Example sentences of "[subord] putting [adv] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Marjorie and Bill were left to cope with their own personal loss while putting on a brave face for each other . |
| 2 | ‘ That some women enjoy fantasies of being raped is well authenticated , and they may , to some extent , welcome a masterful advance while putting up a token resistance . |
| 3 | They support a genial pluralism in English studies , encouraging a hundred flowers to bloom , though putting up a cautious resistance to the extremes of foreign ideology and theory . |
| 4 | Not the same as putting on a big performance though is it ? |
| 5 | Recognising an opportunity area is not quite the same as putting together a specific concept and a plan of operating . |