Example sentences of "[adv prt] the [noun sg] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | But now it appears thieves are being increasingly interested in taking on the hole in the wall and that means bigger and heavier vehicles to do it . |
| 2 | I thought about it for the prescribed two days , chanting , ‘ How do I get her to sign the form ? — How do I get her to sign the form ? ’ , then switched on the wireless in the middle of a biblical play about Moses and God 's voice boomed out of the speakers : |
| 3 | Bronson will return to the role of Paul Kersey to take on the Mafia in the latest sequel to the vigilante saga . |
| 4 | He said decisions were likely to be taken on the treaty in the New Year . |
| 5 | Mother carried on the tradition in our house and she was a talented musician . |
| 6 | In the year 1990–91 , Innovation 's Franklin business was worth £1.2 million out of their total turnover of £4 million and since taking on the distributorship in 1987 they claim to have sold close to 300,000 units of Franklin product . |
| 7 | But Alexander and his friend Christine ( who performs something of the Rat 's role as aide-de-camp ) carry on the quest in the spirit of the junior adventure of the 1930s , with the equipment proper to their years of curiosity , keen eyes and perseverance . |
| 8 | She took on the alias in a bid to avoid publicity when dealing with her solicitor Paul Butner . |
| 9 | In cases where the respondent is a non-governmental body , it may be possible to ask whether there is evidence that if the respondent had not taken on the function in question , the government would have . |
| 10 | There was a small mirror hanging on the door in which she combed her hair ; a woman liked to look her best even at work . |
| 11 | Suddenly the memory of the négligé hanging on the door in Luke 's house and Elise 's painting in the corridor outside his room struck a chill . |
| 12 | This provides a classic instance of a president taking on the legislature in the most important of policy areas and succeeding in imposing his will . |
| 13 | The farmers are carrying on the work in defiance both of cantonal regulations and a supreme court injunction ordering them to stop . |
| 14 | When convocation met in December 1373 even the prelates were alienated from the crown , or at least from Gaunt and those who carried on the government in the king 's name : the attempt to levy an unprecedented tax of £50,000 in 1371 had aroused great resentment , aggravated in the next year when , in an effort to speed its collection , all the bishops of the southern province had their temporalities seized . |
| 15 | All of this does not mitigate well for a prospective owner to take on the airframe in an easily-delivered and/or operational manner . |
| 16 | Hastily he redirected his attention towards the circular screen that he had hung on the wall in place of an oil painting of some horned , scaly jungle monster . |
| 17 | Rather : thin muslin sheets of brown and red were being pulled past his eyes , patterned like the blankets woven by the women , patterned like the rug that hung on the wall in his daughter 's room . |
| 18 | It was hanging on the wall in the sitting-room but she had n't seen it the night before . |
| 19 | Jaq switched on the magnetics in his boots to give him purchase for possible combat . |
| 20 | These failures arose not only from Edward 's lack of adequate financial resources , but also from the effectiveness of Philip VI 's resistance and the reluctance of the English to take on the French in pitched battle , as the stand-off at Buironfosse showed . |
| 21 | President Boris Yeltsin had taken on the premiership in October [ see p. 38537 ] . |
| 22 | But Thamesdown councillors are worried that few private companies will want to take on the project in the depths of a recession . |
| 23 | At first in Africa , and later on the treadmill in the field station in Massachusetts , Taylor measured the oxygen consumption of a wide range of species when running , or hopping , or walking , or galloping , at different speeds . |
| 24 | I switched on the light in the bedroom . |
| 25 | I switched on the light in the hall . |
| 26 | I stepped forward and switched on the light in the kitchen . |
| 27 | I did not switch on the light in case it should dazzle her . |
| 28 | Then she had to imagine switching on the light in that cupboard under the stairs and taking a couple of steps forward so that she was just inside — but with the door open to the hall and with the knowledge that she only had to take a single large step back to be out there again . |
| 29 | The frown was back between his eyes as I put on the light in my room . |
| 30 | Behind him , Ilse switched on the light in the kitchen . |