Example sentences of "[pron] [vb -s] on a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For this reason , adultery should be seen for what it has become , an act of sexual conduct which takes on a symbolic character if offensive to the other partner . |
| 2 | Quite early there came the contradiction that anyone who takes on an extreme diet must meet . |
| 3 | ‘ People phone me up to invite me out and I 'll be like , ’ she puts on a whiny voice , ‘ Oh no , I 'd like to stay home and watch a video or read a book . ’ |
| 4 | Then she switches on a dumb schoolgirl smile that would n't fool a grandma and she says , ‘ Hey , you dealing , man ? |
| 5 | Everyone puts on an identity-erasing disguise and leaps uninhibitedly into no-holds-barred , orgiastic delight . |
| 6 | And let me quote Locke er here we are are we he says but submitting to the laws of any country , living quietly and enjoying privileges and protection under them , makes not a man a member of that society then he goes on a little bit further down nothing can make any man so but is actually entering into it by positive engagement and express promise and compact . |
| 7 | Clearly it takes on a further significance in the context of the discussion in this paper . |
| 8 | Obviously , when sport offers itself as one of the few accessible routes away from deprivation , as it was to the early slaves , it takes on an attractive quality . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | If he carries on a taxable business , he can register voluntarily ( Merseyside Cablevision Ltd ( 1987 ) 3 BVC 596 ) and reclaim all input tax if the exempt input tax is no more than £7,200 a year . |