Example sentences of "[verb] put on a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We 've had two good wins away from home and now we want to put on a show for our fans . ’ |
| 2 | She has put on a bit , but |
| 3 | Watkin would have pride of place as St George while Ranulf the rat-catcher eagerly agreed to put on a costume and act the role of the dragon . |
| 4 | I 've just got to put on a swimsuit , ’ she muttered , taking a nervous step backwards . |
| 5 | George said , ‘ We are going to put on a play , Alexandra . |
| 6 | Lewis 's performance was a reminder of how compelling heavyweight boxing can still be when it dares to step out from behind the curtain of cynical and protective matchmaking ; when it dares to put on a career life-or-death fight between two men with the pedigree to be king . |
| 7 | Living in the country , we tend to put on a bit of a show on special occasions , and Edward 's parties used to be very sought-after . |
| 8 | I do n't know why , if he gets put on a murder case he 's there for three weeks in a hotel , it 's easy he said well I , you 'll be able to come over if you want to it 'll be like sitting at work , no one will know |
| 9 | No , it 's just that erm he feels comfortable and does n't have to put on a show |
| 10 | I 'm starting to put on a bit of weight . |
| 11 | The party may have put on a collar and tie but it is still the Labour Party , prone to its old reflexes ( as it reminded us yesterday on defence spending ) , prisoner still of its anachronistic structure , its mind set in 100 years of working-class history . |
| 12 | ‘ He should have put on a pair of tights and joined his daddy in front of the fairy-lights . ’ |
| 13 | talking , all messing each other bits up , you had about six spread round your room for that time , and it was so good and we got through it so quick , there were so few mistakes because you only ever had six maximum kids in your room at once at that was only because Terry offered to put on a video an and |
| 14 | ‘ Then may I have an undertaking that if I can manage to put on a show , a stupendous show — I promise you it will be — may I then retire from the post ? |
| 15 | William says both his parents were riding enthusiasts and he got put on a horse at the age of three … his mother used to ride for Britian in the sixties and she 's encouraged him to compete … it used to terrify him at first and he never dreamt he 'd be good enough to compete … |
| 16 | Fortunately , frustration surfaced only in sporadic back-chat , but when teams such as Kelso and Heriot 's , each with a tradition of expansive back play , fail to put on a show in glorious conditions something , surely , is wrong . |
| 17 | As night approached , the man was forced to put on a belt packed with plastic explosives and connected to a detonator . |
| 18 | Later , the guard was forced to put on a belt packed with plastic explosives and connected to a detonator . |
| 19 | Men can practise putting on a condom too , when they 're masturbating . |
| 20 | We do put on a performance for the camera , whereas we do n't usually " perform " our everyday conversations to an audience . |
| 21 | A long while ago I watched Tom Keating on TV painting a ship during which he discussed putting on a varnish and painting in the rigging through the varnish as the only means of getting a nice line . |
| 22 | When they formed the Army Education Corp , during the war , they er , they wore uniform , most of them were warrant officers , and soldiers but in uniform you could come out I mean , they been ordinary soldiers , but they 'd been put put on a charge every time the saw them , you know . |
| 23 | Biggins is regarded as the GM Vauxhall Conference 's most gifted midfielder , and with Brighton sliding down the Second Division and £2.5 million in the red , the 29-year-old says he is determined to put on a show that will humiliate the home side . |
| 24 | ‘ Michael was on a dock , fully dressed in tweed jacket , tie , trousers and hush-puppies , and had to put on a pair of water skis , be pulled off the dock into the water , by a rope attached to a motorboat that roared past , and ski away . |
| 25 | Take putting on a pair of knickers — there are no buttons but plenty of problems . |
| 26 | She had put on a bit of weight . |
| 27 | He was still barefoot , but he had put on a shirt . |
| 28 | Someone had put on a Roy Orbison album and she slipped into the man 's arms to the strains of ‘ Crying ’ . |
| 29 | Someone had put on a record , slow , lazy music , and the couples on the floor were n't really dancing , merely clinging to each other like limpets , nuzzling each other 's necks . |
| 30 | I had put on a show of contrition all day , and behind it had been incomprehension and fright . |