Example sentences of "[verb] on the [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 title of his admirable autobiography — Jousting with Giants — admits , Jim McLean has always enjoyed taking on the Scottish game 's major forces . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | The weight his stepfather had put on the young man 's shoulders had made David seem much older than his twenty-eight years . |
| 6 | 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 . |