Example sentences of "i put [prep] a [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Yeah cos I went in that shop and I put on a size ten skirt and it was hanging .
2 ‘ As noon approached , I put on a raincoat and hat .
3 ‘ Once I put on a tie , I tend not to change it every day .
4 When I took it off afterwards , my hair was a mess , so I put on a turban or tied in back with a band , which is what I do every day .
5 As I put on a plaster in here an hour ago , I wondered if I 'd left it on that shelf above the sink .
6 I put on a stone after a recent holiday and I have n't got round to getting it off .
7 I put on a look of concern , but he shrugged .
8 I put on a bit of make-up — not like before , not like a freak , just enough to make me feel respectable .
9 Often I put on a record .
10 If I put on a vacuum cleaner and lie beside it , I go into a complete trance because the one note ringing inside the machine seems to relax me and hypnotise me .
11 Oh I put on a pound too .
12 I put on a flamenco record and roll a joint .
13 I put on a spacesuit , went outside and moved to the big round door .
14 I put on a spacesuit and went into the cargo area were I found that while the main part of the sculpture was now solidified again , the fibres on the floor were disintegrating and useless .
15 It certainly contributed in a more direct manner in that most of the food we ate had a high carbohydrate content and , although I was unaware of it at the time , I put on a lot of weight .
16 So I put on a coat .
17 I 'm telling you , I put on a coat .
18 I put on a jersey and jacket and lay with head and shoulders propped against a locker , eating sardines and mopping the oil from the can with fresh bread .
19 I always cleanse , tone and moisturise and I put on a face masque every week .
20 The application to the local community is one that I put as a challenge to all : How can we help people to take seriously membership in the Eucharistic community of faith ?
21 Well I had , there 's some soup in the freezer from when I put a tin , a tin of chicken soup and Di used the last of the turkey in it , and we had some and what was left I put in a dish
22 And I put in a request to see His Majesty the King .
23 Towards the end of this review I put in a call to Ovation 's distributors , Korg UK , to check on some details , and after raving on about what a great guitar I though it was I was told that Korg did n't want it back .
24 At the office I put in a call to Connors that produced nothing .
25 These I put inside a paper bag , along with a pound note and a hastily drawn picture of a devil and a donkey .
26 So can I put in a plea ?
27 Can I put in a bid I 'm working with er er Dave Williams on the launch of this drugs hotline and there 's a need to do quite a large mailshot of the posters in the
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