Example sentences of "[vb pp] on [verb] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So the teacher finally asks Peggy , who can be relied on to know the correct answer : |
| 2 | They know she can be relied on to make the big day for her clients sparkle with the perfect glittering accessory . |
| 3 | As late as the eighteenth century some of the most renowned painters of France , Boucher , Lancret and Watteau among them , found it no more beneath them to paint gallant scenes on the artificial eggs presented by the king to members of his court at Easter than Cellini did to be called on to unpick the precious stones from Clement VII 's tiara as the Imperial troops advanced to sack Rome in 1527 . |
| 4 | After two or three fairly neutral coloured inks had been used for the printing — say , brown for the foreground and blue for the sky and more distant scenery — the finishing was by hand , and washes of great subtlety and precision were laid on to give the desired effects . |
| 5 | ‘ Crowds would block a street simply to see Archer leave a hotel and take a cab ; when he married in January 1883 , special trains were laid on to bring the cheering crowds to Newmarket and Cambridge . |
| 6 | Speaking on Feb. 27 , Schwarzkopf confirmed that allied forces could have gone on to take the Iraqi capital had they been so ordered . |
| 7 | It has gone on reducing the fantastic levels of public sector borrowing requirement that were reached under the last Government . |
| 8 | The shy 19-year-old who married the heir to the throne has gone on to shake the British monarchy to its roots . |