Example sentences of "be put down [prep] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The gentle mercies of the lash were used even more extravagantly for civilising the ‘ primitive ’ peoples of the Empire in the nineteenth century , and in one of its anti-garotting tirades Punch ( 6 December 1862 ) had good cause to remember the lesson of the Indian Mutiny of 1857 which had been put down in a sea of blood . |
| 2 | True , Gilels does half-smudge the odd chord but , then , his recording gives the impression of having been put down in a handful of massive musically organic takes , where the new Philips occasionally betrays signs of cutting-room technology . |
| 3 | A further three were put down by a vet . |
| 4 | However , if all the jobs a housewife does were put down in a job description people might think twice before saying this . |
| 5 | As she hesitated outside Bob 's door she heard a muffled metallic thump from within , as of a saucepan being put down on a gas-stove , then the sound of a tap being turned on . |
| 6 | Shortly after this point , the revolt at the ranch is put down in a shoot-out with the police . |