Example sentences of "put [adv] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | We wrote these extraordinary shows , and then I just put on a dinner-jacket , started singing and gave them up . ’ |
| 2 | The drama society put on a short comic sketch . |
| 3 | And Blundell put on a great performance , fending off the Mercedes until both were caught by Schumacher . |
| 4 | Charles put on a brave face to the world , but secretly he was in turmoil for many , many months ; and one other person who helped see him through this period was Diana . |
| 5 | The Iraqi opposition put on a credible show of unity in Beirut . |
| 6 | She put on a brave show when she was tried in New York last year in connection with some property deals . |
| 7 | I wish I could hang it up and put on a new one ’ . ’ |
| 8 | We may be very liberated and all that but — ‘ Oh — I must ask my husband ’ ’ She put on a high-pitched imbecile voice like a detergent or wash-up liquid ad . |
| 9 | Charles put on a low dynamic voice which rose in crescendo to an order . |
| 10 | Label the pot and put on a cool bench or in a cold frame . |
| 11 | To thwart that , Koch 's America syndicate put on a new keel and removed ballast from the namesake boat , using the mid-series mode-change permitted under the barter agreement reached with Conner . |
| 12 | The Bookman put on a brave face and smiled , but Endill knew there was nothing to smile about . |
| 13 | And then the multi-lingual Entertainment Team put on a great show . |
| 14 | In the Commissioner 's office she put on a brave front . |
| 15 | He brushed his brown wavy hair , put on a top-hat , and went down the stairs to the street . |
| 16 | Mick Jagger put on a charming little Greek skirt and gave a free performance to thousands in London 's Hyde Park , while Bob Dylan headed down to the Isle of Wight for a three-day festival of dope , sex and rock ‘ n ’ roll attended by 150,000 fans . |
| 17 | Dawn was taken immediately to the nearest hospital and put on a life-support machine in the Intensive Care Unit . |
| 18 | He put on a brave face to Sunday Express readers : ‘ I hope it will be believed that the Arsenal can take a licking as well as any other club . |
| 19 | The Company put on a special workman 's train to carry these men morning and evening , picking up at Roade and Castlethorpe , the latter two serving as pick up points for Hanslope , Yardley Gobion and Potterspury men . |
| 20 | And Newton himself exudes the confidence of someone who has just had a shave and put on a fresh shirt . |
| 21 | I still remember my surprise at the changed attitudes I noticed in other people when I first put on a white coat . |
| 22 | Long gone were the days when an actor could , like Paul Muni , have his hair powdered and his face lined , and put on a wavering voice and a stoop to represent ageing . |
| 23 | Instead , there will be attempts to paper over the chasms and put on a united front for the sake of appearances . |
| 24 | He even outstripped Michael Crawford , who performed Gethsemane from Jesus Christ Superstar , and Barry Manilow , who put on a faultless showpiece . |
| 25 | Later he put on a brave face , showing little sign of the strain of the day as he smiled and joked with guests at the Guildhall in the City of London . |
| 26 | ‘ I did n't realise if I agreed they would take off the old mouthpiece and put on a new one . |
| 27 | He got up , took a shower , combed his hair with care and put on a new black T-shirt . |
| 28 | At the agreed hour I reported to the Endoscopy Unit of the London Clinic , was shown into a small room , told to undress and put on a blue shift , then lie down on a mobile bed . |
| 29 | A heavy gypsy with an untamed beard and sparrow hands , who introduced himself as Melquíades , put on a bold public demonstration of what he himself called the eighth wonder of the learned alchemists of Macedonia . |
| 30 | Then she put on a white crash helmet , climbed into her kart and roared off at the Playscape circuit in Clapham , South London . |