Example sentences of "i [vb base] on [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I put on a tremendous act . |
| 2 | Although she is now slim , Liz confesses to a terrible struggle with her weight , which makes peasant-style clothes , such as Monsoon 's glorious Tibetan embroidered skirt ( see page 16 ) particularly good for her : ‘ I put on a great deal of weight after the twins were born , and when I started diving , it became very obvious because fat floats , so you have to balance your weight with extra diving weights . |
| 3 | yeah , so anyway erm , he bought the car in to tell me that , garage down here , five hundred and forty eight pound labour right and that was put on another wing , save repairing the wing , put a new on , so what I did with mine is , I put on a new wing , right , and reduced the labour by sixty five quid to four hundred and five , I make plenty on the parts |
| 4 | I put on a clean pair of socks . |
| 5 | I put on a clean collar and go along , happy just to observe . |
| 6 | ‘ I put on a light foundation and , using earthy browns , subtly highlighted Fiona 's eyes and shaded in her lips with an amber-coloured lipstick . ’ |
| 7 | I put on the black basque and the lacey-topped stockings . |
| 8 | I pass on an interesting snippet that I read on a computer news net . |
| 9 | Wait a minute till I switch on the other light . |