Example sentences of "[verb] put [adv prt] a [adj] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Blue Circle wants to put up a small commercial development on the site of the old cement works and use the profits to pay for the restoration work — two lakes — one for fishing and sailing , the other for geologists and birdwatchers . |
| 2 | She wears her usual dull black leggings , and for the cool April evening she has put on a black woolly top . |
| 3 | I shall begin to put out a few delicate hints . |
| 4 | If they have been just very bad , and if they have someone to stand up for them , they are given three strokes of the whip , usually by Sheldon Parry , the born-again television director , and then made to put on a short green smock for the duration of the service . |
| 5 | If you do not weigh for a year and you eat just an extra 500 calories each day during that time , you will have put on a full 45 lb ( 21.8 kg ) ; rather a nasty shock ! |
| 6 | And Mala had put on a figure-hugging neck-to-ankle suit of Luxipelt , which together with a whiskered and eared mask made her look like on of the slinkiest , most enticing Clovellyan felinoids I 'd ever seen . |
| 7 | She had put on a pale green dress that she seldom wore . |
| 8 | To remove pet hair from soft furnishings and clothing , Mrs. L. Roy of East Sussex suggests putting on a dry rubber glove and rubbing your hand downwards over the fabric . |