Example sentences of "[adv prt] the [noun sg] on his [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Doctor looked up and put on his spectacles which immediately slid down the perspiration on his nose . |
| 2 | He finally flew home to South Africa and put down the money on his cluster house . |
| 3 | Tom helped him into his pyjamas , carried him up the ladder on his back and put him to bed . |
| 4 | Hepzibah bent over him , cutting up the ham on his plate . |
| 5 | He 'd do all the slaughtering , do all that sort of business , but he would n't er he did , he used to come and help us Fridays and Saturdays but he 'd rather be up the farm on his tractor . |
| 6 | When Jaq turned up the gain on his sensor , static flooded it . |
| 7 | BARLASTON chef Mark Williamson is turning up the heat on his marathon training programme . |
| 8 | She could n't make out the expression on his face as he spoke , and in a way she was glad that she could n't . |
| 9 | Scouring a crumpled bank statement , he worked out how much he could afford and wrote out the cheque on his girlfriend 's back . |
| 10 | Eddie had cut away most of his thin nondescript hair , cropping it close to the skull , and she had also cut back the hair on his forehead , giving him a pronounced widow 's peak . |