Example sentences of "put down the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He put down the comics and sat watching her . |
| 2 | As Vimla pirouetted , pulling her sari over her head in a parody of the Dance of the Seven Veils , Chaman Guru put down the cymbals and got down to the serious business of collecting money . |
| 3 | When he put down the papers at last he looked abstracted . |
| 4 | She put down the tongs , and began to rummage through her bag . |
| 5 | He had , in a way , shown her the path , as Hansel did when he put down the pebbles which guided his sister and himself back home . |
| 6 | The area had effectively been abandoned by the authorities , a fact which became clear during the riot itself , when police waited five hours to enter the estate and put down the disturbances . |
| 7 | Tammuz put down the drinks and poked it with a cautious finger . |
| 8 | She smiled at him as he put down the drinks . |