Example sentences of "[pers pn] put [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | When I was at school in the seventies , one afternoon every week throughout the winter term , I put on a pair of ill-fitting plimsolls and plodded miserably , and for no apparent reason , around the wet pavements of a Sussex market town . |
| 3 | I put on a jersey and jacket and lay with head and shoulders propped against a locker , eating sardines and mopping the oil from the can with fresh bread . |
| 4 | ‘ As noon approached , I put on a raincoat and hat . |
| 5 | I put on a bit of make-up — not like before , not like a freak , just enough to make me feel respectable . |
| 6 | ‘ Once I put on a tie , I tend not to change it every day . |
| 7 | I always cleanse , tone and moisturise and I put on a face masque every week . |
| 8 | It certainly contributed in a more direct manner in that most of the food we ate had a high carbohydrate content and , although I was unaware of it at the time , I put on a lot of weight . |
| 9 | I put on a stone after a recent holiday and I have n't got round to getting it off . |
| 10 | As I put on a plaster in here an hour ago , I wondered if I 'd left it on that shelf above the sink . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | I put on a spacesuit , went outside and moved to the big round door . |
| 13 | Often I put on a record . |
| 14 | I put on a look of concern , but he shrugged . |
| 15 | I put on a spacesuit and went into the cargo area were I found that while the main part of the sculpture was now solidified again , the fibres on the floor were disintegrating and useless . |
| 16 | So I put on a coat . |
| 17 | I 'm telling you , I put on a coat . |
| 18 | I put on a flamenco record and roll a joint . |
| 19 | Yeah cos I went in that shop and I put on a size ten skirt and it was hanging . |
| 20 | Oh I put on a pound too . |
| 21 | I put on an accent I slip into something more comfortable I turn |
| 22 | Viewing through the camera , I put on the brush strokes with artist 's acrylic gel which has the benefit of being water based , so allowing changes to be easily made where necessary . |
| 23 | I put on the headset and sat in his chair and presently into my ears a disembodied voice said , ‘ Are you there ? ’ |
| 24 | I put on the towelling bathrobe and went back into the bedroom . |
| 25 | ‘ 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 . |
| 26 | ‘ That vase of flowers I put on the dining room windowsill has been moved . ’ |
| 27 | Er cos er my son-in-law I mean I put on the form right I 've got no children right . |
| 28 | Now the areas that I 've identified are the same ones as I put on the board last week . |
| 29 | ‘ Now — ’ he turned to Sophie ‘ — will you hold it , please , and keep up the tension while I put on the plaster ? |
| 30 | I put on the wireless and heard the news that King George VI had died . |