Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb mod] put on [pron] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I may put on my notes that this this guy may not have the background but there is something else I 've seen or we 've heard on the phone |
| 2 | I 'll put on my accent anyway . |
| 3 | I 'll put on my shorts if you like . ’ |
| 4 | And when his friends and business associates came round , I would put on my finery and try out my power on them too . |
| 5 | In her relations with Willy she has constantly to choose between her ‘ postface ’ and her ‘ preface ’ : ‘ I shall put on my postface and mimagree , unless I put on my preface and go through the routine ’ ( 16,138 ) . |
| 6 | If we can go ashore we can have coffee and Tony and I can put on our anoraks . |
| 7 | And is there anything I can put on my scalp to help the hair grow again ? |
| 8 | There is an iron law of finance : the harder that financial folk campaign for something , the tougher the padlock you should put on your wallet . |
| 9 | It is quite all right for you to get up and go along to the bathroom , but you should put on your stockings and your knickers . |
| 10 | Besides , Georgina must know that Fowler-Thrown and Ivor were rivals ; and that was the blandest possible construction you could put on their relationship . |
| 11 | In the hall she would put on her hat and , lulling all suspicions of decay and its mortifications to rest in the conviction of her own economical and resourceful genius , with Gigi on her shoulder , she would stand at the head of the basement staircase screaming ( Gigi would scream too ) for Silly-Willie and Brigid to come and take her instructions and give their assistance while she created some nauseating delicacy for Dada 's dinner . |
| 12 | You can put on your things now . ’ |
| 13 | Or stuck in the back of an office , or , or could they have something sort of glossy like the half kingdom Tourist Board stars , that they can put on their windows , to let people know that at least that particular nursing home or whatever establishment it is , has been duly inspected by our Fire Services ? |