Example sentences of "[verb] on [art] [adj] [noun] 's " in BNC.

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1 Put on the old sheep 's head and dance naked round the bonfire .
2 Oh hang on the ex-directory number 's ringing .
3 As the months passed , Charlotte began to gather strength and renewed confidence by taking on an extra day 's teaching .
4 AS THE title of his admirable autobiography — Jousting with Giants — admits , Jim McLean has always enjoyed taking on the Scottish game 's major forces .
5 In the test the boiling times and fuel-life figures for each stove were taken on a mild summer 's day with only a light breeze .
6 In Lorenzo the Magnificent 's anniversary year , this publisher is also bringing out an edition of the inventory of the entire Medici residence taken on the great ruler 's death , L'inventario in morte di Lorenzo il Magnifico , edited by M. Spallanzani and G. Gaeta Bertelà .
7 The Company put on a special workman 's train to carry these men morning and evening , picking up at Roade and Castlethorpe , the latter two serving as pick up points for Hanslope , Yardley Gobion and Potterspury men .
8 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 .
9 The weight his stepfather had put on the young man 's shoulders had made David seem much older than his twenty-eight years .
10 The staff appraisal interviews were conducted by the Head and the Deputy Head ( Staff ) , who claimed that the main benefits were : a report on individual teachers , agreed with them , on their personal file ( to which the Head added ‘ they 're helping to write their own references ’ ) , and clarification for the Senior Management Team as to what INSET actions they ought to take on the individual teacher 's behalf .
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