Example sentences of "put it [adv prt] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I was very lethargic but I just put it down to the first months of my pregnancy . |
| 2 | Some put it down to the sheer popularity of the winner Nigel Jones — others to the alleged racism of would-be Tory voters , unwilling to endorse the party 's official candidate , the barrister John Taylor . |
| 3 | She wandered back into the small sitting-room with her mug of tea , put it down on the polished surface of a table but removed it hastily in case it left a tell-tale ring which S. Kettering might complain about in the future . |
| 4 | Carew folded the paper and put it down on the cluttered tray beside him . |
| 5 | Nick closed his book , put it down on the scorched grass beside him and got out his pipe . |
| 6 | When you 've drawn the first one , just put it back in the first bag and forget about it and go on . |
| 7 | Put the flour back in the tube , clean the tube again and put it back in the warm place . |
| 8 | but I 've only , in fact , used ten because someone took the microphone in and put it back in the wrong place . |
| 9 | I 'm terribly lazy and always put it off until the last minute . ’ |