Example sentences of "put [pron] [adv prt] to [art] " in BNC.

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1 Actually , it was me who put them on to the place . )
2 The response will give particulars of the expert and the APIL member(s) who put them on to the database and who can be contacted for a more personal recommendation .
3 ’ You put me on to a good thing , ’ he went on , ’ with Ardakke .
4 Put me through to the police . ’
5 Put me through to the police office , please , ’ he said to someone in the outer office .
6 Put me through to the motor claims department , ’ Lisa requested , glancing again at her watch .
7 We used to get a collar of rope , manilla rope , put it on to a truck and used to stretch it out first and then cut off the lengths .
8 He said that he did not think that it was a high priority to ask the Home Secretary to take £40 million out of his budget and put it on to the Secretary of State for Transport 's budget .
9 but they put it in to the meter in
10 He had felt the same , momentarily , stepping into the dyeyard at Nicosia , but put it down to a foolish nostalgia .
11 I put it down to a lingering melancholy and sense of impending loss at leaving the melin , even though by now he was in full agreement .
12 But I put it down to a natural wish on Jefferson 's part to protect what for him was a considerable investment in a new club and , if Harley 's new agent had exacted his usual pound , or stone rather , of flesh , a considerable investment in a golf pro .
13 ‘ So they put it down to a prowler , probably a junkie after drugs .
14 Insiders put it down to the pressure of competing for six and seven figure salaries .
15 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 .
16 Put it down to the movement of the ship .
17 You argue with one another and put it down to the fact that people who are prejudiced are ignorant .
18 Again I put it down to the stresses of presenting a live programme five days a week .
19 Put it down to the wine !
20 ‘ I was very lethargic but I just put it down to the first months of my pregnancy .
21 Shannon had , rather uncharitably , put it down to the lure of the man 's fame — people simply liked to be close to the famous .
22 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 .
23 Some put it down to the sheer popularity of the winner Nigel Jones — others to the alleged racism of would-be Tory voters , unwilling to endorse the party 's official candidate , the barrister John Taylor .
24 Put it back to the beginning . ’
25 So even University was n't completely on one side , and again the City was erm there was this sort of Puritan element that did n't like the King 's religious policies , erm there was this general feeling against the University which tended to put them off to the other side , but there are undoubtedly loyal citizens erm citizens loyal to the King .
26 It would be too easy to put everything down to a typical case of hysteria , but what if there was something else , some underlying cause ?
27 She had never before contacted any of the emergency services , and she was surprised by how long the operator took to put her through to the police .
28 you see his expenditure was er , he , he , he , just to put it down to a very minor thing , you 're spending four pound a week
29 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 .
30 I walked to the nearest telephone box and asked the operator if she could put me through to the refuge — I did n't have a single penny .
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