Example sentences of "[noun] [conj] [verb] on the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well , each of the seven great churches had a peel of six bells that hung on the outside wall of the church tower . |
| 2 | Many clients saw headhunters as taking on the dirty work , and many candidates obviously shared this view . |
| 3 | Immediately the smug features reassembled themselves in his imagination and took on the friendly demeanour of an irrelevant sibling . |
| 4 | It is strange to me that such an obviously deep and , in my opinion , very moving , impressive poem can revolve round a mechanical , modern and brash object and almost devalue nature while putting on the personal and human mask that it does . |
| 5 | The declining popularity of bonfire night in the back garden is having two effects : a dramatic cut in the number of people hurt by fireworks , and booming business for the firms that put on the big public displays . |
| 6 | Child gets up at 5.30am every morning and switches on the electric fire and all the cooker rings . |
| 7 | In fact , the government ‘ took on ’ AT&T in the 1970s , and it was the Reagan administration of the 1980s — the villain of your piece — that secured real relief and brought on the phenomenal competition enjoyed today by refusing to accept the cosmetic settlement that had been negotiated by the Carter administration . |
| 8 | It was getting dark so he pulled the curtains and put on the overhead light . |
| 9 | Carefully planning the cheapest air fares , allocating her meagre budget as sparingly as possible on food and accommodation , she travelled the world and took on the best . |
| 10 | 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 ’ . |