Example sentences of "[verb] on [art] [adj] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The columns of our newspapers and weekly journals are filled with book reviews or booksy gossip in which the hacks who write them seem determined before all else to carry on the one continuing tradition of their ignoble trade : ignorance . |
| 2 | The reason for this is that women are forced to carry on the main productive activity by themselves because of their subjection . |
| 3 | Put on a nice big apron and wash your hands and then I 'll show you how to do it . ’ |
| 4 | I put on a dark grey suit with a fine stripe , a grey woollen tie and a soft white shirt . |
| 5 | But I put on a bright new grin . |
| 6 | We moan a great deal about bad for contemporary music , but put on a big new Stockhausen piece in London and the likelihood is that you will fill that hall , provided you prepare it . |
| 7 | The Netherlandish and Dutch paintings are hung on a dull green background , the Spanish and French on light grey . |
| 8 | Hopefully it will take constructive criticism well and will carry on the excellent scientific work of the NCC . |
| 9 | Impressively placed and considerably exposed , it hangs on the vertical right wall of the corner with a straight drop to North-West Gully , an uninterrupted 150ft ( 45m ) below . |
| 10 | If they have been just very bad , and if they have someone to stand up for them , they are given three strokes of the whip , usually by Sheldon Parry , the born-again television director , and then made to put on a short green smock for the duration of the service . |
| 11 | Lake Gatun , into which the ships pass on a due southerly track after leaving the Caribbean and easing through the first set of locks , is an immense inland lake — though an artificial one created by the damming of the Chagres River . |
| 12 | I board the plane feeling no pain , eat the evening meal and continue with the G&T theme , land in Gatwick and make the connection via the smoking area of the bar and another gulped Gordon 's , then pass on the second offered dinner but not the accompanying booze and quietly pass out somewhere over the West Midlands , to be woken by a dishy blonde with an impudent , dimpled smile and we 're here we 've landed we 've arrived , we 're on the stand at the airport and I 'd ask her what she 's doing later because I 'm drunk enough to not care when she says ‘ No ’ as she probably will , but I know I 'm too tired and besides my left eyelid 's stuck again and I suspect it makes me look a bit like Quasimodo , so I do n't say anything except , ‘ Uh , thanks , ’ which is cool or sad , I 'm not sure which . |
| 13 | A strong lemon smell , from a local herb known as black branch , hung on the hot steamy air . |
| 14 | Calcite with 5–8% MgCO 3 takes on a pink to pale red colour , and ‘ high-Mg ’ calcite takes on a deep red colour . |
| 15 | As you pull out of Thingley station this otherwise boring train ride takes on a whole new significance . |
| 16 | A willow green wicker armchair takes on a whole new look when a collection of pretty floral covered cushions and a deep frill are added . |
| 17 | Computer based training takes on a whole new lease of life when you throw in multi media . |
| 18 | With the Black & Decker Proline PL28 Rotary Hammer Drill , drilling holes in masonry and concrete takes on a whole new meaning . |
| 19 | As Festival takes on a special German flavour , here is a rarely shown and magical cinepoem from the archives . |
| 20 | She takes on a special brood-care coloration at this time ; she becomes a much brighter golden yellow than usual , and her black markings are accentuated . |
| 21 | He befriends a battered child , stays faithful to Tess Truchart despite the show stealing advances of Madonna 's Breathless Mahoney and takes on an all-star super cast of grotesques that include Al Pacino and Dustin ‘ Mumbles ’ Hoffman . |
| 22 | The linking of the elements thus takes on the only allowable form of " one-to-many " . |
| 23 | Level Three , on the other hand , is an entirely different kettle of fish as Rambo , strapped into the seat of a stolen tank , single-handedly takes on the entire Soviet Army . |
| 24 | Back to form Sandy Cottage takes on the classy Lovely Charlott in the 6th Year Marathon . |
| 25 | A charming children 's story in which a small helicopter takes on the biggest financial brains in Europe and the USA , and loses badly . |
| 26 | In many cases it obviously would be and if there was any element of duress brought on the other contracting party under the modern development of this branch of the law the proposed breaker of the contract would not benefit . |
| 27 | Her personal life ceases to mean a great deal to her ; the main focus of her interests may take on a strong religious flavour . |
| 28 | ‘ I am sure that as classes get bigger and lectures replace the old tutorial and seminar systems , books will take on a higher perceived value as they become more central to the course . ’ |
| 29 | While a white working-class female psychologist may take on a new professional identity which erases her class background , a black woman psychologist of any class is always distanced from such an identity by her ‘ race , . |
| 30 | Both there and at Keetmanshoep the Germans built headquarters stations which could take on a new strategic role in time of war . |