Example sentences of "[pers pn] put on a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You put on a head and face cover , ’ she explained almost mechanically , ‘ go into a chamber naked , and come out covered in white powder . |
| 2 | After that she put on a dress of burnt sienna which contrasted with her pale gold hair and made her feel more feminine . |
| 3 | She put on a jacket , though he would know why she had the jacket on , and went out , under his cold furious dissecting gaze . |
| 4 | ‘ We put on a substitute , Tony Dobson , as a second marker and Waddle still produced crosses . ’ |
| 5 | Jacob , trim in his dinner-jacket , his dark eyes sparkling darker against the greying of his thick hair ; Leo , blond , relaxed , despite the effort it had cost him to put on a suit for the occasion . |
| 6 | ‘ Leith 's just been telling me that you both work for the same firm , ’ he put on a front for the rest of the world to joke . |
| 7 | A clever alien wants to steal the spaceship , and knows about the laser torch , so it puts on a blindfold as well . |