Example sentences of "[conj] [vb past] on [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | The lamp could be hooked onto the front of a miner 's cap or hung on a wooden roof support while he was working . |
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 | ‘ He slowed in flight , rolled expertly , backed away and then stalled and hung on the thin wind all at once . |
4 | Anyway , when the complete transferral was done , I dressed myself with care and switched on a full length mirror for an inspection . |
5 | Her face became twisted and not so pretty , and as her voice grew louder it lost its cultured tones and took on a snarling harshness . |
6 | Twenty-five years ago , the line built by George Stephenson in 1836 was saved from closure and took on a new lease of life as the North Yorkshire Moors Railway . |
7 | It changed as the Dornier accelerated away from them , and took on a rhythmic throbbing as it left the ground . |
8 | Immediately the smug features reassembled themselves in his imagination and took on the friendly demeanour of an irrelevant sibling . |
9 | 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 . |
10 | After the Union of the Crowns of Scotland and England in 1603 , and because the country now had an absent sovereign , the symbols of majesty became a substitute and took on an extra significance . |
11 | The royals will try to shrug off their problems and put on a good show for Margaret . |
12 | At the agreed hour I reported to the Endoscopy Unit of the London Clinic , was shown into a small room , told to undress and put on a blue shift , then lie down on a mobile bed . |
13 | And Piers saw himself being seen and put on a clever sort of don't-mind-us smile . |
14 | ‘ I 'd like to set your wrist and put on a small plaster , which will take a little time to dry . |
15 | Label the pot and put on a cool bench or in a cold frame . |
16 | And Newton himself exudes the confidence of someone who has just had a shave and put on a fresh shirt . |
17 | Long gone were the days when an actor could , like Paul Muni , have his hair powdered and his face lined , and put on a wavering voice and a stoop to represent ageing . |
18 | Instead , there will be attempts to paper over the chasms and put on a united front for the sake of appearances . |
19 | Dawn was taken immediately to the nearest hospital and put on a life-support machine in the Intensive Care Unit . |
20 | Someone got up and put on a Pink Floyd album . |
21 | It was getting dark so he pulled the curtains and put on the overhead light . |
22 | They were shown into cubicles with inadequate curtains , where they were told to strip completely and put on the clean towelling gowns in there . |
23 | 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 ’ . |
24 | Twice his quarry threw him backward glances , and on the second occasion seemed to slow his pace , as if he might stop and attempt a truce , but then thought better of it and put on an extra turn of speed . |
25 | Luke laughed and put on an English accent : |