Example sentences of "[pron] [vb -s] on the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The active part is played by a public corporation , the National Coal Board , which carries on the vast bulk of the exploitation itself whilst licensing a minute amount of private enterprise by others . |
| 2 | The decision is a boost for Warwick Rimmer , who brings on the young players at Tranmere , reserve coach Ray Matthias and manager John King who has often been forced to play senior players coming back from injury against youth teams . |
| 3 | The famous Chapter 5 of the first book , which deals with the transformation of labour from a stage where it is a ‘ part of life ’ to a stage under capitalism when it takes on the imaginary form of a thing separate from the labourer , when it can be bought and sold , is worked out in Formen , in the discussion of tribal , oriental , and ancient societies which it contains . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | ( 7 ) so can he , but the main point about this system is the strain it puts on the other players |
| 6 | He switches on the interior light and picks up a bundle from the passenger seat . |