Example sentences of "put on [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When the light and warmth of the fire had given way to smoke , they put on their shoes and wandered homeward through the silent village and the frosty starlit night . |
| 2 | The girls just pick the flowers and twist them into the circlets they put on their heads . |
| 3 | How do the children react to having these plasters put on their feet ? |
| 4 | Froggy , they put on their postcards to her , rocked with laughter at the thought of her eating horse steaks and snails . |
| 5 | Well listen , is it is it just hairpieces that look funny you 've got something against , or have you got something against all sorts of things that men put on their heads ? |
| 6 | Erm Do you know I 've just wo wondered if I put on their Christmas card . |
| 7 | eventually they went bankrupt , Florrie is an of mine , she used to work there part time and she always enjoyed it , she 's been there say twenty years , she just came back from holiday and found the place is closed down and none of for the past er fifteen months he 'd been there , that past fifteen months none of their part time staff had their stamps put on their cards , so for their , for their pension |
| 8 | Anyway , they , they put on their window er |
| 9 | Do people sort of artificially put on their best behaviour , as it were , or something like that , and thereby give a sort of rather distorted impression as to what 's really going on . |
| 10 | She found a pair of stockings , passed her hand through to check for runs , discovered a small one near the heel and dabbed it with the bar of soap to hold it ; put on her two-tone coffee and cream high-heel shoes , then looking close in the mirror , applied some eyeliner with the flick of a tail in the corner and painted pale lipstick on her mouth . |
| 11 | Put on her best frock . |
| 12 | We put on our gym shoes and trooped out to the gym in silence . |
| 13 | It is as if we put on our telescopes of the mind and magnify infinitely our habitual thoughts . |
| 14 | As we perceive more and more this equal spirit in all things , we pass into that equality of the spirit ; as we dwell more and more in this universal spirit , we become universal beings ; as we grow more and more aware of this eternal , we put on our eternity and are for ever . |
| 15 | When we get up in the morning , we put on our socks , then our shoes . |
| 16 | ‘ Imagine dusting it , ’ Ivy said in the bedroom , as we put on our coats to go to the theatre . |
| 17 | We put on our képis , straightened our ties , pulled our fingers into regulation gloves and set off for the guardhouse . |
| 18 | We put on our coats and shuffle out the door , leaving Perry and Isabelle warm and asleep in the glare of the paraffin heater . |
| 19 | Through the pressures put on our members by the private contractors , if they get recognition , and not guarantee , no sick pay , reduced holidays , no check-off , the , I could go on and on and on . |
| 20 | There is an important point I want to come to , and that is the Office of Fair Trading , in connection with the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders , have brought out a code of practice last year , which we fully endorse and are members of , and put on our letterheads , which means that if people are dissatisfied with erm a rejection of a claim , or any other matter come to that , they have the right to write to them and complain and have their case investigated . |
| 21 | I put on my kilt , picked up my bagpipes , clambered aboard the truck , and we were off to the beach . |
| 22 | Instead I put on my best British Empire District Commissioner look of authority while Sergeant Nafi begins to search . |
| 23 | I pulled up outside Tremayne 's house and while I put on my socks again she said she would come in for a while for company , ‘ to cure the trembles ’ . |
| 24 | A month later , as the conventional headmaster of a county grammar school I put on my gown and hood to play the appointed part in the annual school prize-giving . |
| 25 | However , I said I would try so I put on my best uniform , nicely pressed , and as I paraded in front of him I said I had turned up the hem of my skirt and did he think it was too short ? |
| 26 | Everyone put on the whole uniform including the grey raincoat on top , and I put on my raincoat also , I packed Tommy 's spare garments and my own clothes into the holdall , and was ready . |
| 27 | After the war I vowed I would never wear a white tie again , and never have , I dislike it so much ; so , having been informed that most of those below the salt would be wearing black ties anyway , I put on my Kennedy tartan smoking jacket with green velvet facings which I had recently had made and of which I was sure that Sir Walter , who often wore a plaid , would have approved . |
| 28 | ‘ I put on my hazard lights and waved him to stop , ’ said Mr Beard . |
| 29 | I put on my best alert face , in case my mother was watching , and saw that the camera was in close on Jack , so the cameraman had neatly avoided getting the sponsor 's name into his shot . |
| 30 | But I put on my best , my only , suit and climbed the rickety stairs to his tiny office . |