Example sentences of "[pron] [vb -s] on [art] [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 | A familiar disjunction : while we hold on to personal musical favourites dating back over twenty-five years because we still enjoy listening to them , the music which brings on the fiercest nostalgia is often a terrible , loathsome noise with which we think we have nothing in common . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Quite early there came the contradiction that anyone who takes on an extreme diet must meet . |
| 5 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 6 | Then she switches on a dumb schoolgirl smile that would n't fool a grandma and she says , ‘ Hey , you dealing , man ? |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Everyone puts on an identity-erasing disguise and leaps uninhibitedly into no-holds-barred , orgiastic delight . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Clearly it takes on a further significance in the context of the discussion in this paper . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | As Wilfred Owen moves into the second stanza he takes on the bigger issue of what he is really trying to say . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | ( 7 ) so can he , but the main point about this system is the strain it puts on the other players |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | He switches on the interior light and picks up a bundle from the passenger seat . |
| 19 | If the vehicle should become stationary , the timer is allowed to run and , after one minute , it switches on the flasher circuit to operate the l.e.d . |