Example sentences of "[noun] to put on [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It means it now rests with the international side to put on the same , if not a better kind of performance as we put on against Norway last month . |
| 2 | ‘ It means it now rests with the international side to put on the same , if not a better kind of performance as we put on against Norway last month . |
| 3 | you can get little speakers to put on the side but they use loads of power they do . |
| 4 | The job done , we repaired to the kitchen door to see literally what was cooking and to take the printed menus from Angus to put on the tables . |
| 5 | On the morning of his operation a nurse helped Mr Reynolds to put on an operation gown after his bath and then encouraged him to rest in his freshly made up bed . |
| 6 | There were lambs to put on the hillsides and dragonflies swooped the surface of the lake , clear and still from east to west-sou'-west . |
| 7 | This had prompted the Ulster Museum to put on an exhibition about McCracken and BBC Northern Ireland and Ulster Television to feature the bicentenary of his birth . |
| 8 | Places to eat , places to drink , places to watch a show , places to put on a show , place to smoke or sniff or inject or otherwise absorb any of the various ecstatic drugs , places to find a partner or several , places to lose a partner , places to gamble , places to indulge you smallest whim no matter how illegal or depraved , places where if you wished you could simply stand and scream . |
| 9 | ‘ Suddenly we realised it was eight o'clock and we rushed to the sitting room to put on the TV . |
| 10 | Further attempts to put on the agenda votes on creating a directly elected presidency and scheduling elections were defeated on April 1 and 2 , the Congress voting to delay discussion of the issues until its next regular session . |
| 11 | I should add that there are also a great many flowers that seem to have rather negative meanings , such as the lovely little lawn daisy , which apparently means ‘ delay ’ , or ‘ return after a few days when I may give you an answer ’ — not necessarily the most suitable text to put on a bookmark . |
| 12 | But the plan is for us all to write a couple of things to put on an album . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ The Occupational therapy department are looking for things to put on the wall , whereas for the elderly patients themselves , it is just the process of working that they find enjoyable . |
| 14 | ‘ It may of course be perfectly proper for the court to put on the Act an interpretation different from that intended by the framers of it . |
| 15 | In those areas where they are not , we will seek out people to put on the database . |
| 16 | Endill tried to see where he was but it was too dark and he waited , not daring to move , for the Headmaster to put on the lights . |
| 17 | We 're under no obligation to put on a show for other people 's benefit . ’ |
| 18 | In particular , the determination of the SDLP and the republic 's government to put on the north-south , ‘ strand two ’ table the 1920 Government of Ireland Act establishing partition makes unionists very jittery . |
| 19 | There was a conspiracy among Labour Members to put on the record points that do not arise from the report . |
| 20 | Above right and below : Children find it difficult to balance , so — like Clare — they 'll often sit on the floor to put on a skirt or trousers |
| 21 | Farr-Jones feels it would take an organisation with the resources of an IMG to put on the calendar his pet projects — a two-yearly challenge between the Five Nations winner and the champions of the Southern Hemisphere equivalent . |
| 22 | In January we were the first union to issue briefing notes on all six key health and safety regulations enacted at the beginning of the year we were the only trade union to put on a stand at the EuroSafe ninety three exhibition which was the main exhibition of the European year of health and safety this promoted the union 's approach to health and safety . |
| 23 | They buy a cot , a changing table , a convertible buggy/pram , a baby seat to go in the back of the car , a changing mat , a night-light , a sterilizing unit , five large bottles plus teats , five small bottles plus teats , five baby-grows ( newborn size ) , three undervests ( newborn size ) , three pairs of socks ( newborn size ) , a mobile with four fluffy ducks dancing around a clockwork mechanism that plays the Brahms Lullaby , a wallpaper frieze with chickens on it which Paul has to put up in the nursery , a van-sized packet of newborn nappies , a tub of cream to put on the kid 's bottom , a bucket of white emulsion to freshen up the nursery walls , a lampshade with more chickens on it to brighten up the nursery light , a parasol to go on the buggy and a breast pump for expressing milk . |
| 24 | Quite a large group apparently went to work as compositors in the south of England , if that is the right interpretation to put on the mention " gone to Colchester " which is recorded against the names of some women in the trade-union membership registers which are the chief source for this information . |
| 25 | Basically it was receiving telephone calls from the public erm and using that information to put on a computer to send officers to incidents various incidents . |
| 26 | They want figures for computers and … information to put on the computer , and this , that , and the other . ’ |
| 27 | Being Mario , that brought to mind his mother crying back in the camps because there was n't enough food to put on the table , and that led to considerations of the importance of the family in his life , of the value of tradition , thoughts of how Italian he was as well as American , of the kind of clean life America had offered , of his gratitude , of his feeling for his father who 'd made this giant move at such cost to himself , who had suffered so long and who now saw some chance for his kids of bettering themselves . |
| 28 | Only to know each day that tomorrow one would still have a roof over one 's head , a bed to lie in and food to put on the table . |
| 29 | And they 're tips to put on the canes so you do n't poke your eyes out in the garden . |
| 30 | A cup to put on the sideboard . |