Example sentences of "[vb infin] on the [adj] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He will take on the new post of Communications Manager , ‘ leading and co-ordinating all aspects of our public relations ’ , according to Sotheby 's Chairman Lord Gowrie . |
| 2 | Not a happy marriage , and not one that could take on the extra burden of a weeping widowed friend . |
| 3 | The disease causes its victims to waste away and take on the sharp outlines of a statue with the shiny , sickly pallid hue of marble as the disease destroys them . |
| 4 | Under the name DNV Technica , the new company will take on the current operations of the Technica Group and the risk and reliability services of DNV . |
| 5 | Employers could not pass on the extra costs to the consumers either at home or abroad because of international competition — British goods would have been even more expensive than foreign goods . |
| 6 | The new Prime Minister was obliged , yesterday morning , to send a driver to find out the telephone number of one of his key ministers , before Mr Singh could pass on the good news of his appointment . |
| 7 | Wheeler , however , did not always pass on the relevant information to his assistant . |
| 8 | discount because they take in students , but will they pass on the full tax to the students ? |
| 9 | Well wha what he said was he went up there there 's erm could they put on the front wheels to the back and the back wheels to the front did n't say anything the bloke said , well we ca n't charge you . |
| 10 | And after all , what price can you put on the immense satisfaction of taking dew-fresh vegetables to the kitchen within minutes of harvesting them ? |
| 11 | ‘ Oh , do n't put on the brave front for me ! |