Example sentences of "put [pers pn] down to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yevdoxia put it down to Chernobyl . |
| 2 | One of the early theories about the causes of hyperkinetic syndrome put it down to brain damage , but research has failed to find any evidence of this . |
| 3 | Shamlou put it down to war weariness . |
| 4 | Peter thought that he 'd been a fool to imagine that there might be something wrong between his hosts ; he put it down to an overactive imagination coloured by wishful thinking . |
| 5 | What was more , there had been a growing number of mice in her house of late and she put it down to the age of the animal . |
| 6 | Mornings had indeed developed into quite a happy routine of little errands and duties for Aunt Emily , the hens and the sea ; and if she felt now , as quite often she did , an incomprehensible longing for something wilder and freer and more satisfying than this domestic round , she put it down to needing to be in the open air more and gave herself , next morning , a longer spell on the smooth buff sands of the bay . |
| 7 | His changed expression showed her that clearly , and she knew too he put it down to greed . |
| 8 | Vaguely , she became aware that this man was having an effect on her , and she put it down to the fact that she was unaccustomed to associating with such a devastating member of the opposite sex . |
| 9 | When asked by the masters where it came from , he put it down to being ‘ good with my tongue ’ , and they nodded sagely , wondering why he smiled . |
| 10 | She put it down to the dismal sound of the thaw . |