Example sentences of "[adv prt] [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 31 | She drew in her head , shut the windows , pulled the heavy cream linen curtains , and switched on the lamps ; they glowed cheerfully over the primrose chair covers and the yellow silk bed quilt , upon which Adam lay naked . |
| 32 | She made herself coffee and switched on the lamps . |
| 33 | No that 's right really , I mean if you do n't know the area you do n't know which road to take on the islands . |
| 34 | Later on the warbirds wing in for the big show . |
| 35 | Relatives had taken on the boys of her family but did not want the responsibility and lower wages of the girls . |
| 36 | Bowled over … the girls taking on the boys at their own game . |
| 37 | It was then that we took on the giants of the Premier Division , Clutton Town , in the FA Cup . |
| 38 | In nineteen seventy Richard Branson was making waves as a young businessman , even then he had aspirations to take on the giants . |
| 39 | It 's very nasty vapours and has got a fairly low flashpoint and is unfortunately carried on the motorways every day of the week . ’ |
| 40 | ’ We 'd all like to see less and less chemicals carried on the motorways , but unfortunately , it 's a fact of life that its one of the best ways for them to get the stuff around . ’ |
| 41 | This is the heart of the notion of the inner city ; at the very moment that policy draws the boundaries of the inner city a place takes on the qualities of coherence that it does not possess , embodies all the contradictions that are part of the original concept . |
| 42 | With a group of other Australians , I first went there in 1973 , to see Graeme Langland 's Kangaroos take on the Lions before a much smaller crowd than honoured Ellery 's boys last year . |
| 43 | DOUBLE TAKE ON THE TERRACES |
| 44 | The hurricane would never blow itself out ; and at its eye was a figure already taking on the lineaments of a familiar enough twentieth-century ‘ type ’ , the male-dominated , passion-ridden female so well-known to the readers of the novels of Barbara Cartland . |
| 45 | She told Cathy she would pass on the eggs but would like croissants and coffee , and presently I was bringing them to her as she sat with eyes demurely downwards , studiously ignoring my existence . |
| 46 | The report comes as the Department of Trade and Industry takes on the tasks of the now defunct Department of Energy . |
| 47 | Go on the trams . |
| 48 | The following survey was taken on the streets of Bradford . |
| 49 | If I had the courage to grow out my hair and take on the streets without frill or face paint , bangles or heels and all such accessories of fear and vanity , then I would be seen far less and see much more . |
| 50 | You might get through a few months , gross good luck see you to a year , but from then on the odds against survival lengthened considerably . |
| 51 | Anna , determined not to be able to reproach herself for not trying , took on the women and children . |
| 52 | Home Alone 2 : Lost in New York carries on the adventures of smart schoolboy Kevin who outwits blundering thieves Harry and Marv , played by Joe Pesci and Daniel Stern . |
| 53 | Now they sat in the tiny dressing room , their washing hanging on the radiators , eating health food and tirelessly sending information and soft-focus photographs of themselves to directors , theatres , agents , TV companies and producers . |
| 54 | He took on the lectures , started by J. W. Hinchley [ q.v. ] in 1909 at Battersea Polytechnic , in 1917 when Hinchley was made an assistant professor at Imperial College . |
| 55 | In Dudley , the place of his first ministry , his preaching was so popular that the people not only filled the church , but also hung on the windows and the ‘ leads ’ to hear him . |
| 56 | From now on the windows she polished , the floors she swept , the cups and saucers and plates she washed would not be her own . |
| 57 | In the cafeteria of l'Ecole Polytechnique , where Christmas decorations hung on the windows , there were slightly fewer people than usual , but the photocopiers along the corridor on the second floor were quite busy , as student stood duplicating notes and articles for their exams . |
| 58 | .. he has shown us that we can take on the Americans and beat them . |
| 59 | The doctor must come from virtually nowhere if he is to join the powerful Irish representation which is anticipated will cross the Atlantic to take on the Americans at the height of summer . |
| 60 | ‘ It all depends on how he ( Brand ) plays , ’ said the Spanish star , delighted to be back in contention a week after finishing second in Switzerland and two weeks before he takes on the Americans in the Ryder Cup again . |