Example sentences of "[adv] [v-ing] on [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She sat on the edge of his bedding , leaving her hand where it was , the physical contact suddenly taking on a new meaning . |
| 2 | The child who is cast in role as abbot of the cathedral is not identifying with some fictitious character called ‘ Abbot ’ , he is merely taking on an abbot 's function vis-à-vis the situation of being in charge of other people in the community , just as the football captain in a game is not playing a ‘ character ’ of a football captain , he is functioning in the required role of being in charge of his team . |
| 3 | " It 's gone It 's not hanging on the peg . |
| 4 | defiance of house rules ( e.g. breaking rules about playing with matches , about not switching on the TV before the children 's programmes begin , about sitting at the table until the meal is finished , or about not taking food out of the fridge without permission ) ; |
| 5 | Well the other thing that 's in the back of my mind is I happen to know that Cath is just taking on a new worker |
| 6 | The hurricane would never blow itself out ; and at its eye was a figure already taking on the lineaments of a familiar enough twentieth-century ‘ type ’ , the male-dominated , passion-ridden female so well-known to the readers of the novels of Barbara Cartland . |
| 7 | The Cabriolet was already taking on an adaptable demeanour , but when I hit the distortion channel things became serious ; these humbuckers are capable of some pretty heavy stuff . |
| 8 | The compromise nevertheless allowed individual member states to diverge from this target , with the UK retaining its less ambitious aim of reaching the target by 2005 rather than 2000 , and Greece , Ireland , Portugal and Spain also not taking on a 2000 target for their individual performance . |
| 9 | A syndrome — which was to recur again and again , from ABC to Age of Chance — of indie bands lashing other indie bands for their defeatism in not taking on the mainstream , was inaugurated . |
| 10 | Clause 4.2 of Precedent 1 deals with the matter by not taking on the obligation to deliver to a specific date in the first place . |
| 11 | In respect of yearly interest paid to " foreign banks " not carrying on a bona fide banking business in the UK , Newco will not be entitled to deduct its interest payments as charges on income ( and will therefore not be eligible for group relief for them ) unless it complies with the withholding tax requirements of s349 or applies to do so pursuant to a relevant double tax treaty ( see s338(4) ) ; ( e ) deciding on the method which Newco will adopt to meet its obligations to pay interest on its borrowings and dividends on its share capital , and agreeing distribution policies in respect of the ordinary and preferred ordinary shares ; ( f ) deciding on the type of debt securities which Newco will issue . |
| 12 | Probably publicans were just carrying on an old tradition of involvement in popular sports . |
| 13 | He took a handkerchief from the pocket of his trousers which were still hanging on a hook behind him . |
| 14 | We got back home and everything was still hanging on the walls , but there was more missing from the store . |
| 15 | She sees her wig and familiar clothing , dry now , still hanging on the backs of chairs to one side of a dead fire . |
| 16 | The phone startled her when it rang , so engrossed was she , but Rebecca answered it , her voice quickly taking on a distracted note . |
| 17 | You are still putting on The Non-objective World shows , are n't you ? |
| 18 | Mr Mellor was a great individualist , always putting on a good performance for the cameras , but he put himself before the Cabinet team . |
| 19 | In the twenties , Mr. Cripps , described by A.G. Street as the ‘ prince of grocers ’ , was still carrying on the old established business . |
| 20 | The F T Associates which is er includes the Economist in Spain was up a lot and Westminster Press was er was down , but of course Westminster Press took a major redundancy charge , they were also bringing on a new plant at Brighton and therefore running two plants simultaneously which is very costly er and they launched on Sunday . |
| 21 | Also hanging on the back of the door was the hot water-bottle that his Mum filled for him when he had tonsilitis . |
| 22 | However , having carelessly left the shed unlocked , our mower and strimmer were stolen and , as we are both getting on a bit , we decided we would take up the lawn and put down gravel instead . |
| 23 | Secondly , by temporarily switching on the auto-assessment of DCs facility for each package and the packages referencing it . |
| 24 | It might seem a little crazy to move house rather than decorate the kitchen , and then finish up taking on an almost derelict house instead . |
| 25 | If the function is seen as the delivery of a service to carers and hence taking on the role of respite care rather than that of aiming for functional improvement then this could have import for the type of staff , ie specifically trained , ratio of staff and the drawing of expertise from other fields , ie occupational therapists . |
| 26 | If you are waiting for post-feminists to hasten to your rescue , girding their loins and hairy-leggedly taking on the Viz comics and Dennis Potters of this world on your behalf , I would suggest that you do n't hold your breath . |
| 27 | Entomology was also taking on an economic role as its application to pest control became evident . |
| 28 | Now moving on a little bit further , I know the talk said that I was only going up to er to , but I 'm just going a little bit further . |
| 29 | In the religious paraphernalia and artwork of their culture , we see a religion half formed , with elusive nature spirits appearing and disappearing in all kinds of manifestations , now taking on the status of a fully-fledged deity , now evaporating into an atavistic mist . |
| 30 | In the years up to 1945 , forty-eight boys learnt woodwork , tailoring , engineering and many other trades , often carrying on the work traditional to their families . |