Example sentences of "she put [pers pn] down " in BNC.

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1 You can give her what she wants as long as she puts it down on the as long it 's over fifty you can give her what you want .
2 She put him down as the little grey man had foretold on a huge grey granite stone , pitted and scarred and bald .
3 When she thought he had had enough , she put him down , and he ran off without a word .
4 Yeah well by then you 'd , you 'd already messed him up , she must 've got him to sleep before she put him down in the cot did she ?
5 ‘ She lifted her arms and as she put them down she squeezed her sister Jackie 's hand and that was it . ’
6 When she put them down , I could see that she had accepted the truth .
7 She put it down , all the same , on the counter , but we did n't talk much longer as the revellers from the rear began coming through to go to the bedrooms .
8 Millie had come into the room carrying a tin tray , and as she put it down on the table , she looked from one to the other and said , ‘ What are you talkin' about , closed schools ?
9 Drinking half her cup she put it down , twisted round to face him , her chin resting in her hand , and told him a strange story .
10 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 .
11 He straightened , and she heaved one jar out of the basin , but he took it from her and she felt his strength give the heavy vessel sudden lift ; she put it down and thanked him .
12 She put it down and sang …
13 She put it down on the floor beside her guitar .
14 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 .
15 She put it down on the table in the hall and went upstairs smiling .
16 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 .
17 It took her a moment to recognize the handwriting on the second envelope and when she did , she put it down while she plugged in the kettle and took a croissant from the breadbin .
18 Then she put it down .
19 She put it down to the dismal sound of the thaw .
20 He heard the coffee-cup as she put it down , then the soft swish of her skirt as she crossed the room and sat on the chair again .
21 She put it down my and said well you 're .
22 Yeah , she she spilt it when she put yours down .
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