Example sentences of "[pron] put on a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Tonson 's printer and Purcell himself put on an extra turn of speed in case . |
| 2 | She put on a brave show when she was tried in New York last year in connection with some property deals . |
| 3 | We may be very liberated and all that but — ‘ Oh — I must ask my husband ’ ’ She put on a high-pitched imbecile voice like a detergent or wash-up liquid ad . |
| 4 | In the Commissioner 's office she put on a brave front . |
| 5 | Then she put on a white crash helmet , climbed into her kart and roared off at the Playscape circuit in Clapham , South London . |
| 6 | She put on a jacket , though he would know why she had the jacket on , and went out , under his cold furious dissecting gaze . |
| 7 | She put on a red petticoat first , then a black dress , and a white veil over the dress . |
| 8 | She put on a great act , pretending to be heartbroken and begging for a chance to restart our relationship , but shortly after she 'd gained access to the apartment there was a phone call . |
| 9 | She put on a straight yellow skirt , just brushing her knee , and a matching vest-top . |
| 10 | After that she put on a dress of burnt sienna which contrasted with her pale gold hair and made her feel more feminine . |
| 11 | She put on a passable imitation of a BBC accent . |
| 12 | She put on a calm face . |
| 13 | While they were in the travelling coach , she put on an outward appearance of sadness for a loyal employee , killed in an attempt to save his master 's horse . |
| 14 | She did n't really know what she should be wearing , but that morning she put on an old pair of jeans . |
| 15 | She put on an adopted cosy accent to make him laugh , but she was no mimic and the effort was arthritic . |
| 16 | He even outstripped Michael Crawford , who performed Gethsemane from Jesus Christ Superstar , and Barry Manilow , who put on a faultless showpiece . |
| 17 | He put on a brave face to Sunday Express readers : ‘ I hope it will be believed that the Arsenal can take a licking as well as any other club . |
| 18 | Later he put on a brave face , showing little sign of the strain of the day as he smiled and joked with guests at the Guildhall in the City of London . |
| 19 | He was shattered , though he put on a brave face . |
| 20 | He put on a white silk shirt , all embroidered with gold ; over the shirt he placed three thin , elegant ribbons ; then a scarlet velvet waistcoat adorned with thirty gold buttons ; and then his golden armour . |
| 21 | He put on a cool cotton grey shirt and loose cotton slacks . |
| 22 | His cap he put on a vacant coat hook . |
| 23 | He put on a soppy-dog look that she 'd seen before . |
| 24 | He put on a sulky expression . |
| 25 | ‘ Leith 's just been telling me that you both work for the same firm , ’ he put on a front for the rest of the world to joke . |
| 26 | In June he put on a military demonstration for Yeltsin , and out of this grew friendly relations . |
| 27 | Then a long time after that , it was May , and I 'd been the night before , but he was out ( or in bed with someone ? ) and that evening he was in and alone , and we talked some time ( he was telling me about John Minton ) and then he put on an Indian record and we were quiet . |