Example sentences of "[verb] on [art] [adj] [noun] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ When you put on a magic show for the people up there . ’ |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Pubs could become for her extensions of the office , places to put on a good show for the Yard , swilling pints of bitter with the lads to enhance her image . |
| 4 | Paul said : ‘ We have been training throughout the winter and are hoping to put on a good show for Scotland . |
| 5 | Although I would have been surprised if London 's Charles Dickens Society required its members to put on a white tie for its annual dinner , the invitation card demanded it for the Scott dinner . |
| 6 | In any semiconductor electrons move freely through a crystalline lattice and because the conduction electrons are shared by all the atoms the lattice takes on a tube-like character for easy passage of electrons . |
| 7 | Operations support superintendent Barry Edwards takes on the added responsibility for those functions which were previously carried out by production branch . |
| 8 | To me it seemed to hang on the right lip for at least two seconds before it dropped in . |
| 9 | The hon. Lady represents a nationalist party , which seems to preclude the idea of taking on an international responsibility for nuclear matters . |
| 10 | The place took on a magical quality for Lewis , who had towards it something of that feeling of the Grand Meaulnes for his lost domain . |
| 11 | The Zeltweg race was , after all , on Niki 's home territory , and when Prost spun off on a patch of oil , the race took on a new perspective for Niki : he found himself in the lead , with Piquet behind him and no threat with badly worn tyres . |
| 12 | Dressing the doll , after her experience with Effie , took on a different meaning for McAllister . |
| 13 | The station as a point of departure literally and metaphorically took on a particular intensity for the post-First World War generation of young British literati . |
| 14 | His chief advisers were to be Edwin Meese , James Baker and Michael Deaver and Meese , as Counsellor to the President , took on the major responsibility for selecting and indoctrinating political appointees . |
| 15 | As early as July 1728 Wade was able to report : ‘ I am now with all possible diligence carrying on the new road for wheel-carriages between Dunkeld and Inverness , of about 80 English measured miles [ 128 km ] ’ , but it was 1731 which saw the creation of his masterpiece , the road from Dalwhinnie to Fort Augustus , in the middle of the Great Glen . |
| 16 | Mr Mellor was a great individualist , always putting on a good performance for the cameras , but he put himself before the Cabinet team . |
| 17 | When Rachel had recovered from the customary burst of rage which Damian Flint so effortlessly produced in her every time she saw him , she went out on to the terrace , putting on a brave smile for her father . |
| 18 | Marjorie and Bill were left to cope with their own personal loss while putting on a brave face for each other . |
| 19 | Putting on a brave face for colleagues may also compound the feeling of inauthenticity or emptiness which they are experiencing in the classroom . |
| 20 | Was it possible that her sister had taken on a new maid for the Fanshawes ' flat and not said anything about it ? |
| 21 | THE hit song Lady in Red has taken on a new meaning for Chris de Burgh as his wife , Diane , makes a full recovery after a horrific riding accident in mid-July . |
| 22 | Fur trading had a more insidious ecological impact , for what the indigenous people had taken on a small scale for subsistence was now demanded on a large scale for sale in the south . |
| 23 | With his wife , he had taken on a ready-made family for , although a Catholic , she was divorced , with two lolloping sons . |
| 24 | A name is needed for the more general set of phenomena , and the word ‘ chaos ’ has taken on a scientific meaning for this purpose . |
| 25 | Diana will put on a united front for the sake of her sons and spend Christmas Day at Sandringham with the other Royals . |
| 26 | A high sling , now we can put on a high sling for her , okay , that goes up there and now , are you still alright ? |
| 27 | He would put on a white overall for the occasion , more to impress the customer than for hygienic reasons , then have a good look at the tooth . |
| 28 | ‘ Oh , do n't put on the brave front for me ! |
| 29 | The royals will try to shrug off their problems and put on a good show for Margaret . |
| 30 | Instead , there will be attempts to paper over the chasms and put on a united front for the sake of appearances . |