Example sentences of "[verb] on some [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For once the Lovejoy actor 's old-fashioned charm deserted him as he plucked up courage to pass on some advice on her marriage lines . |
| 2 | I am writing to you to pass on some information regarding Clown Loaches . |
| 3 | It may disintegrate on impact or , if it survives that , it may carry on some distance under water . |
| 4 | If rebates are extensive this takes on some aspects of an income tax too . |
| 5 | You would take on some responsibility immediately for particular areas and additional responsibilities are available to those with the ability and enthusiasm to take them on . |
| 6 | Then , as the young composer experiments at his consoles and keyboards , taking on some meat , becoming stronger , deeper . |
| 7 | He admits that in the Eighties the card took on some people who were not quite of the calibre of its existing client portfolio . |
| 8 | Having reluctantly cleared me of the charge of indulging in orgies with my entire sales force , you seem to have got it into your head that Lexy and I are carrying on some kind of affair . |
| 9 | Firstly , there were contracts restraining a person from carrying on some trade or business ; these were clearly subject to the doctrine . |
| 10 | There is a suspicion — no more than that — of which I have no clear evidence , that blanket decisions are taken on some applications . |
| 11 | In an age when insurance against all forms of liability is commonplace , it is surely not surprising or unjust if law makes persons who carry on some kinds of hazardous undertakings liable for the harm they do , unless they can excuse or justify it on some recognisable ground . ’ |
| 12 | He misses a risky plant , I take on some banana , and win on the pink . |
| 13 | If paragliders can at least get away with their sport when safely airborne , since they then take on some element of grace and beauty , the mountain biker will always look a clod . |
| 14 | But , so far away , might not her anxiety lighten , take on some perspective ? |
| 15 | All six degrees of freedom are seen to take on some zone of possible position or angle . |
| 16 | The first ( firm A ) is a levered firm and the second ( firm B ) is an unlevered firm which decides to take on some leverage by issuing a bond . |