Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It had not originally been intended to carry on the research after that date , but it was so successful that finding was obtained to set up a panel study . |
| 2 | " After some discussion it was arranged to carry on the Winter Meetings fortnightly as last year . |
| 3 | What 's Karen got hanging on the washing line erm are we up are we up for erm the Bare Naked Ladies there I think we are . |
| 4 | In a number of legal systems there is a presumption that the property in identified goods is intended to pass on the making of the contract , in others , only on delivery . |
| 5 | I agreed to pass on the message as I was on my way to Make-up . ’ |
| 6 | The temptation to stay in town for a curry or a Schwarzenegger film , or both , can seriously disrupt that urge to carry on the journey up the 277 summits . |
| 7 | ‘ She wants to pass on the message that the world is still a great place despite everything . |
| 8 | He has carried on the good work this term and is well on the way to establishing himself in the top 10 with 16 wins in the current campaign . |
| 9 | They also failed to take him seriously , and made him angry , but he has carried on the struggle . |
| 10 | His widow , Mrs Mercy Rimer , has carried on the tradition these past few years , but this season will be her last . |
| 11 | The quicker heat escapes from your hot water tank , the more often you will need to switch on the water heating to warm it up . |
| 12 | ‘ I 'm not saying I did n't lift my arm and I 'm sorry for the embarrassment it has brought on the club and our supporters . |
| 13 | This will be very unsatisfactory , so is there anyone nearer to Horndean who would consider taking on the task ? ’ |
| 14 | AS THE title of his admirable autobiography — Jousting with Giants — admits , Jim McLean has always enjoyed taking on the Scottish game 's major forces . |
| 15 | Passey and Melosh suggest taking on the basis of their investigations of crater fields . |
| 16 | The multitude of Madonnas for Italian worship in the Renaissance made this a fruitful theme for connoisseurship which has taken on the task of distinguishing authentic works from those by followers or copyists . |
| 17 | With no qualifications and precious little experience , she has taken on the job of Princess of Wales and is turning it into a significant career — and at the same time has brought up two small boys . |
| 18 | To prove his point he has taken on the legal profession and , with no legal training whatsoever , tied judges in such knots they have overruled each other . |
| 19 | Mark Jones , the exhibition 's curator , has taken on the dual task of tracing the history of forgery from archaic Babylon to contemporary California , while at the same time tracing the history of how forgery is understood . |
| 20 | Matthew Spender ( son of the poet Stephen ) has taken on the harder task of writing about Tuscany from within . |
| 21 | Recently , Tina Benson , the captain 's sister , has taken on the role of marketing manager . |
| 22 | A local trust has now been set up to champion the restoration of the landscape ; and the Landmark Trust has taken on the principal building , the splendid banqueting house , constructed with three great arches , overlooking the valley like one of the fountains of baroque Rome . |
| 23 | For me the transcendent landscape has taken on the aspect of patterned fields , or small patches of flower beds . |
| 24 | If some kind person could send us a copy I have some very keen would-be knitters who would be extremely grateful , not least myself who has taken on the task of teaching them . |
| 25 | By the halfway stage he has taken on the slightly desperate , bloodshot aspect of the tragic hero about to be engulfed by the forces he has unleashed : ‘ I shall resolutely ignore everything but the skeletal essentials of my theme , ’ he declares ( ‘ Off , off you lendings ! ’ ) . |
| 26 | She has taken on the sophisticated royal machine and beaten it at its own game . |
| 27 | A consistent feature of unpaid caring , demonstrated by all the available detailed studies , is that once a particular relative has taken on the responsibility for the care of an elderly or handicapped person they get rather limited support , if any , from other relatives or friends . |
| 28 | In his day he has taken on the big guns of industry , commercialised culture and of whole countries ( who can easily forget his devastating portrait of Mrs Thatcher and the fawning Saatchi brothers ? ) . |
| 29 | The organization of women in the controlled zones varies considerably depending on the region : either one of the women 's organizations has taken on the task or there may be a women 's committee of the Popular Power Council . |
| 30 | Matthew A. has taken on the notion of drafting , of provisionality , better than the others . |