack directly above the roasting tin , so that the juices from the meat ‘ weep ’ into the potatoes and onions . |
| 6 | ‘ So only the person who served the lobster or put it on the plates could have poisoned it ? ’ |
| 7 | • The UNIPOT needs the minimum of cleaning , to keep its good looks simply wash in hot soapy water or put it in the dishwasher . |
| 8 | stick it in your pocket for next time or put it in the bin . |
| 9 | I might be going swimming at lunchtime today so I could probably run up there or put it in the post if I go . |
| 10 | They were now thirty-odd miles away from the Manchester slums where they had been brought up , a distance that put them beyond the range of mobility of their families , who could not afford to visit them . |
| 11 | Jones revealed : ‘ A lot of people say to me ‘ that put you on the map ’ . |
| 12 | Prentice reached up and put something on the thin collar of Rory 's shirt . |
| 13 | He stepped into the kitchen and put something on the table . |
| 14 | Try and put yourself in the employer 's place , or perhaps in the place of one of the people you may be dealing with as the employer 's representative . |
| 15 | Aware that Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em had a massive audience , ranging from children to grandparents , Crawford said , ‘ I then go and put myself before the public ’ as Billy Liar , whose first words as he comes on stage are along the lines of ‘ Christ Almighty , bloody , blimey ! ’ in a song . |
| 16 | She picked up the shoes from the hearth and put them under the table . |
| 17 | Speechless with weary anger , she cut herself two crooked slices of bread and put them under the grill . |
| 18 | Well the , the bed , there were no spring beds in , that came into my life until many years after , were the old straw palliasses , which were really more hygienic to sleep on than your spring beds , because you get the lumbar trouble with a straw palliasses cos it was just hip firm , I give you an instance I used to , as I was growing older I used to fold my trousers and put them under the mattress to press my trousers so I 'd always got a nice crease in my trousers , they were so solid that er you got y you did n't even get any wrinkles in your trousers in those days . |
| 19 | The Bakers had to take all our clothes and put them through the tumble drier ! |
| 20 | Re Reg er er , er say we had er say , twenty ton o twenty ton of oats come in and we soon used them up before the next lot , I 'll start on the next lot he , the sample man 'd come in , you know , sample in come them oats he 'd come up perhaps , when they come in , check the first two or three sacks with me , you see , and then I 'd have to get a rubber get a bowl full of oats , bowl full of whole oats put into the rubber , see and get a bowl full of whole and put them through the crusher and crush the main , like , you know , like we used to have , just squeeze them , you know crack them |
| 21 | Where they become problematic , especially for members of marginalized cultural groups , is in what they begin to mean if we take them out of the pristine hot-house of the academy and put them into the messy struggles of day-to-day life . |
| 22 | ‘ She collected all the patients ' false teeth last night — and put them into the same bowl ! |
| 23 | She disinterred two frozen TV dinners from the big freezer in the basement and put them into the oven to heat . |
| 24 | Remove the remaining needles and put them into the ‘ outside needles ’ jar . |
| 25 | Alice waited until Jill stood up , with three white canvas bags , notes and cheques and coins separately , and put them into the safe . |
| 26 | He 'll probably take them over the Carron and put them into the coille torr , the forest there , for the night . |
| 27 | She poked busily at the concoctions , withdrew the tins from the oven and put them on the scrubbed wooden table to cool . |
| 28 | then she bought a bunch of violets and put them on the baby 's pillow , blew us a kiss and disappeared . |
| 29 | When all these objects had been tested and discussed , they took them out and put them on the shelf in two groups : those that floated , and those that sank . |
| 30 | So we used to go up there and get our .008″ banjo strings and put them on the top and it really transformed what you could do . ’ |