Example sentences of "[conj] [vb base] on the [noun sg] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was manipulating a kind of toggle or switch on the head of his cane . |
| 2 | Already he was capable , it seemed , of making that impact on the stage which was , in record time , to put him at the top of his treacherous profession and bring on the applause of his finest contemporaries . |
| 3 | The commendations are framed and hang on the wall of the Commandant 's office . |
| 4 | There were excited exclamations at the sight of the returned Emily and they flocked round her desk to welcome her back and pass on the gossip of the preceding week . |
| 5 | McIver ( 1987 ) describes that in retailing customers were persuaded to forgo the service provided by the friendly corner store and take on the labour of pushing trolleys around supermarkets because they made gains through cheaper prices and a wider choice of goods . |
| 6 | A company acted reasonably in dismissing its managing director after discovering that , along with another manager , he was planning to set up in competition with the company and take on the business of its best customer ( p 114 ) . |
| 7 | The Employment Appeal Tribunal has decided that a company acted reasonably in dismissing its managing director after discovering that , along with another manager , he was planning to set up in competition with the company and take on the business of its best customer ( see Marshall v Industrial Systems and Control Ltd [ 1992 ] IRLR 294 ) . |
| 8 | There was nothing left now , but to grow old , but to grow old and take on the burden of her mother growing even older . |