Example sentences of "put on [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Wear drag ( Jack Lemmon in Some Like It Hot , Dustin Hoffman in Tootsie ; put on weight ( Robert De Niro in Raging Bull , Jack Nicholson in Terms of Endearment ) ; even a sex change ( Julie Andrews in Victor/Victoria , John Lithgow in The World According to Garp ) . |
| 2 | When I was young I was like a stick insect , then at fourteen or fifteen I put on weight . |
| 3 | While it is a fact that we often eat much more than we imagine we do ( try writing down everything you eat over a period of a week and prove the point ) , it is a fact that some people put on weight far more quickly than others . |
| 4 | Statistics show that 12 per cent of this lumpy skin is formed in puberty , 16 per cent occurs when women put on weight and 27 per cent forms just before the menopause begins . |
| 5 | Unfortunately , a diet high in carbohydrates meant that some women not only put on weight but also stopped wearing their corsets . |
| 6 | Young players slow down as their bodies put on weight … especially thin little shits like Sharpe . |
| 7 | A word of warning : please consult your vet as to exactly what quantity of Eukanuba you should give your Rottweiler each day — it is very easy to put ON weight with Eukanuba if you are n't careful — and the instructions on the bag do suggest you allow your dog to take as much as he wished during the 24-hour period . |
| 8 | Men and women both tend to put on weight in middle-age , when exercise becomes less frequent . |
| 9 | She began to put on weight at almost every feed . |
| 10 | You would have to eat six or eight of these to put on weight . ’ |
| 11 | As our metabolic rate slows down , it is easier to put on weight and harder to lose it and those first painful steps of the morning crawl down the stairs and out for a run seem to take longer . |
| 12 | ‘ I 've tried and tried to put on weight but in the end I thought bugger it . |
| 13 | Upholstery became a separate trade , and seating began to put on weight in consequence . |
| 14 | However , because fatty foods contain lots of calories in a small space , it is easy to eat such foods quickly , and potentially to put on weight . |
| 15 | If she were truthful , she had never properly imagined Bella as anything , except perhaps a spiteful , over-painted tart , drenched in a cheap scent , who was beginning to put on weight and let herself go . |
| 16 | The caterpillar soon begins to put on weight . |
| 17 | Another is failure to put on weight , caused by poor absorption of nutrients . |
| 18 | They observed that birds start to put on weight soon after establishing a territory ( Figure 7.7a ) . |
| 19 | She recalled his words to her about needing to put on weight , and she looked at her friend , for the first time ever , with a sharp stab of jealousy , then she hurriedly wiped the expression from her face . |
| 20 | Or had she begun to put on weight ? |
| 21 | For many people it is all too easy to put on weight , and for the vast majority the problem is caused by a simple energy imbalance — too much food is consumed and too little energy expended by exercise or work . |
| 22 | In case you think I eat a lot I 'll reel you my standard excuse , which is that I 'm trying to put on weight for rugby . |
| 23 | Alan Murphy , 25 , from Alexandria , Strathclyde , told the Princess he was exercising to put on weight as he had lost six stones after breaking his back in a car crash . |
| 24 | A friend has described it as worth putting on weight for . |
| 25 | You want the weight to stay off and you also want to be able to eat a reasonable amount of food after the diet without putting on weight . |
| 26 | This involves putting on weight , but mostly talking . |
| 27 | The choice of food you prepare depends partly on the patient 's taste as to the food he prefers , partly on his eating abilities or difficulties , and partly on dietary needs such as avoiding putting on weight . |
| 28 | We are putting on weight . |
| 29 | I 'm putting on weight . ’ |
| 30 | Putting on weight as fat deposits — food and fuel for the long journey ahead — their entire bodies become covered with mucus in preparation for the miles of slithering travel . |