Example sentences of "and put on a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Six months ago I started smoking and put on a lot of weight because I was constantly nibbling . |
| 2 | ‘ Or would be if you had white hair and put on a bit of weight . |
| 3 | Humming to himself , he went back into the bedroom and put on a pair of grey corduroy trousers , a red shirt and a bright turquoise jumper , stained with food . |
| 4 | Smelling the water , Daisy needed no further encouragement and put on a spurt to hurry down to the river . |
| 5 | Understandable really — here he was jetlagged and put on a treadmill , a caged beast up for inspection , poked and prodded . |
| 6 | Or he could at least have appeared to accept it and put on a show : he was already capable enough of that . |
| 7 | With this interest in the western hemisphere went a renewed interest in the East : in 1657 the East India Company was given a new charter and put on a much more durable basis . |
| 8 | But when the body tissue begins to swell — perhaps because , like me , you 've had a hysterectomy and put on a bit of weight — the median nerve becomes trapped . |
| 9 | Last week , her and Samantha went back to the hotelroom and put on a show for me . |
| 10 | She 'd powdered her face and put on a dab of lipstick . |
| 11 | ‘ Melanie , will you slip up and put on a skirt ? |
| 12 | He had been in a pub in Hammersmith when a hypnotist jumped on to a low podium and put on a show . |
| 13 | Instead of saying , ‘ That 's a nice dress you 're wearing , ’ they might rush to the wardrobe and put on a T-shirt that says the same thing . |
| 14 | You 're told to take off your clothes and put on a gown that does n't fit at the back . |
| 15 | At the end of the day , they would all be taken down to Romaldkirk and put on a train , although on one occasion Sir Emmanuel had his private aeroplane sent up to transport them . |
| 16 | She turned it off and put on a tape of Stravinsky . |
| 17 | I suppose people have got used to bringing me their queries , to some extent , " said Richard , going into their cabin to take off his black shoes and put on a pair of red leather slippers , which , like all his other clothes , never seemed to wear out . |
| 18 | Maxim stopped trying to peer at the shadowed faces in front of him and put on a pair of sunglasses . |
| 19 | Keeling had been arrested the previous day and put on a flight to London . |
| 20 | She had showered and put on a tracksuit , having been called down to help in the kitchen before getting into something more elegant . |
| 21 | She felt hot and sticky and changed her clothes and put on a housecoat . |
| 22 | She moved across the kitchen to the stove and put on a kettle : tea-time again . |