Example sentences of "[conj] [vb pp] on [art] [adj] [noun] " 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 | 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 . |
| 3 | Mrs Smith accepted a sherry from her husband and looked resigned about the outcome of the evening and eventually excused herself to see to the dinner , and Mr Smith poured more whiskies and ‘ something harmless ’ for Nutty , which tasted delicious and brought on an amazing feeling of optimism . |
| 4 | Apis mellifera , if put on a horizontal honeycomb , dances just like Apis florica . |
| 5 | It is n't a graphics accelerator , but it 's capable of moving at a decent lick when put on a fast bus . |