Example sentences of "to put [adv prt] a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The postmodern obsession with ‘ surfaces ’ could also link to the more general and growing indeterminacy of the middle classes who need to put on a Goffman-like front in order to impose their ‘ nominative powers ’ . |
| 2 | By the following winter Michael Horovitz 's New Departures magazine had advanced so far as to put on a live performance at the same venue . |
| 3 | ‘ We want to put on a good performance , and I believe we can win this one if we adopt a positive attitude . ’ |
| 4 | It is difficult to believe that a desire to put on a good show at an exhibition could shape a major research programme . |
| 5 | Pubs could become for her extensions of the office , places to put on a good show for the Yard , swilling pints of bitter with the lads to enhance her image . |
| 6 | Paul said : ‘ We have been training throughout the winter and are hoping to put on a good show for Scotland . |
| 7 | Six Local Art Societies , Art Gallery in the Town Centre , Queensway , Billingham ( until March 14 ) IT seems to me that the ink was barely dry on my last little piece which suggested that Darlington Society of Arts seemed content to restrict itself to one exhibition per year when , all of a sudden , came news that Darlington , the CAS and Hartlepool Art Club were to join forces respectively the Hambleton , Leven and Yarm art societies to put on a joint show of their work at Billingham . |
| 8 | We put this to you as an answer to all slimmers who say they only need to look at a single cake or bar of chocolate to put on a substantial amount of fat . |
| 9 | Remember that you have asked students to put on a public performance . |
| 10 | Penry laughed as he went over to the stereo to put on a compact disc . |
| 11 | I was knocked out by how brilliant it was when I first read it eight years ago , and now I want to put on a national tour and direct it . ’ |
| 12 | Leaving the court the families all tried to put on a brave face . |
| 13 | A Washington Post report said that both men strove to put on a reassuring front when asked about opinion polls which continued to show a majority of voters in both republics against separation . |
| 14 | Only one binge 11 Decided to allow herself to put on a little weight 12 Gave away ‘ thin ’ clothes and bought new ones . |
| 15 | In spite of all the hard work she began to put on a little weight . |
| 16 | The ‘ 89 needs to put on a little weight . ’ |
| 17 | Although I would have been surprised if London 's Charles Dickens Society required its members to put on a white tie for its annual dinner , the invitation card demanded it for the Scott dinner . |
| 18 | The one where this governess is told to put on a special dress and sit with her back to the window . |
| 19 | And this has prompted one of the oldest museums to put on a special exhibition of sketches that have become collectors ' items . |
| 20 | The Korean trip was the ideal opportunity for Diana and Charles to put on a united front and quash the speculation over their marriage . |
| 21 | Many saw it as an ideal opportunity for the Prince and Princess to put on a united front , quashing speculation over their marriage . |
| 22 | As the front door slammed behind them , Josh finished drying his face and hands and began to put on a clean shirt and a stiff collar . |
| 23 | Also there was no other way to express her sense of something having arrived from somewhere else , something normally invisible to the eye choosing to put on a human form . |
| 24 | Bombay has been a good ground for me in the past , but we need to put in a better performance than we have been doing . |
| 25 | While he mulled over his future , Rudd gradually sorted out the handling so that by July 1960 the Type 48 was good enough for Hill to put in a brilliant performance in the British Grand Prix , clawing his way into the lead after losing a third of a lap through stalling on the grid . |
| 26 | I have since asked my constituent for an update of the position and she has confirmed that the family has had to put in a good deal more extra money to finance both daughters than it had previously expected . |
| 27 | It was suggested that surely we could spare one , or even two , to put in a token appearance now and then ? |
| 28 | Managers are required to put down a small security deposit , but all equipment is provided by the company , which also pays staff wages and overhead expenses , together with a small additional honorarium ( currently 5 per cent of husband 's salary ) to the manager 's wife for looking after the domestic accommodation . |
| 29 | Periodically the Fists would assist a planetary governor to put down a troublesome insurrection . |
| 30 | This went through some crises , as when the Americans dispatched marines to put down a left-wing government in the British island of Grenada in 1984 , without communicating their intentions to the British government . |