Example sentences of "putting [pers pn] down [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Instead of putting them down for the afternoon , I 'd like to be able to do something with them .
2 Putting it down on the table , he said flatly , ‘ There was never any chance ; you must know that .
3 I see myself putting it down on the table in front of me at the Assessment Group and the papers slipping loose …
4 If the bird keeps struggling , it will be clawed and bitten repeatedly by its captor , but if it lies still the cat may then make the mistake of putting it down on the ground and releasing it from its jaws .
5 At first she 'd given no thought to missing for a month , putting it down to the trauma of losing Pa , but by the time nothing showed for the third month running there could be no doubt that the worst had happened .
6 they 're putting it down in the paper that
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