Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] on a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Through the side window he could see his grey garments and underwear hanging on a small washing line outside . |
| 2 | While Halliday takes on a new role , David Irwin is just happy to return to the scene . |
| 3 | Primed by Stephanie 's reaction , she had the presence of mind to put on an impressive pretence of knowing all about the recent ‘ mystery ’ consignment . |
| 4 | Sports officer Ian Gardiner said : ‘ We will be submitting a bid for funds to put on a new series of Champion Coaching based on the popularity of the last course . |
| 5 | Three identical aprons hung on a crooked coatstand . |
| 6 | But the term takes on a specific meaning in those studies in the sociology of policing which are inspired by ethnomethodology and phenomenology , where it describes a quality of the accomplishment of these tasks — that they are produced in a taken-for-granted , commonsensical , and habitual manner . |
| 7 | Wire wool takes on a new meaning when you see Sophie Ryder 's flock of sheep at the Yorkshire Sculpture Park . |
| 8 | ‘ Wrong man , ’ Rourke said tersely , his mouth taking on a grim slant . |
| 9 | Besides — ’ his mouth took on a sardonic curve ‘ — what price would you put on your credibility — a woman who liaises with a married man , makes dates with him behind his wife 's back ? |
| 10 | His mouth took on a sardonic twist . |
| 11 | Llanelli ....... 27 Leicester ....... 8 GOING for the gap took on a painful new meaning for Steve Bowling when he helped Llanelli claw their way back to win this entertaining game . |
| 12 | Several times the steering wheel took on a wild life of its own as we crashed into an unnoticed pot-hole , and the windscreen wipers stuttered against the rain of dust and small stones that hurtled against the car in handfuls : it was if we were under fire . |
| 13 | The blue patch of sky had long since disappeared and as the light faded the snow took on a fluorescent glow . |
| 14 | Brian McEniff 's side took on a full strength Roscommon in a challenge match at the week-end and won by six points . |
| 15 | The light took on a green tinge and a drunk |
| 16 | His lips took on a wry slant . |
| 17 | His eyes took on a dreamy expression and by the time I had intoned " Archibald , Marshall , English , Mc Phail and Morton , " there was something near to a wistful smile on his lips . |
| 18 | The shops took on a new lease of life , the street-sellers , with their lemonade and nougat , ostrich feathers , mummy-beads and scarabs , carnations and roses , and the street-artists , with their boa-constrictors and baboons , took new heart , and the city in general resumed its normal manic rhythm . |
| 19 | WELL , I see Man Utd and Arsenal put on a thrilling match ending 4–4 for the David O'Leary Testimonial earlier this week . |
| 20 | Come testing time , though , it was a different story altogether as Farr-Jones 's side put on an awesome second-half display in the rain and mud at Newlands . |
| 21 | Rex put on a fierce face . |
| 22 | The Iraqi opposition put on a credible show of unity in Beirut . |
| 23 | It only took a little adaptation for many familiar songs to take on a new life and vigour , especially with the accompaniment of timbrels , clapping and dancing . |
| 24 | Crackers and flares take on a whole new meaning when you work for the Olefines business . |
| 25 | All heads of department carried on a voluminous correspondence with this official . |
| 26 | Institutions authorised by the Bank of England to carry on a deposit-taking business in this country are required to make contributions to the Deposit Protection Fund as levied from time to time by the Deposit Protection Board . |
| 27 | For surely someone as gifted as that deserved all that could be done for him : and ‘ the gift ’ put it above any gossip about an overkeen schoolmaster bringing on a bright pupil and overrode any chatter about the besotted nature of his devotion . |
| 28 | The police and the majority of defendants put on an arrogant front . |
| 29 | In any semiconductor electrons move freely through a crystalline lattice and because the conduction electrons are shared by all the atoms the lattice takes on a tube-like character for easy passage of electrons . |
| 30 | Thus the cut of a lapel , appearing as a bold and larger-than-life motif takes on an intensified presence , becoming a cypher for the stylistic shifts of fashion that imperceptibly determine our appearance and our reading of the appearance of others rather than ( as Brilliant 's premise would indicate ) a sign for the corporeal presence of the body which is not seen . |