Example sentences of "put [adv prt] [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Although she is now slim , Liz confesses to a terrible struggle with her weight , which makes peasant-style clothes , such as Monsoon 's glorious Tibetan embroidered skirt ( see page 16 ) particularly good for her : ‘ I put on a great deal of weight after the twins were born , and when I started diving , it became very obvious because fat floats , so you have to balance your weight with extra diving weights . |
| 2 | On my third shelf , I had put all my puppets and they put on a small puppet show for me . |
| 3 | I want that put on a net list . |
| 4 | You put on a good front , and appear to others as an outgoing person . |
| 5 | I put on a tremendous act . |
| 6 | The girls put on a classy act . |
| 7 | yeah , so anyway erm , he bought the car in to tell me that , garage down here , five hundred and forty eight pound labour right and that was put on another wing , save repairing the wing , put a new on , so what I did with mine is , I put on a new wing , right , and reduced the labour by sixty five quid to four hundred and five , I make plenty on the parts |
| 8 | when you want to put in highlights at the end of your painting , the paint will tend to sink in each time you put on a pale colour if the paper is still damp . |
| 9 | I put on a clean collar and go along , happy just to observe . |
| 10 | Do not use butter , creams or lotions , but put on a clean dressing instead . |
| 11 | ‘ Put on a fresh pot of coffee , Sindy , ’ Tammuz called . |
| 12 | Young players put on a fine display |
| 13 | And Jani Allan — although she lost her libel case — put on a fine show of brittle , asexual sophistication in a cream linen suit and austere black blouse . |
| 14 | Two hundred young people were set a challenge — put on a full-scale opera , using nothing but rubbish to make the props and scraps of material to create the costumes . |
| 15 | Stealing the show on Sunday ( the 40th anniversary of the prototype Vulcan VX770 's first flight ) and Monday was Vulcan B.2 XH558 , which put on a stupendous display , and quite rightly was awarded the trophy for the most meritorious display . |
| 16 | ‘ Put on a white tie and try to think it is your wedding . ’ |
| 17 | Put on a happy face . |
| 18 | I was then put on a waiting list to see the back specialist at the local hospital . |
| 19 | And there 's no telling quite what they will do … some nights they put on a full stage show , other times there may be a game or a sing song to join in with … but whatever the day , whatever the time there 's one thing you wo n't be at Tropicana , and that 's bored ! |
| 20 | ‘ I put on a light foundation and , using earthy browns , subtly highlighted Fiona 's eyes and shaded in her lips with an amber-coloured lipstick . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ When you put on a magic show for the people up there . ’ |
| 22 | And he reported it and the put on a double watch that night . |
| 23 | Newspaper staff put on a brave face . |
| 24 | A , a curtain is used to screen you off , and if it 's a very cold day we 've got infra-red heat we 've got a lamp above the he , the couch and we actually put on the infra-red heat so we warm you up first before you start , before we start so your body is feeling nice and warm and you 're feeling relaxed , we have nice music playing and it does help right , with the tension that builds up on the shoulders . |
| 25 | Paul has just that transformation in mind when he tells the Ephesians to put off the old self , be made new in the attitudes of their minds , and then put on the new self , ‘ created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness ’ ( Eph. 4:20–4 ) . |
| 26 | We were in London for rehearsals at the Globe , and the actors put on the new play for the first time on the 29th of June , 1613 . |
| 27 | Co-operation can focus mainly on the R , the D , or it can couple joint R&D with the joint production and marketing of the output of that R&D , and it can be structured around sharing costs , restrictions put on the other R&D activities of participants , and rules which govern the production and marketing of the output affected by the joint R&D project . |
| 28 | Put on the final layer . |
| 29 | I put on the black basque and the lacey-topped stockings . |
| 30 | Then Petra , a group which looks and sounds like Led Zeppelin , but is given to quoting from St Paul 's epistle to the Ephesians ( 6:11-17 : ‘ Put on the full armour of God , that you may be able to stand firm against the schemes of the devil … ’ ) , is for you . |