Example sentences of "put on the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | She put on the other record , save Pergolesi for later when surely they 'd be alone . |
| 3 | 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 ) . |
| 4 | It was getting dark so he pulled the curtains and put on the overhead light . |
| 5 | At five minutes to five , Shirley , the typist who had been helping Ianthe to file some cards , covered up her typewriter , put on the black imitation leather coat she had just bought , and hurried away singing . |
| 6 | I also put on the real Sperzel locking tuning pegs as opposed to the fake ones that Fender are making now . |
| 7 | Miguel smoothed back his hair over his ears , put on the dark glasses , and reached for the keys to the jeep . |
| 8 | The officers , aged 19 and 20 , put on the fancy dress for a last night party at a camp for the disabled . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | As Thurlow sums him up , ‘ in everyday life he was a small insignificant man in an ordinary suit … but take off the uniform of the city solicitor and put on the running singlet and the track shoes and the transformation was amazing ’ . |
| 12 | When Martha was ready for home , she put on the pink bodice and Elizabeth dressed her hair . |
| 13 | Everyone put on the whole uniform including the grey raincoat on top , and I put on my raincoat also , I packed Tommy 's spare garments and my own clothes into the holdall , and was ready . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | They were shown into cubicles with inadequate curtains , where they were told to strip completely and put on the clean towelling gowns in there . |