Example sentences of "she put on " in BNC.
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| 1 | She put on the other record , save Pergolesi for later when surely they 'd be alone . |
| 2 | Not what one expected of the wife of the senior partner , Tim observed , thinking smugly of his own immaculately turned-out Patrice , who would refuse to eat if she put on even an extra pound and who would as soon leave the house naked as without make-up . |
| 3 | She put on a brave show when she was tried in New York last year in connection with some property deals . |
| 4 | We may be very liberated and all that but — ‘ Oh — I must ask my husband ’ ’ She put on a high-pitched imbecile voice like a detergent or wash-up liquid ad . |
| 5 | In the Commissioner 's office she put on a brave front . |
| 6 | She put on the light . |
| 7 | Eva tolerated them since they paid for Dad 's thoughts and therefore her dinner , but when they went into the bedroom to chant I heard her say to Dad , as she put on her yellow silk blouse for that brilliant evening , ‘ The future should n't contain too much of the past . ’ |
| 8 | When Martha was ready for home , she put on the pink bodice and Elizabeth dressed her hair . |
| 9 | While they were in the travelling coach , she put on an outward appearance of sadness for a loyal employee , killed in an attempt to save his master 's horse . |
| 10 | Then she put on a white crash helmet , climbed into her kart and roared off at the Playscape circuit in Clapham , South London . |
| 11 | She did n't really know what she should be wearing , but that morning she put on an old pair of jeans . |
| 12 | She put on a jacket , though he would know why she had the jacket on , and went out , under his cold furious dissecting gaze . |
| 13 | She put on her pale-blue linen Jaeger dress and , believe it or not , a little hat . |
| 14 | She put on her black trousers and her chocolate-brown sweater because they were at the top of the first suitcase she opened and she would have worn them at home on a cool autumn day when there was mist on the hills and woodsmoke in the lanes and … |
| 15 | She put on a red petticoat first , then a black dress , and a white veil over the dress . |
| 16 | She had spent too long getting dressed , changing again and again , because her thighs looked bigger in every pair of trousers that she put on . |
| 17 | She put on an adopted cosy accent to make him laugh , but she was no mimic and the effort was arthritic . |
| 18 | So she put on her pretty frock and the scent that smells of yesterday and Hywel took the dogs in the van and she waited . |
| 19 | But she put on her new black knickers |
| 20 | Her voice was no longer the fussy one she put on for ticking Léonie off . |
| 21 | Then she put on her old brown coat , and her old brown hat , turned , and left the room . |
| 22 | She put on a great act , pretending to be heartbroken and begging for a chance to restart our relationship , but shortly after she 'd gained access to the apartment there was a phone call . |
| 23 | She put on a straight yellow skirt , just brushing her knee , and a matching vest-top . |
| 24 | She put on her white sandals . |
| 25 | After that she put on a dress of burnt sienna which contrasted with her pale gold hair and made her feel more feminine . |
| 26 | She put on the black and white dress , hesitating a moment as she looked at herself and thought , it 's too smart . |
| 27 | Grumbling to herself , she put on her dressing-gown and tottered downstairs , filled a kettle and rummaged in a drawer for aspirin . |
| 28 | She put on a passable imitation of a BBC accent . |
| 29 | She put on a calm face . |
| 30 | If you 're not too busy , of course , ’ she added guiltily as she put on her jacket . |