Example sentences of "[pron] put down a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well , then how do you explain the night I put down a copy of Viz , turned on the telly , and settled in for what I thought would be a programme of smart , irreverent comedy ? |
| 2 | I put down a bit less than I had been drinking . |
| 3 | So I put down a hundred thousand in cash and took out an eighty-thousand mortgage . ’ |
| 4 | I am sharply aware of every move I make , each crack of sound as I put down a cup , each dull ring as I move a spoon , each splash of water , squeak of the tap , thud of my shoe on the floor . |
| 5 | Although we are now debating a piece of works legislation , it represents a major reform of parliamentary procedure , so I put down a marker at this stage to the effect that the Minister should be more forthcoming in considering whether we should have new procedures for dealing with orders . |
| 6 | Blissfully unaware that I had no obligation to sign any agreement , I put down a ten-pound deposit the same afternoon . |
| 7 | If you put down a deposit and the firm goes bankrupt , you 'll become one of the many unsecured creditors who wait for their share-out from the receiver . |
| 8 | She put down a bag and dislodged a green dome of moss . |
| 9 | When Lalage had gone out to her car , she put down a dog and took Andrew into her long arms . |
| 10 | No , it came about because she put down a what card and I |
| 11 | They say many of the prospective owners who put down a fifty thousand pound deposit are now looking to pull out . |
| 12 | He put down a volume of Hume — he no longer read the daily papers , but was working through the world 's philosophers , from Plato onwards , and had now reached the Scottish humanists . |