Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] on a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So hang on a minute right . |
| 2 | We all spurred and whipped as we reached the bottom of the hill to keep up pace for the snow underfoot made the going heavy , when both Bowyer 's horse and that of Southgate suddenly took on a life of their own . |
| 3 | This tiny scrap suddenly took on a personality . |
| 4 | A lone mercenary thinks he 's tough enough to take on a bunch of macho gun-toting enemy soldiers ( who are probably so 'ard they eat shredded wheat , box and all , for brekky ) . |
| 5 | Because I mind our Dad saying : ‘ She 'd do better to take on a class o' twelve-years-olds than take on Walter Machin ! ’ |
| 6 | If a defendant merely carries on a hobby , e. g. of buying , refurbishing and re-selling cars , a court might find that a transaction made in pursuance of the hobby , e.g. when he sells one of the refurbished cars , is not ‘ in the course of a trade or business , ’ Blackmore v. Belamy ( 1983 D. C. ) . |
| 7 | If you 'd like to just hang on a second I want to this little . |
| 8 | We w we was partnerships you see well when our place collapsed they carried on just carried on a bit because they were connected with Japan . |
| 9 | Just hold on a bit , wo n't you ? |
| 10 | Just hang on a second . " |
| 11 | Just hang on a minute . |
| 12 | Well er just hang on a minute I think |
| 13 | No , no we 're , just hang on a minute |
| 14 | Oh right erm to be honest I do n't , the guy who set all that up has moved company , I 'm just taking over the , the care of them really , unless erm Mr said anything , erm erm , yes if you would , er just hang on a minute , erm he 's got someone in |
| 15 | ‘ Just hang on a moment , ’ said Certes . |
| 16 | Just hang on a sec . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | You should not take on a case if you or your firm has a conflict of interest . |
| 19 | The fashionable discussion of incentives usually overlooks what may be one of the more potent of the disincentives operating on the productivity of the British labour force : the anticipation of domesticity , discouraging young women from seeking training and employers and educational institutions from providing it , even to women who do not take on a family or a traditional role within one . |
| 20 | The last one we had we had a budget of ten thousand pounds the company which did it said that it would normally not take on a project of that sort of cost but they found a junior member of staff to take it on and the end product I mean that 's going back nearly five years now , was quite er acceptable and welcome but now it it looks very much out , the force has been reorganised , we need to give it a new look . |
| 21 | Rory did not switch on a light , but strode to the window and jerked back the drapes . |
| 22 | If other readers have been victims of con tricks why not pass on a warning to others through our Letters Page ? |
| 23 | Once this broader scope for mainstream American linguistics was established , pragmatics soon took on a life of its own , for the issues raised are interesting and important in their own right . |
| 24 | Instead , he rationalized his thoughts and justified himself Adam probably — indeed , almost certainly — knew nothing about the find in the pine wood , but Adam had once owned the house and had thus taken on a responsibility . |
| 25 | ‘ Manchester United have not taken on a troublemaker or an enfant terrible — they have bought a personality and a man capable of magic in his boots . ’ |
| 26 | We wrote these extraordinary shows , and then I just put on a dinner-jacket , started singing and gave them up . ’ |
| 27 | He took a handkerchief from the pocket of his trousers which were still hanging on a hook behind him . |
| 28 | Since the δ-endotoxin is coded for by a single gene , which is usually carried on a plasmid , it has been relatively easy to locate and clone these genes from a number of strains of Bt and to express them in other organisms . |
| 29 | Brachiopod feeding is carried out by the lophophore ( p. 61 ) , a ciliated band usually carried on a loop , which also creates the currents used in feeding . |
| 30 | It still lingers on a bit though . |