Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] put on [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I do n't want you to put on an artificial accent , ’ Mother Francis had warned , ‘ nor do I want you sticking out your little finger when you 're drinking tea . ’ |
| 2 | So I might ask dad to help me put on the roof-rack . |
| 3 | Only one binge 11 Decided to allow herself to put on a little weight 12 Gave away ‘ thin ’ clothes and bought new ones . |
| 4 | Jacob , trim in his dinner-jacket , his dark eyes sparkling darker against the greying of his thick hair ; Leo , blond , relaxed , despite the effort it had cost him to put on a suit for the occasion . |
| 5 | We dismounted from the BMW and Werewolf slipped on a pair of gold-rimmed shades , which reminded me to put on the plain glass Yuppie specs I 'd borrowed from Fly . |
| 6 | Did she put on the magic dress , the dress made of pain and courage and become herself transformed , into a human woman , lovely and gentle , whom some other wicked creature had once enchanted too ? |