Example sentences of "[vb infin] on a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But investors who have clung on grimly for the past five years should hang on a while longer . |
| 2 | Do you , do you wish to , hang on a minute Hughie . |
| 3 | Er can you hang on a minute Simon ? |
| 4 | Er can you hang on a minute ? |
| 5 | Can you hang on a minute ? |
| 6 | Can you hang on a minute , Bedge ? |
| 7 | everywhere , things like that , so , well I 'll hang on a bit then |
| 8 | If you 'd like to just hang on a second I want to this little . |
| 9 | A successful tour is the priority — the icing on the cake would come if wife , Wendy , could hang on a week or so for the birth of their second child due a month before the end of the tour . ‘ |
| 10 | He said he had taken Kurlovich to Barcelona aware of the positive test and fearful disclosure might bring on a dope scandal similar to the Bulgarian one which shook the 1988 Games . |
| 11 | For many people , the mere fact of entering a Home can bring on a bout of incontinence . |
| 12 | However , these two activites tend to be associated with addictions and personality difficulties in the patient and to require them to give up these things can often be counterproductive , since compliance may well bring on a withdrawal syndrome , and failure can lead to anxiety and guilt . |
| 13 | While the formation of this ugly , bumpy skin condition is closely related to the hormonal system , which is in turn adversely affected by stress , Danielle maintains that ‘ nervousness , tension , frustration , shock , anger and so forth can all bring on a cellulite condition . |
| 14 | I might carry on a bit tomorrow . |
| 15 | Role-play might carry on a topic begun through the use of stories . |
| 16 | Everything is made to change just in the nick of time , and even the return letter office suspends its laws that Jane Eyre may carry on a tale with effect . |
| 17 | Three conditions must be satisfied before a charge to tax can arise under section 14 : ( 1 ) the taxpayer must carry on a trade , profession or business in Hong Kong ; ( 2 ) the profits to be charged must be ‘ from such trade , profession or business , ’ which their Lordships construe to mean from the trade , profession or business carried on by the taxpayer in Hong Kong ; ( 3 ) the profits must be ‘ profits arising in or derived from ’ Hong Kong . |
| 18 | Can now , can we actually move on a bit because , that has been very valuable what you said , but in fairness to Mr Maxwell it also has to be said does n't it that up until he stole these assets er this process of throwing organisations , peoples monies into a spin dryer and pulling them out of different sort of sequences was something he regularly did and we 've had witnesses to say how well he did manage the funds and how they grew , whether when they should sell stock and when they should n't sell stock and so on . |
| 19 | Gregory argues that if God did not take on a humanity like ours , then we are not redeemed ; for it was through sharing our humanity that Christ redeemed it . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | 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 . ’ |
| 24 | If they belong to the party that wins power they may well take on a government office of some kind . |
| 25 | There will be a competition between the two gates to process this information and one output will take on a Logic 1 state before the other . |
| 26 | You should not take on a case if you or your firm has a conflict of interest . |
| 27 | He can take on a back row and come out trumps , giving good ball sooner or later for his backs to benefit . |
| 28 | I could take on a Gladiator and probably beat them ! ’ ’ |
| 29 | For mothers faced with the task of reconciling an inadequate income with the health needs of their children , small additional sources of income can take on a significance disproportionate to their size . |
| 30 | Third , we assume that visionary style can take on a variety of different forms . |