Example sentences of "[vb past] [vb pp] on his [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was nearly fifteen minutes before Manville dared put on his clean shirt . |
| 2 | And what on earth had brought on his sudden change of heart ? |
| 3 | Jack Carbery had put on his blue serge suit for the occasion and sat in the middle of a few friends , his collar stud gleaming , and the apple in his throat bobbing about like a cork on water as he drank . |
| 4 | He remembered what he had put on his personal qualities ' file : ‘ Judgement not always reliable in the political and commercial area ’ . |
| 5 | Louis had put on his grey suit , and carried his beret . |
| 6 | While Donna lay in the bathtub , inaccurately bawling the bits she could remember of My Fair Lady , Alex dialled Matthew 's number , only to find that he had switched on his answering machine . |