Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] on the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | Where the last day for doing any act or taking a proceeding is a Sunday , Christmas Day , Good Friday or Monday or Tuesday in Easter week , or on a day on which the offices of the court are closed , the act or proceeding may be done or taken on the next day afterwards which is not one of the aforesaid days . |
2 | Well , each of the seven great churches had a peel of six bells that hung on the outside wall of the church tower . |
3 | Finally , the whole of the Gospel leads to the commission of the Church , to go out and baptise , to teach , and to pass on the new law of Christianity ( Matt. |
4 | The insect jerks itself free and hangs on the empty pupa case , its body trembling . |
5 | ‘ He slowed in flight , rolled expertly , backed away and then stalled and hung on the thin wind all at once . |
6 | ‘ It will be good to see the England lads again and to put on the international shirt , ’ says Gazza . |
7 | This change will allow the Gallery to set itself up permanently on a proper funding basis , with the possibility of a number of options : it could move into public ownership , either national or local ; alternatively , a private sponsor might come forward and take on the entire enterprise . |
8 | In fact , the government ‘ took on ’ AT&T in the 1970s , and it was the Reagan administration of the 1980s — the villain of your piece — that secured real relief and brought on the phenomenal competition enjoyed today by refusing to accept the cosmetic settlement that had been negotiated by the Carter administration . |
9 | Immediately the smug features reassembled themselves in his imagination and took on the friendly demeanour of an irrelevant sibling . |
10 | Determined to honour the family tradition of social responsibility , she forgot her various ailments , put aside her various unfinished manuscripts , and took on the onerous commitment of managing one of the most important zinc factories in the United Kingdom at a time when women were virtually excluded from the boardrooms of business and commerce . |
11 | It was getting dark so he pulled the curtains and put on the overhead light . |
12 | They were shown into cubicles with inadequate curtains , where they were told to strip completely and put on the clean towelling gowns in there . |
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 | They identify with the global capitalist system , reconceptualize their several national interests in terms of the global system , and take on the political project of reconceptualizing the national interests of their co-nationals in terms of the global capitalist system . |
15 | By the middle of next year the bank will move its head office into Poultry , and take on the heavy mantle of tradition . |
16 | Child gets up at 5.30am every morning and switches on the electric fire and all the cooker rings . |
17 | As well as bringing on the new foal , Margaret has taken on another exciting challenge . |
18 | Many clients saw headhunters as taking on the dirty work , and many candidates obviously shared this view . |