Example sentences of "[noun] put down " in BNC.
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| 1 | Those animals put down had a merciful release . |
| 2 | Did you have the words put down ? ’ |
| 3 | Theoretically they mark a stage in the formation of organic soils , but as neither mosses nor lichens put down penetrating roots , and earthworms are lacking , organic material remains mostly superficial . |
| 4 | I think you 've got to you 've got to accept that it is a legally binding contract , all of the policies , and I think you have to realise that in any arrangement that you make erm where there is a degree of legality , there has to be parameters put down . |
| 5 | A small boy in pyjamas put down the basket he was weaving and looked at the face for a second or two , then turned back to his basket . |
| 6 | They used Druze fighters as a colonial militia just as they used members of the minority Muslim Alawite community in Syria to put down Sunni Muslim nationalist revolt . |
| 7 | He was reckoned to be one of the officers prepared to use force to put down the revolution . |
| 8 | Is that what you wanted was that the right card to put down ? |
| 9 | The Cité des Sciences et de l'Industrie near the Porte de la Villette in Paris is one of those technological markers the French like to put down to show that architecture in their capital is not all ormulu and Belle Epoque . |
| 10 | Grading is a method of achieving a shorthand synthesis of every possible quality that one might wish to be included in a profile , consolidated into a symbol which examiners understand pragmatically with reference to a platonic point of reference existing in the minds of a group of examiners who have worked together , while a profile , however detailed , can never be more than an attempt to put down all those qualities . |
| 11 | The cheeky crook pounced after Scotland Yard detective Mick Roberts put down his 75lb monster outside a tent at a gardening competition . |
| 12 | Donna put down the note and ran her hands over the paper , as if trying to smooth out the creases . |
| 13 | Gwenellen put down her cup to look at me , wide-eyed . |
| 14 | He looked up happily as Hari put down her basket and took off her shawl . |
| 15 | As Molly put down the telephone , she saw Jacqueline , her mouth full of dough , staring at her with the large , accusing eyes of an Oxfam poster . |
| 16 | Their boat put down |
| 17 | Markby put down his knife and fork and regarded her seriously . |
| 18 | Markby put down his tumbler on a small table , laden with copies of The Field . |
| 19 | At the side put down a rough guess of the cost that might be involved . |
| 20 | Spencer put down his glass with a sigh . |
| 21 | Ellen put down her cup of coffee and stared at me as though I had gone completely mad . |
| 22 | Surere put down the knife , turned his back , and made for the steps . |
| 23 | Veronica put down the knife she was using to butter a muffin , and looked at her . |
| 24 | New FAD Andy puts down his Guardian crossword , sinks his whiskey and suggests relocating to a Real Ale put he knows on the city centre 's crumbling outskirts . |
| 25 | Tammuz put down the drinks and poked it with a cautious finger . |
| 26 | Finally Josh put down his pen and asked wearily , ‘ Are you planning to stay much longer , Father ? ’ |
| 27 | Fairfax puts down his tea . |
| 28 | Moreover , the Ruhr coal industry put down numerous deep boreholes north of the mining area , so that a new coalification map for the top Carboniferous seemed justified . |
| 29 | Sir Richard put down his wine cup on the small table beside him . |
| 30 | Hawkins put down his glass and stared at him . |