Example sentences of "[adv] putting on the " in BNC.

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1 He added : ‘ Our production is always putting on the pressure .
2 But they 're now ca , they 're now catching up they 're now putting on the label its proper name .
3 Moira McVitie is fairly putting on the beef since she gave up the teaching when wee Scott was born .
4 The level will be reduced to 100 kilowatts ( KW ) in April 1994 , effectively putting on the market supplies to some 40,000 to 50,000 more industrial and commercial customers , and it will be abolished altogether by April 1998 .
5 ‘ I did know , ’ he said ; then putting on the style , ‘ Your uncle 's grandaddy 's granddaddy , came over with that murthering bugger Cromwell , did he , English Jenny ? ’
6 Shoelaces are difficult ; most five-year-olds manage to tie them , but it 'll take a long time if the only practice she gets is actually putting on the shoes each morning .
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