Example sentences of "puts [adv prt] a [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 | 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 |
| 8 | As with size-confusion , there is no evidence that dazzle-confusion puts off a hungry lion which is close enough to experience it . |
| 9 | 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 . " |
| 10 | 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 . |