Example sentences of "[verb] on a life " in BNC.
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| 1 | Once a project is on a donor 's priority list it takes on a life of its own , and may become unstoppable . |
| 2 | Her novel had remained relevant over two centuries simply because Frankenstein was the archetype of the scientist whose research , pursued in the sacred name of increasing knowledge , takes on a life of its own and causes untold misery before being brought under control . |
| 3 | Next you come to the dark ride where history takes on a life of its own and light , movement and sound come together to give you a realistic living picture of the town and its history . |
| 4 | I may have the idea that makes me start putting the brush strokes down , but at some point the canvas will take on a life of its own and lead me off in a direction I never expected to go . |
| 5 | ‘ Your reflections , ’ Hope cried out to the apparently enraptured merchant , ‘ set off my own — as do all the most acute thoughts , scattering from the hand like seeds , each of which can take on a life of its own , and I confess that I became absorbed in those great matters of morality and commerce raised by your eloquent conversation . ’ |
| 6 | However , if staff are to remain in touch with each other , and the head is to remain in touch with all staff , close attention needs to be paid to communication , and to ensuring that managerial procedures like school philosophies and policy statements remain rooted in day-to-day needs and realities rather than take on a life of their own . |
| 7 | When knowledge becomes formulated into a science , then it does take on a life of its own , often alien to the human spirit that conceived it . ’ |
| 8 | Slowly , but surely , the machine knitting project is taking on a life of its own . |
| 9 | As an example , the Lewis Association was formed in the 1930's , and it took on a life of its own by promoting research and by issuing booklets . |
| 10 | ‘ My sideburns sort of took on a life of their own . |
| 11 | In Aenarion 's hand the Sword of Khaine dripped smouldering blood and the daemonic blade took on a life of its own . |
| 12 | We all spurred and whipped as we reached the bottom of the hill to keep up pace for the snow underfoot made the going heavy , when both Bowyer 's horse and that of Southgate suddenly took on a life of their own . |
| 13 | The snag was , everything had seemed perfectly fine and reasonable written down in black and white — but the book had omitted to mention that on snow the skis took on a life all of their own . |
| 14 | Once this broader scope for mainstream American linguistics was established , pragmatics soon took on a life of its own , for the issues raised are interesting and important in their own right . |
| 15 | Some of the water-pipes in the town of Wilhelmshaven , Germany seem to have taken on a life of their own . |
| 16 | This was a memorandum that seemed to have taken on a life of its own : now here , now there , now one , now several , now alone , now gone , now lurking . |
| 17 | The contracts which western utilities signed in the 1970s and 1980s to reprocess their nuclear waste have taken on a life of their own . |
| 18 | Her houses , too , have taken on a life of their own . |
| 19 | Characteristic of his style is his intensely naturalistic carving of man and nature ; the carved drapery folds seem to take on a life of their own . |
| 20 | Although strongly influenced by Dicey , the tradition comes to take on a life of its own . |
| 21 | Maggie put her hands up to push him away but as soon as they touched his skin her palms seemed to take on a life of their own , moving over the strong muscles , her fingers wanting to curl in the crisp black hair that lightly covered his chest . |