Example sentences of "[verb] on the [adj] [noun] [coord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They bring on the young ponies and in return he teaches them . |
| 2 | I put on the black basque and the lacey-topped stockings . |
| 3 | Put on the glad rags and go out and party , after that ? |
| 4 | The timeswitch he 'd primed earlier had flipped on , switching on the electric fire and igniting the materials he placed over it . |
| 5 | I 've got one I meant to put on the main agenda and I forgot , and I wrote the agenda . |
| 6 | When the character of Harlequin , the Comic Lover , had become familiar in England he was quickly promoted to lead the pantomimes ; nowhere in ballet does he rise to more commanding heights than as Captain Belaye in Cranko , s Pineapple Poll , where he takes on the superior airs and manners of the British Navy and becomes the apple of every girl 's eye . |
| 7 | Let's have a bit of light on the subject " She switched on the blue urinal and looked at it . |
| 8 | At ten thirty-five , Rachaela switched on the main light and walked behind the screen into Ruth 's area . |
| 9 | She switched on the electric kettle and made a cup of instant coffee flavoured with powdered milk and artificial sweetener . |
| 10 | The question at the time , in May 1941 , when the Vietminh was founded and Ho was talking bravely about taking on the combined French and Japanese armies in Vietnam was , of course , anachronistic : the two principal Allied powers had not yet entered the war . |
| 11 | To prove his point he has taken on the legal profession and , with no legal training whatsoever , tied judges in such knots they have overruled each other . |
| 12 | I do n't remember the carpet coming up to hit me , nor finding it hard to breathe , nor at that moment did the judge put on the black cap and say that I must swing by the neck until I was dead . |
| 13 | 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 ’ . |
| 14 | When Martha was ready for home , she put on the pink bodice and Elizabeth dressed her hair . |
| 15 | He was either out and had n't switched on the answering machine or he was tormenting her by ignoring the telephone . |
| 16 | Yellow lines and speed humps would be put on the narrow road and a mini roundabout set up at the junction of Lakeside and Parkside . |
| 17 | Yellow lines and speed humps could be put on the narrow road and a mini roundabout set up at the junction of Lakeside and Parkside . |
| 18 | Yellow lines and speed humps would be put on the narrow road and a mini roundabout set up at the junction of Lakeside and Parkside . |
| 19 | Yellow lines and speed humps could be put on the narrow road and a mini roundabout set up at the junction of Lakeside and Parkside . |
| 20 | If you wish to get married in a church which is not in either parish , you will have to apply to be put on the electoral roll or take up residence in the parish for the period over which the banns will be read . |
| 21 | Now that the Asian elephant has been put on the endangered list and included in the Red Data Book of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature 's Survival Service , governments will find it difficult officially to sanction catching operations . |
| 22 | I have been told to fill in a new form to be put on the waiting list but you need a permanent address to fill out one and I have n't got one . ’ |
| 23 | At the end of 1986 I was put on the waiting list and stopped work . |
| 24 | They suggest that , within the family , women take on the expressive role of nurturing the other family members , while men take on the instrumental role and go into the outside world to earn the family 's wage . |
| 25 | If you take on the big issues and the people wo n't follow , then at least you can say you have tried . ’ |
| 26 | But I do n't worry about being a loser — if you take on the big issues and the people wo n't follow , then at least you can say you have tried |
| 27 | Jesus had come to Jerusalem , the capital of Judaism to take on the religious authorities and at this point in time in this Gospel it looks like he 's lost , gon na be dead in a couple of days . |
| 28 | He may simply not have had enough money to take on the extra land and the work as required for it . |
| 29 | Having cowed the trade unions , we can see that the next step was to take on the local authorities and the poor . |
| 30 | He switches on the interior light and picks up a bundle from the passenger seat . |