Example sentences of "[conj] i put on " in BNC.
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| 1 | All night ticket collectors came with torches , and they were followed by police who demanded that I put on proper trousers . |
| 2 | I could smell the citronella that I put on my skin to ward off the mosquitoes and feel the breeze beginning to rise from the river . |
| 3 | When I took it off afterwards , my hair was a mess , so I put on a turban or tied in back with a band , which is what I do every day . |
| 4 | I was naked , so I put on sunglasses and a Led Zeppelin record and I did a little Zeppelin dance . ’ |
| 5 | I was warm and sleepy but my master kept haranguing me : compliance seemed the easiest way out so I put on my boots , grabbed my cloak and accompanied him down to the Templar chapel . |
| 6 | ‘ Once I put on a tie , I tend not to change it every day . |
| 7 | Everyone put on the whole uniform including the grey raincoat on top , and I put on my raincoat also , I packed Tommy 's spare garments and my own clothes into the holdall , and was ready . |
| 8 | I always cleanse , tone and moisturise and I put on a face masque every week . |
| 9 | but if I 'm thinking about myself then yes I look and I put on make-up |
| 10 | Her voice blew away the cobwebs and I put on something respectable to cross the road ; she sounded like a child going to a party . |
| 11 | Yeah cos I went in that shop and I put on a size ten skirt and it was hanging . |
| 12 | If I put on a vacuum cleaner and lie beside it , I go into a complete trance because the one note ringing inside the machine seems to relax me and hypnotise me . |
| 13 | Erm Do you know I 've just wo wondered if I put on their Christmas card . |
| 14 | ‘ They obviously thought I was doing terribly badly at that time and were very pleased at how well they had rigged me out … until I put on the mac . |
| 15 | But I put on my best , my only , suit and climbed the rickety stairs to his tiny office . |
| 16 | By the way , to anybody that 's listening to this , I 'm not really huge but I put on five pounds since I stopped smoking . |
| 17 | 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 ) . |
| 18 | I pulled up outside Tremayne 's house and while I put on my socks again she said she would come in for a while for company , ‘ to cure the trembles ’ . |
| 19 | ‘ Now — ’ he turned to Sophie ‘ — will you hold it , please , and keep up the tension while I put on the plaster ? |
| 20 | But when I put on Love of Colours I could n't lie still . |
| 21 | I was still crying when I put on my boots and picked up my kitbag ; and after a few desperate embraces I burst out into the stars and the snow — the constellations of snow , the blizzard of stars . |
| 22 | SHE gave me a row when I put on potatoes for her tea . |
| 23 | Yes When I put on red one day , I mean I do n't think I have anything in red do I , but when I put on my clothes in the morning |
| 24 | As I put on a plaster in here an hour ago , I wondered if I 'd left it on that shelf above the sink . |
| 25 | Lili watched me thoughtfully as I put on my skirt and blouse . |
| 26 | Now the areas that I 've identified are the same ones as I put on the board last week . |