Example sentences of "putting on [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A friend has described it as worth putting on weight for . |
| 2 | You want the weight to stay off and you also want to be able to eat a reasonable amount of food after the diet without putting on weight . |
| 3 | This involves putting on weight , but mostly talking . |
| 4 | The choice of food you prepare depends partly on the patient 's taste as to the food he prefers , partly on his eating abilities or difficulties , and partly on dietary needs such as avoiding putting on weight . |
| 5 | We are putting on weight . |
| 6 | I 'm putting on weight . ’ |
| 7 | Putting on weight as fat deposits — food and fuel for the long journey ahead — their entire bodies become covered with mucus in preparation for the miles of slithering travel . |
| 8 | It is quite common to find them taking an unusual interest in pets , putting on weight , complaining of backache and toothache , or being faddy about food — behaviour more usually associated with pregnant women . |
| 9 | She constantly restrained her eating for fear of putting on weight . |
| 10 | His belief that his fitness problems may at last be over stems from an unusual remedy — putting on weight as a conscious policy . |
| 11 | She is also concerned that Amy is not putting on weight and that Keith disregards her . |
| 12 | She cries a lot and is not putting on weight . |
| 13 | She is also concerned that Amy is not putting on weight and that Keith disregards her . |
| 14 | She cries a lot and is not putting on weight . |
| 15 | All the time , Anna was putting on weight . |
| 16 | He was also vain enough of his appearance to have worried about putting on weight as the days dwindled before they hanged him . |
| 17 | He had , of course , given up cigarettes by the time he had gone into the clinic , but as a result he had abandoned the puritanical principles inculcated into him in youth and had started eating sweets instead ; and this meant that he was putting on weight . |
| 18 | Taking in too much protein will result in you putting on weight , as it can be converted to fat . |
| 19 | I did stop smoking for three months and then with everyone else around us , I mean I was putting on weight and then I went back to smoking . |
| 20 | ‘ You 're putting on weight , ’ said the manager , picking up Arthur 's belt and looking at the notches . |
| 21 | It 's funny , I did n't appreciate the fact that I was putting on weight . |
| 22 | Parents become increasingly worried as they see their daughters putting on weight , and make suggestions about diets , and in Joanne 's case , fear they have developed a thyroid condition . |
| 23 | He 'd go mad if I started putting on weight . |
| 24 | Putting on weight is n't as easy as it seems — it 's not just a matter of eating calorie-crammed foods . |
| 25 | And when I started putting on weight I and I 'm still putting on weight . |
| 26 | And when I started putting on weight I and I 'm still putting on weight . |
| 27 | Immacolata tried to refuse one time , pleading her figure ; but Talia , who could eat anything without putting on weight , she was so lithe and quick , tucked in to her heaped cornet , running her tongue happily round the sides to catch the melting drips of rose , green , cream . |
| 28 | ‘ He is putting on weight and picking up his strength and can sit up on his own for a couple of seconds . |
| 29 | The depute fiscal , Brian Crookshanks , told the court that staff at the stables had noticed early last year she had become more withdrawn and was putting on weight . |
| 30 | When did she start putting on weight ? |