Example sentences of "[vb base] put on [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We want to put on a good performance , and I believe we can win this one if we adopt a positive attitude . ’ |
| 2 | I was knocked out by how brilliant it was when I first read it eight years ago , and now I want to put on a national tour and direct it . ’ |
| 3 | On the other hand ( or foot ) , consider putting on the right shoe ( R ) and then the left one ( L ) . |
| 4 | We like putting on a good show . |
| 5 | ’ Checked other stuff , an' the mechs 've put on a new hull section , sealed in nice . |
| 6 | I 've , I 've put on an awful lot of weight . |
| 7 | There 's a pier here which we 've put on the new map erm and this is south promenade . |
| 8 | The postmodern obsession with ‘ surfaces ’ could also link to the more general and growing indeterminacy of the middle classes who need to put on a Goffman-like front in order to impose their ‘ nominative powers ’ . |
| 9 | These will be handy when they need to put on the pink tie to go to the youth club disco . |