Example sentences of "[verb] on the [adj] [noun sg] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At about this time a hitherto unsuccessful fortune-teller living on the other side of the block chanced to glance into her scrying bowl , gave a small scream and , within the hour , had sold her jewellery , various magical accoutrements , most of her clothes and almost all her other possessions that could not be conveniently carried on the fastest horse she could buy . |
| 2 | ‘ Thanks , ’ he said dryly , his face taking on the blank expression it usually had when he was annoyed . |
| 3 | With that he started putting on the shabby jacket he always kept hanging on the hook on the back door . |
| 4 | Though no official cost has been put on the deep-water well which led to the West of Shetland find , industry sources suggest the total outlay may have been less than £10 million . |
| 5 | Embedded in his initial instructions to Joshua concerning the actions the people are to take on the seventh day we find the clause , ‘ … when they make a long blast with the ram 's horn ’ . |
| 6 | There were some excellent investigative programmes from Panorama , World in Action , This Week , First Tuesday and Twenty-Twenty Vision , which probed government scandals in the 1980s , but no journalist was bold enough to take on the Prime Minister herself . |
| 7 | If you are the victim of a game refuse to take on the bad feeling it leaves you with . |