Example sentences of "put down the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Put down the poker . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ Put down the poker . ’ |
| 3 | I find I am lost for words : put down the telephone , but not before a woman snatches the phone and says , ‘ Who 's that ? |
| 4 | ‘ Put down the knife , erh tzu ! |
| 5 | We just put down the size of the ad the advertiser the practice the town . |
| 6 | A small boy in pyjamas put down the basket he was weaving and looked at the face for a second or two , then turned back to his basket . |
| 7 | When O put down the phone at the end of this first call , he did not know how to say goodbye to Boy ; he did not know what name to use . |
| 8 | I put down the phone slowly . |
| 9 | I put down the phone . |
| 10 | They put down the wheelbarrow . |
| 11 | I put down the Mail , opened the Telegraph and found the same tale , though told in less lurid terms . |
| 12 | It 's what they put down the lavatory to disinfect the pan only they give it another name . ’ |
| 13 | hello , hi Matt , alright I did an absolute steamer , excellent , did it really well , it only took me an hour and ten minutes it took me an hour and ten minutes I have n't no I knew , I knew vaguely , knew vaguely enough I mean I have , perfect question came up just describe er the youths portrayed in the er book and there was only two , there was the main character who I got most of the stuff from , from what Katie told me and the rest was the other bloke was called Carston Corsalius and basically all we knew about him was he fancied this other one , the main character , and erm was a journalist , that was it ah put it in nine times , no , I , I do n't know what it means eh , er Matt did n't come in , er a bit of a shame could n't no yeah , what did you really want ? or was that it ? yeah yeah , fixed , flexible and managed yes fixed , flex , fixed , flexible and managed oh right yeah , yeah , yeah , yeah , do n't they and er advantages and disadvantages of indirect tax was , untax and direct was the other one , you know it indirect taxes yes yeah I ca n't remember , I really ca n't remember , like a colour yeah , you wan na know both of those , I 'd , I , I could n't remember all of demand pull , I put down the wage , price , wage spiral or the waged price spiral , that 's a stinker that is , that 's a beauty , I put that down , its ' a beaut , that 's my best diagram and I did three diagram' in four essays I hate doing diagram' yeah he 's here now , we 're about to go for a quick drink like , he says he 's been revising all day so erm , and I shall , I shall brief him , just as you would expect , I shall tell him all he needs I do n't , I do n't want to leave him in the lurch okay see you in French yeah , bye , bye , bye |
| 14 | It 's the block that goes in the middle , when you put down the clamp pushes that along . |
| 15 | She sipped at her coffee again , then put down the cup and propped her head on her hand . |
| 16 | If you put down the example I I actually marked the example but then I realized going back through the book that obviously the example was given for you there anyway . |
| 17 | I put down the receiver , overcome by emotion at hearing that voice again , unchanged . |
| 18 | I put down the receiver and sat on the stairs trembling with panic , and I think I must have become pale , because I remember that my face felt very cold . |
| 19 | ‘ Slowly , I put down the receiver . |
| 20 | I put down the receiver and wept . |
| 21 | He is starting his reply as I put down the receiver . |
| 22 | When I put down the receiver I heard Geoff Tulloch 's voice out in the main office , impressing the young women with his irrepressible personality . |
| 23 | If you , if you put down the letter for people like this , sort of , I would of done one of two things , I 'd would get really nark about that and the way they give you what you want |
| 24 | I put down the book and accepted a drink . |
| 25 | Put down the gravel fill layer ( if required ) and tamp down . |