Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun] [to-vb] on the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 1971 the CNAA gave evidence to the James Committee expressing its willingness to take on the validation of the Teachers Certificate if there was a need for it to do so . |
| 2 | While waiting for her passengers as they inspected isolated gun-sites on windswept clifftops and rocky promontories , Liza was urged by her passengers to switch on the car engine to keep herself warm , however much she knew this procedure to be frowned upon by her direct superiors at Command Headquarters . |
| 3 | In a fast moving industry they fear that , unless they are continuously involved in development work , their skills will deteriorate , and this will affect not only their future earning power , but also their ability to take on the sort of work they enjoy . |
| 4 | I am not sure about the precise details , but I do believe than when Great-Grandfather Tallentire became old and decided to retire he refused to allow his sons to carry on the licence . |
| 5 | You need your Warlord near his troops to pass on the benefits of his leadership and to get stuck in alongside the Boyz . |
| 6 | CAMBRIDGE 'S caretaker-manager Gary Johnson is being backed by his players to take on the job full-time . |
| 7 | But he died rather young , leaving his widow to carry on the farm and bring up their three children . |
| 8 | Catherine and Davidson were left in his office to carry on the conversation , and while Davidson was finding her some more coffee , Catherine turned the photograph on John McLeish 's desk to look at it . |