Example sentences of "put [pron] down [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Skirting a tinker camp , Mrs M. eventually put me down beside the fast-flowing River Moy at Ballina . |
| 2 | Put her down as a poss . |
| 3 | I put it down to a lingering melancholy and sense of impending loss at leaving the melin , even though by now he was in full agreement . |
| 4 | But I put it down to a natural wish on Jefferson 's part to protect what for him was a considerable investment in a new club and , if Harley 's new agent had exacted his usual pound , or stone rather , of flesh , a considerable investment in a golf pro . |
| 5 | He had felt the same , momentarily , stepping into the dyeyard at Nicosia , but put it down to a foolish nostalgia . |
| 6 | ‘ I was very lethargic but I just put it down to the first months of my pregnancy . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Carew folded the paper and put it down on the cluttered tray beside him . |
| 10 | Nick closed his book , put it down on the scorched grass beside him and got out his pipe . |