Example sentences of "[verb] on [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Well , ’ he said finally , helping her to walk with Matey 's assistance , ‘ I have heard of the ladies ’ sewing circle accused of many things , but never of bringing on a swoon . |
| 2 | Dadda only smoked when he was contented and then he would get through forty or fifty a day , bringing on a cough and staining his fingers yellow-brown . |
| 3 | To add some sort of spice , someone has had the bright idea of bringing on the JB Horns . |
| 4 | Harris , his coachman , was up on the driving box , while Lord John 's groom and valet were bringing on the saddle horses behind . |
| 5 | Not all positions were as healthy as others , for 4,700 feet ( 1,400m ) up Tata-Mailau mountain a Section post was established that needed a fresh 16 men every week , the cold — Tata-Mailau is 9,000 feet ( nearly 3,000 metres ) high — bringing on the malaria latent in almost every man of the Companies . |
| 6 | The same can probably be claimed for those who for reasons which had little to do with humanitarian concern — fearing Jewish revenge in the event of a lost war , or blaming Hitler for bringing on the war through attacking the Jews , attitudes which of course themselves betrayed the influence of Nazi ‘ Jewish conspiracy ’ propaganda — were voicing criticism of Nazi anti Jewish policy . |
| 7 | Well , she went and got the Deputy Head and she was a bit upset about it , and then after that our biology group was chopped right down , more or less cut in half , and most of the boys went somewhere else to do their biology while the rest of us stayed with that teacher and we got on a lot better then , you know . |
| 8 | He goes on a bit … ’ |
| 9 | Goes on a bit thick . |
| 10 | So you 've got the children tomorrow lunchtime , you 've got the band tomorrow evening , but the library exhibition goes on a bit longer ? |
| 11 | It goes on a lot better than Amy 's . |
| 12 | And it goes on , it goes on every night right ? |
| 13 | Goes on an hour |
| 14 | it goes , it goes on an hour |
| 15 | Booz , Allen & Hamilton was forced to close down its executive search division in 1980 , when serious problems surfaced as a result of trying to carry on a recruiting business whilst at the same time having 3000 management consultancy clients on their books , who were more or less off-limits from the point of view of providing candidates for headhunting . |
| 16 | When she first begins to talk , she uses two different types of speech : egocentric speech , a kind of monologue , when she chatters on without bothering to know whom she is speaking to or even whether they are listening ; and socialized speech , a sign of growing maturity and decentring , when she tries to carry on a conversation , reacting to what the other person says . |
| 17 | It is pretty difficult to carry on a conversation like that , let alone write a scientific paper . |
| 18 | Once authorisation to carry on a banking business has been granted by the home member state to a bank in accordance with the Community 's essential requirements , the Community legislative approach is to require the host country in which the bank may wish to provide cross-border services or establish a branch to recognise the validity of that authorisation , and to allow it to do so without making additional ‘ authorisation ’ requirements to the bank . |
| 19 | The benefit of planning permission to carry on a business from premises is normally lost by a subsequent change of use of those premises . |
| 20 | Treaty , freely to carry on a business . |
| 21 | He faced a prison sentence , and in his eagerness to keep his client out of prison , defending QC Mr Christmas Humphreys claimed that Trevor had been overworking and was drinking ‘ to give him the energy to carry on a task that was almost more than he could bear ’ . |
| 22 | If they were found worthy they were given help , including cash and the tools to carry on a trade , help in finding a job and regular visitation and advice until they could ‘ stand on their own feet ’ . |
| 23 | This argument was rejected on the basis that , from its formation , Newco 's wider purpose was to carry on a trade and that was why it was acquiring the business . |
| 24 | It 's a peculiar way to carry on a war , is n't it ? |
| 25 | It begins to sound from this description that it 's I twelve which is a bit of a dinosaur , a a dodo , that this is a county trying to carry on a thing which has probably passed its sell by date , that er it is n't fair to say that I five is primarily for industry , erm that is n't what the law says it is . |
| 26 | The bronze was cast in standard ingots that were about 0.9 metres long with inward-curving sides that made them easier to carry on the shoulder , as shown on one of the contemporary Egyptian tomb paintings depicting Minoan emissaries . |
| 27 | " After some discussion it was arranged to carry on the Winter Meetings fortnightly as last year . |
| 28 | In such fields a double need arises : to harmonise licensing requirements for companies intending to carry on the activities in question , and to establish essential standards for the prudential supervision of companies providing financial services . |
| 29 | Then she applied more make-up , and lifted her chin , ready to carry on the act of being happy . |
| 30 | Mr Patten played Cinderella last night and cancelled a private engagement to carry on the polishing while Margaret went to the Blue Ball . |