Example sentences of "[vb past] [to-vb] on the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To me it seemed to hang on the right lip for at least two seconds before it dropped in . |
| 2 | Towards evening , when the grass started to take on the dry crackle of hay , it was as if the small handshakings were springing up in the meadow . |
| 3 | I 've got one I meant to put on the main agenda and I forgot , and I wrote the agenda . |
| 4 | He reached to switch on the soft bedside light . |
| 5 | Gould would also be reunited with Natty and Jemmy , who he planned to take on the Namoi expedition . |
| 6 | I can even remember when Finnegans Wake was thought to be incomprehensible and the gentleman sitting on my right , George Craig , is almost , but not quite , my contemporary at this university and I was genuinely delighted when he agreed to take on the herculean task of giving a lecture a centenary lecture on James Joyce . |
| 7 | Well he had to switch on the interior light to be able to fill out the form . |
| 8 | ‘ I wanted to carry on the great work that Nick had done and I wanted to broaden the paper 's scope . |