Example sentences of "[noun] put down the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Katherine put down the empty glass with a start , she had n't realized that she had been drinking . |
| 2 | Maggie put down the rolling pin . |
| 3 | You might say ham put down the Spanish ham . |
| 4 | Maman put down the loaded fork with a sigh and turned to Twomey at the sideboard : " Please give Miss Nicandra a clean plate and help her to some spinach . " |
| 5 | Inert , mute , untouchable , she seemed uncanny and prodigious to Rosa , who wanted her to protest the hectic fury all around her , to come alive and give a sign , as , below her , the volunteers hauling the lumbering shrine on their backs on poles criss-crossed and tethered grew more obstreperous and howled and the crowd pressed up and obstructed their laborious way ahead ; after three turns around the piazza they at last reached the platform in the middle , only a little distance from the Duomo they had left , and the sweat-streaked bearers put down the skewed tower on which the Madonna stood , and tumbled to their knees . |