Example sentences of "[noun] put on [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 WELL , I see Man Utd and Arsenal put on a thrilling match ending 4–4 for the David O'Leary Testimonial earlier this week .
2 Come testing time , though , it was a different story altogether as Farr-Jones 's side put on an awesome second-half display in the rain and mud at Newlands .
3 Rex put on a fierce face .
4 The Iraqi opposition put on a credible show of unity in Beirut .
5 For the third year running the Bar put on a mock trial , at the request of the Litigation Section of the ABA , which was well received .
6 And then the multi-lingual Entertainment Team put on a great show .
7 Cecil put on a lopsided smirk and giggled in his silly way .
8 The magistrate put on a black cap , a three-cornered piece of silk .
9 Thérèse put on a joyous smile , skipped up to the sofa to kiss her mother .
10 The mood in the Bush camp yesterday swung from ‘ maybe we 'll get lucky ’ to resignation , but Mr Bush put on a brave face .
11 The Bookman put on a brave face and smiled , but Endill knew there was nothing to smile about .
12 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 .
13 Meanwhile , Llandundo put on a brave face yesterday and struggled to get back to normal after last week 's devastating floods .
14 Like the effect of programme scheduling on TV audience sizes , a story put on the front page was much more likely to be read than something buried inside , and ‘ page traffic ’ figures show slightly higher noting of items on right-hand than left-hand pages .
15 Jessica put on a grave expression .
16 We appreciate the County put on an interesting programme of events , but since we are situated some distance from County Headquarters and public transport is virtually non-existent , we are unable to participate in very much .
17 Bourdieu 's own analysis of politics , however , stresses rather the division between the ‘ knows ’ and the ‘ do n't knows ’ , in relation to the pressure put on the general public to have an informed opinion on often very distant issues ( 1984 : 397–465 ) .
18 Hick at No. 3 is encouragement to the bowlers and deflation for his fellow-batsmen : hence the pressure put on the middle order in the past two years .
19 PRINCESS DIANA put on a brave face today as rumours persisted of a serious royal marriage rift .
20 In the little hall , Francis put on a waterproof coat and cap and they went out by the back door .
21 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 .
22 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 .
23 Within a moment of her arrival St Ives put on the rimless spectacles he detested , though usually he preferred to squint blindly down at the book rather than be seen in them .
24 And Blundell put on a great performance , fending off the Mercedes until both were caught by Schumacher .
25 Tears came to my eyes and to Bruno 's , but my mother put on a brave face .
26 Everyone knows there is a quality difference between name brand personal computers and generic machines but the premium put on the famous products has become very small indeed .
27 The magazine added : ‘ Jerry put on a brave front , not letting a trace of the strain she was under show through .
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