Example sentences of "she put [adv prt] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ People phone me up to invite me out and I 'll be like , ’ she puts on a whiny voice , ‘ Oh no , I 'd like to stay home and watch a video or read a book . ’ |
| 2 | She put on a straight yellow skirt , just brushing her knee , and a matching vest-top . |
| 3 | She put on a great act , pretending to be heartbroken and begging for a chance to restart our relationship , but shortly after she 'd gained access to the apartment there was a phone call . |
| 4 | She put on a passable imitation of a BBC accent . |
| 5 | She put on a brave show when she was tried in New York last year in connection with some property deals . |
| 6 | In the Commissioner 's office she put on a brave front . |
| 7 | Then she put on a white crash helmet , climbed into her kart and roared off at the Playscape circuit in Clapham , South London . |
| 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 | She put on a calm face . |
| 10 | She put on a red petticoat first , then a black dress , and a white veil over the dress . |
| 11 | Theresa Stevens , 21 , was beaten , repeatedly stabbed and strangled as she put up a desperate fight to save herself . |
| 12 | She put up a better show in the 1980s . |
| 13 | She put up a token resistance , but , knowing that she only existed on his sufferance , opened her mind to him and let him prowl . |
| 14 | She put out a slim hand . |
| 15 | ‘ When she put out a few signals that she — well , fancied me , you can guess how I felt . |
| 16 | She put out a white hand . |
| 17 | She put out a wary hand and felt her fingers sink into the softness of a robe made of albescent whiteness , pouring ivory and soft , glinting pearl . |