Example sentences of "[vb base] [verb] on [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We want to put on a good performance , and I believe we can win this one if we adopt a positive attitude . ’ |
| 2 | I was knocked out by how brilliant it was when I first read it eight years ago , and now I want to put on a national tour and direct it . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ I enjoy taking on the big battalions , ’ he says . |
| 4 | On the other hand ( or foot ) , consider putting on the right shoe ( R ) and then the left one ( L ) . |
| 5 | Injury doubt , Mark Hateley will also play , as Rangers begin to take on a menacing look again . |
| 6 | If the patient 's lips , tongue or face take on a purply-bluish tint . |
| 7 | We like putting on a good show . |
| 8 | ‘ They give us a sense of achievement too because we like to take on a caring role and feel responsible . |
| 9 | Like I like to bring on a good horse properly . |
| 10 | As the original solute is successively diluted , so the mirroring , shape-specific water polymers build up and continue to pass on the shape-encoded information to successive potencies long after the original starting material has been diluted out . |
| 11 | Do carry on the good work , in September with encouragement to all new people in your class , and in January with the renewal of your own membership . |
| 12 | Welcome back : Coming up shortly , the ghostwatchers who 've taken on a whole houseful of spirits . |
| 13 | What Butthole Surfers have done , what made and makes them so crucial , is that they 've taken on the sonic possibilities bequeathed still unexplored and underdeveloped by acid rock but have jettisoned many of the disabling attitudes that originally trammelled that music — sophistication , expertise , the counter-cultural impulse to edify . |
| 14 | ’ Checked other stuff , an' the mechs 've put on a new hull section , sealed in nice . |
| 15 | I 've , I 've put on an awful lot of weight . |
| 16 | There 's a pier here which we 've put on the new map erm and this is south promenade . |
| 17 | The postmodern obsession with ‘ surfaces ’ could also link to the more general and growing indeterminacy of the middle classes who need to put on a Goffman-like front in order to impose their ‘ nominative powers ’ . |
| 18 | These will be handy when they need to put on the pink tie to go to the youth club disco . |
| 19 | ‘ You have taken on a great responsibility , ’ the turtle told her . |
| 20 | The recruits themselves have taken on a new air of self-confidence . |
| 21 | Undeniably the birth certificates of such as Jeff Probyn , Wade Dooley , Mike Teague and Peter Winterbottom have taken on a new significance since 4.30pm on Saturday . |
| 22 | FIVE war veterans have taken on a new challenge producing a regular news booklet for their fellow medal holders . |
| 23 | Even though the certificates have taken on a different appearance , their structure remains the same . |
| 24 | I suspect it is no accident the politics of the times seems to parallel the growing toughness of the police image , or that the police have taken on an increasing resemblance to the black-clothed enemies of goodness who sprinkle the popular science fantasy films such as Star Wars , Superman , and the like . |
| 25 | Preparations for bonfire night have taken on an extra sparkle at one Kincardine school . |
| 26 | They have taken on the single-seat Broburn Wanderlust sailplane stored since the mid-1940s at Farnborough , Hants . |
| 27 | Multico have taken on the British marketing rights for the Delta range of machinery . |
| 28 | BRITAIN 's first solar-powered lavatories have switched on the National Trust to cutting its £2.5 million power bill by using more ‘ green energy ’ . |
| 29 | Then allow your goal or Dream to take on a symbolic form , and appear on the grass in front of you . |
| 30 | If you are the victim of a game refuse to take on the bad feeling it leaves you with . |