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Certain machinery in the body of the nun on the leads over the door was cleaned up and put in motion, so that the figure shook its head paralytically all day long, to the great admiration of a drunken, but very Protestant, barber over the way, who looked upon the said paralytic motion as typical of the degrading effect wrought upon the human mind by the ceremonies of the Romish Church and discoursed upon that theme with great eloquence and morality. The Old Curiosity Shop by Dickens, Charles View in context Cardenio hung the buckler on one side of the bow of Rocinante's saddle and the basin on the other, and by signs commanded Sancho to mount his ass and take Rocinante's bridle, and at each side of the cart he placed two officers with their muskets; but before the cart was put in motion, out came the landlady and her daughter and Maritornes to bid Don Quixote farewell, pretending to weep with grief at his misfortune; and to them Don Quixote said: Don Quixote by Cervantes, Miguel View in context The carriage was put in motion as slowly as a funeral car. The Three Musketeers by Dumas, Alexandre View in context	put hand in pocket put hand on heart put hand to the plow put hand up put hands on put head above the parapet put head on the block put heads together put heart and soul into put heart into put house in order put ideas into head put in a good word put in a good word for put in a hard day at work put in a hole put in a nutshell put in an appearance put in an awkward position put in head put in in two penn'orth put in jeopardy put in layaway put in mind of put in mothballs put in motion put in order put in place put in print put in quotes put in service put in some place put in the picture put in the shade put in the way of put in touch with put into effect put into order put into power put into practice put into service put it on the line put lead in pencil put life on the line put mind at ease put mind at rest put mind to put mind to it put money on put money up put money where mouth is	put in durance put in duress put in execution put in fear put in for put in force put in good condition Put In Ground put in hazard put in head put in her place put in her place put in her place put in her place put in his place put in his place put in his place put in his place put in in a bad light put in in two penn'orth put in irons put in jeopardy put in jeopardy put in layaway put in mind put in mind put in mind put in mind put in mind of put in mothballs put in motion Put in My Pocket put in one’s hands put in operation put in opposition put in order put in order put in other words put in pawn put in peril put in place put in place put in place put in place put in place put in pledge put in possession put in practice put in print put in production put in proper order put in quotes put in readiness put in repair put in restraint put in safekeeping put in service put in shape put in shoes put in shoes put in shoes

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Certain machinery in the body of the nun on the leads over the door was cleaned up and put in motion, so that the figure shook its head paralytically all day long, to the great admiration of a drunken, but very Protestant, barber over the way, who looked upon the said paralytic motion as typical of the degrading effect wrought upon the human mind by the ceremonies of the Romish Church and discoursed upon that theme with great eloquence and morality.

The Old Curiosity Shop by Dickens, Charles View in context

Cardenio hung the buckler on one side of the bow of Rocinante's saddle and the basin on the other, and by signs commanded Sancho to mount his ass and take Rocinante's bridle, and at each side of the cart he placed two officers with their muskets; but before the cart was put in motion, out came the landlady and her daughter and Maritornes to bid Don Quixote farewell, pretending to weep with grief at his misfortune; and to them Don Quixote said: