Example sentences of "put it down [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The slogans were in ill-formed , illiterate script and Owen at first put it down as the work of children ; not the children who went to the kuttub , who were infants , but older youths . |
| 2 | Shannon had , rather uncharitably , put it down to the lure of the man 's fame — people simply liked to be close to the famous . |
| 3 | I put it down to the necessity for him to exhibit his physical superiority from time to time , in order to maintain his ‘ throne ’ and his following of stooges . |
| 4 | Put it down to the wine ! |
| 5 | You argue with one another and put it down to the fact that people who are prejudiced are ignorant . |
| 6 | No , because er I always put it down to the fact that most of our takings were in coin , it was very seldom that you had a pound note , you possibly had a ten pound note in those days but most of it was coinage and the cash when it was married up , was put into steel bound wooden boxes . |
| 7 | Insiders put it down to the pressure of competing for six and seven figure salaries . |
| 8 | ‘ Put it down to the movement of the ship . |
| 9 | She took hold of it and put it down on the floor . |
| 10 | Julia got out of bed , took the tray back from Annunziata , put it down on the chest of drawers and hugged her . |
| 11 | Just put it down on the side there . |
| 12 | I felt disinclined actually to hand to him the piece of paper I was holding , and so put it down on the end of his bed . |
| 13 | He sipped at his wine again , then put it down on the arm of his chair and , keeping a finger and thumb on the stem , twisted it one way , then the other . |
| 14 | From one of the voluminous pockets he produced a bottle of Scotch and put it down on the table . |
| 15 | Well put it down on the table for a minute then . |
| 16 | See I could , I could just take it round the edge of your carpet , you know , just , if er , if you want me to , if you want me to I 'll , I can lift the edge of your carpet and put it down onto the floor |
| 17 | I looked at it accusingly , then put it down in the cradle . |
| 18 | I mean I one of the things that I 've always sort of had in mind is that we put it down in the reception area . |