Example sentences of "[vb past] put [pron] [adv prt] to the " in BNC.

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1 She had never before contacted any of the emergency services , and she was surprised by how long the operator took to put her through to the police .
2 It had been they had put it out to the what they call peat moss .
3 Rose had noticed this and she had put it down to the awe and respect in which the man she so loved was held , and she was loath to see differently now .
4 On that occasion she had put it down to the letter from Doreen , but now she began to wonder if the real cause of his irritation had stemmed from the fact that he had embraced her .
5 So even University was n't completely on one side , and again the City was erm there was this sort of Puritan element that did n't like the King 's religious policies , erm there was this general feeling against the University which tended to put them off to the other side , but there are undoubtedly loyal citizens erm citizens loyal to the King .
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