1.   Because he painted so well, put down what he saw, people would admire him.

2.   He moved to the small table, put down his glass and searched in his pockets for his cigarettes.

3.   I hate the way Dave puts me down the whole time.

4.   Plummer put down his glass and reached into his inside pocket for the monogrammed cigarette case.

5.   The best thing to do is to put down absorbent floor covering in those rooms.

6.   They put down sawdust but had insufficient to deal with the flooding to all areas of the factory.

7.   Yesterday Japanese MPs put down a motion calling for him to resign.

8.   Magistrates ordered his dog Samson to be put down immediately.