Example sentences of "puts [adv prt] [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Christopher Benjamin bumbles around agreeably as the virtuoso ; Linda Marlowe puts on a powerful Vampirella act as his sex-hungry wife .
2 Up in her booth , a puzzled DJ stares at a machine with nothing on it , shrugs and puts on a current hit to get things moving once again .
3 ‘ 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 . ’
4 Brutus says that an ambitious man often puts on a humble act to gain popularity and then stops the act when he gains power .
5 But when the fire team are training or tackling a blaze within the perimeter he puts on a red fireman 's helmet as a member of their support system .
6 The earlier part of the bill as it 's , in its current form , erm puts on a statutory basis several of the old common law offences , such as riot , erm affray , unlawful assembly .
7 ( 7 ) so can he , but the main point about this system is the strain it puts on the other players
8 Above left : Cicciolina puts on an impromptu art show .
9 John puts on an American gangster voice .
10 Everyone puts on an identity-erasing disguise and leaps uninhibitedly into no-holds-barred , orgiastic delight .
11 DAZZLING Diana puts on an eye-catching show as she steps out of her car to go to the opera .
12 Tom Cruise puts in a fine performance as Ron Kovic , disabled Vietnam vet who fought back against indifference from the country he fought for , but somehow Oliver Stone 's direction still leaves the viewer unmoved by his plight
13 As with size-confusion , there is no evidence that dazzle-confusion puts off a hungry lion which is close enough to experience it .
14 Stephen wrote for " Voice of Vangmoor " : " Those who declare our moorland puts up a poor showing when it comes to wildlife , should contemplate some of the offerings of my ginger tomcat : fieldmice , a shrew and even a water vole . "
15 Well I think for most people who are coming into a church , seeking something , the inclusion of words such as you outlined , puts up an enormous barrier ,
16 O litre , intercooler turbocharged , four-wheel-drive , fuel injected supercar puts out a massive 227bhp , which means 60mph comes up in a shade over five seconds on your way to a highly illegal 140 .
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