Example sentences of "put [pron] down to the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Shannon had , rather uncharitably , put it down to the lure of the man 's fame — people simply liked to be close to the famous . |
| 2 | I put it down to the necessity for him to exhibit his physical superiority from time to time , in order to maintain his ‘ throne ’ and his following of stooges . |
| 3 | Put it down to the wine ! |
| 4 | You argue with one another and put it down to the fact that people who are prejudiced are ignorant . |
| 5 | No , because er I always put it down to the fact that most of our takings were in coin , it was very seldom that you had a pound note , you possibly had a ten pound note in those days but most of it was coinage and the cash when it was married up , was put into steel bound wooden boxes . |
| 6 | Insiders put it down to the pressure of competing for six and seven figure salaries . |
| 7 | ‘ Put it down to the movement of the ship . |
| 8 | He had n't known whether to put it down to the fact that she imagined he was being left outside the camaraderie of the brothers or that in some strange way she was laying claim on him . |
| 9 | At first she 'd given no thought to missing for a month , putting it down to the trauma of losing Pa , but by the time nothing showed for the third month running there could be no doubt that the worst had happened . |
| 10 | I would n't put it down to the way I was manipulated as a child . ’ |
| 11 | Just one Peter yes , but we 'll put that down to the going I think , we 'll have to put it down to something , so we 'll put it down to the going . |
| 12 | I 'd always put it down to the studio lights . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | And like well I said to her I said well then Sandy would have put it down to the fact she did that bad in her ballet . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | Alan Wilcox puts it down to the fact that there has always been a hard core of people for whom it becomes their chief social interest . |