Example sentences of "[verb] on [art] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you are a reasonably good rider and can get experienced help , you may enjoy bringing on a just broken four-year old — though youngsters with potential ( whether obvious or in the current owner 's imagination ) can carry big price tags . |
| 2 | She sits on a little wooden bench , and seems to be engaged in animated conversation with the empty space beside her . |
| 3 | His picture sits on a little wooden cabinet in the lounge , a young man wearing a denim jacket and a hint of a smile . |
| 4 | Perhaps it goes on a little too long and the sweetness can tend to cloy , but it was beautifully played . |
| 5 | I wandered on a little further , catching glimpses through the trees of a deep valley and hills beyond . |
| 6 | This will also bring on a much earlier crop as well as a damage free one . |
| 7 | What I was holding out for hung on a pretty slender thread and I could n't let my life be dominated by it . |
| 8 | The three winners ' works will be hung on the apparently dreary corridors of the BBC Television Centre . |
| 9 | The only problem is that you might just carry on a little too normally . |
| 10 | ‘ This first phase of our Skerneside Revival will carry on the very important initiative of the Railside Revival . ’ |
| 11 | erm I 've always believed that consistency is an overrated virtue so I 'm not gon na criticise the Conservatives for changing their minds but you have to ask yourself why is this recorded on the agenda today when the sub-committee , planning sub- committee has already met and discussed these matters and things have moved on a little further Well we we really have to look at how the resolution in this paragraph came about in the first place . |
| 12 | If you hit your stride and get a rhythm going , you may feel comfortable going on a little longer than the minimum times . |
| 13 | or the team is first to identify the word in any hang on , hang on the only the time the die is rolled to advance the token is when a word is identified within the one minute time limit comma or a team is first to identify the word in any all play situation . |
| 14 | Bathsheba said confusedly , ‘ Good evening , ’ and walked on a little further . |
| 15 | SIR — Your headline ‘ Kohl criticises Turkey ’ ( April 3 ) takes on a rather special meaning for those who realise that kohl in German means cabbage . |
| 16 | Fighting , which is primarily between mature males , takes on a much more serious tone . |
| 17 | ‘ Pollution ’ here takes on a much more precise and public character since sample results can be displayed and compared by field staff with the discharger 's consent , whose parameters and limits mark out in a formal sense the degree to which the agency itself is prepared to tolerate pollution . |
| 18 | Swanning around takes on a very different meaning in the American art and antiques market . |
| 19 | Further on , the idea of being a gentleman takes on a very hard and unromantic shape . |
| 20 | The only gain from what at times were acrimonious exchanges may be that the British Boxing Board of Control will renew its vigilance in the protection of its licensed boxers , before a campaign to stop boxing takes on a more menacing shape for those involved in the business . |
| 21 | I will argue that a major readjustment needs to be made whereby the researcher takes on a more participative role working with and alongside practitioners and clients . |
| 22 | TRAINING CENTRE TAKES ON A MORE COMPETITIVE EDGE |
| 23 | Dasbabu is still the boss in Bhagyanagar but nowadays takes on a more laid-back attitude to village affairs . |
| 24 | More stylish , more chic , more exciting than ever before , this spring afro hair takes on a totally new shape ! |
| 25 | The body of a cat when hunting takes on a quite different demeanour to that of the same pussy when out for an idle stroll or with some other intention in mind . |
| 26 | The scenery up here has been arresting so far ; now it takes on an unexpectedly serene beauty . |
| 27 | For one critic , the finale of Scriabin 's Fourth Sonata becomes in Gavrilov 's hands ‘ like foaming sunlight ’ and Ravel 's Gaspard takes on an altogether new drama and menace : ‘ suddenly ‘ Ondine ’ has claws , and in ‘ Scarbo ’ the knives were out ’ . |
| 28 | Compositional autonomy is closed off in the sphere of avant-garde negation , while commodity musical production takes on an increasingly standardized character , coupling formula and fetishized effect in both ‘ serious ’ and ‘ popular ’ markets . |
| 29 | Overhead fluorescent lights and mirrored columns prove beyond doubt that M&S have a deal with top Harley Street plastic surgeons — and ‘ Shall I take your bags , madam ? ’ takes on an entirely different meaning . |
| 30 | Overhead fluorescent lights and mirrored columns prove beyond doubt that M & S have a deal with top Harley Street plastic surgeons — and ‘ Shall I take your bags , madam ? ’ takes on an entirely different meaning . |