Example sentences of "[conj] put [pron] on [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 400e ) , they identified themselves with the state , or put themselves on a level with it : they did not openly claim to rule it . |
| 2 | Yes , erm , that 's right , or put them on the |
| 3 | Half bury the log or timber in soil in a part of the garden where it will stay damp , or put it on a shaded window-sill in a plastic container ( ice-cream carton ) . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | ‘ So only the person who served the lobster or put it on the plates could have poisoned it ? ’ |
| 6 | He could win his place back or put himself on the market . ’ |
| 7 | Jones revealed : ‘ A lot of people say to me ‘ that put you on the map ’ . |
| 8 | I mean given that you 've got a , oh I do n't know , a pound you 're going to spend a week in gambling entertainment , if I could put it that way , you 'd do better to go in for the pools , because if you did have a win you might have a big one , than to put it on a horse — am I right ? |
| 9 | I could tell he was pleased with himself but a bit scared , just like when he used to keep the half-crown Father gave him on Sundays , rather than put it on the collection plate . |
| 10 | The owner of the estate , American John Kluge , agreed in principle to sell the estate to the crown rather than put it on the open market , but he did not consider the resulting offer to be high enough . |
| 11 | Prentice reached up and put something on the thin collar of Rory 's shirt . |
| 12 | He stepped into the kitchen and put something on the table . |
| 13 | We bring them home , kill them , and put them on a whitethorn bush . |
| 14 | What they added was a sense of grandeur — they took blues licks and put them on a epic scale . |
| 15 | When he had gone out , she gathered up their scattered clothes then folded them tidily and put them on a chair . |
| 16 | I got half a dozen drunks and three women dressed as Mother Christmas and put them on a truck and we drove round the West End on the busiest shopping day of the year playing loud jazz and bunging up the traffic . |
| 17 | What they added was a sense of grandeur — they took blues licks and put them on a epic scale . |
| 18 | She took out her warmed mince pies and put them on a tray . |
| 19 | Just take a couple and put them on a plate ! |
| 20 | On Dec. 16 the Netherlands authorities expelled 43 Russian Jews and put them on an aeroplane to Israel after their applications for asylum were turned down ; a further nine were expelled on Dec. 23 . |
| 21 | She poked busily at the concoctions , withdrew the tins from the oven and put them on the scrubbed wooden table to cool . |
| 22 | then she bought a bunch of violets and put them on the baby 's pillow , blew us a kiss and disappeared . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | 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 . ’ |
| 25 | erm I 'm not going to keep you very long because I 've nearly finished talking so erm when I 've finished perhaps you would like to bring some of your things up and put them on the table and we can all have a look at them . |
| 26 | Matisse had an arrangement with Miró whereby he would buy the latter 's works and put them on the market when the time seemed right . |
| 27 | He found a sleeping pill , a glass of water , and put them on the table by her side . |
| 28 | And er there used to be these er like Scotch people you know , with kilts , with swords and put them on the floor and dance round the swords and . |
| 29 | She took two cups and saucers from the dresser and put them on the table ; she got the milk from the fridge . |
| 30 | And dried them and put them on the rack again . |