Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] on [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In this strange institution we did not even know all the people who worked in the same room as ourselves , as the action went on twenty-four hours a day , and we were on duty on varying shifts . |
| 2 | He admits that in the Eighties the card took on some people who were not quite of the calibre of its existing client portfolio . |
| 3 | Woodhill Echo went on last year to win a £1,000 open at Brough Park before finishing third in the Scottish Derby . |
| 4 | The front doors were almost bare of paint and shadows cast by the gas flame took on weird shapes . |
| 5 | Even when no political or social statement was intended , the most abstruse philosophical inquiry , the most obscure historical research , the narrowest psychological study took on political meaning . |
| 6 | Very few husbands took on any household chores . |
| 7 | Suddenly the one-off singles deal took on lengthier proportions and a second single was chosen from the pack . |
| 8 | The roof went on first . |
| 9 | Its counterpart on Ermine Street was a two-phase structure , beginning life as a building measuring 25.9 by 13.1 m ( 84½ by 43 ft ) , with a shingled roof carried on two rows of massive posts 5.8 m ( 19ft ) apart . |
| 10 | Above Dorothea 's head , six new , blue mugs hung on six newly-erected hooks , for Florence Ames thought of all things and was constantly suggesting improvements — not that she insisted upon them or took anything in hand , only looked and suggested and then left the idea to be considered , accepted or rejected . |
| 11 | But adjustment went on all the same because it was the only way of making yourself tolerate a condition which you loathed . |
| 12 | In the Jon Hollingworth Inter-Departmental cup finals at Hammersmith , ITD took on Environmental in a battle for this year 's honours . |
| 13 | While Hewitt 's decision to use this term is based partly on his belief that there is no characteristic variety of English used solely by ethnic Caribbeans , it is also motivated by the lack of symbolic meaning attached to this variety : it was not the case that the London English of young blacks took on any specialized symbolic meaning of race or ethnicity . |
| 14 | In the far South-west , Cornish mining took on female labour to a degree unusual in the southern part of the country . |
| 15 | As a result , the worst excesses of feudal exploitation carried on unchecked . |
| 16 | I move that the minutes of the meeting of the council held on thirtieth of June nineteen ninety three , copies of which have been circulated to members , to be taken as read , confirmed and signed . |
| 17 | Not for him Classical decoration hung on utilitarian steel or concrete frames . |
| 18 | A big , unframed abstract hung on one wall , its colours echoing the cream and tan of the rest of the room . |
| 19 | The usage of ‘ race ’ during the September-October 1985 period took on new meanings , which had little if anything to do with the impact of racism as such , since the emphasis was on the cultural characteristics of the minority communities themselves . |
| 20 | The question of access to the US public utility market in areas such as transport took on new interest with Mr Clinton 's plan to increase investment in areas such as high-speed railways and other transit systems as part of his recovery plan . |
| 21 | Although Clive & Stokes took on one partner from Barker , Peter Bingham ( who had been personnel Director of Bowater ) , the strategy was not successful and in 1986 the connection with Barker was severed . |
| 22 | Last year Rover took on 30 apprentices at Swindon and this year the figure will be 64 . |
| 23 | The underframes carried on six-wheeled bogies were identical . |
| 24 | In that case the appellant rendering company and their predecessors had for many years carried on various offensive trades , namely blood boiling , bone boiling , fat extracting , fat melting , tallow melting and tripe boiling , without concealment , to the knowledge of the local authority and under the control of their inspectors . |
| 25 | Er it spoilt it a bit when that guy in the glasses came on half way through . |
| 26 | Miranda walked on next to Miles . |
| 27 | Increasingly the Scots were coming to feel that they had benefited little from the establishment of the new regime in 1689 , and as a result Jacobitism north of the border took on nationalistic overtones . |
| 28 | Similar soviets had emerged in other cities earlier in the year , but that of St Petersburg took on unique importance . |
| 29 | When the lights went on five minutes later , we were still all lying on the floor . |
| 30 | In the first decades of the twentieth century sex education took on great importance within public debate . |