Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] [vb pp] on [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One of the girls made a crack that Rachaela had put on weight due to the food . |
| 2 | Overstrain had brought on tuberculosis in 1939 and I had been having a lot of trouble with my eyes . |
| 3 | All the fish have put on weight , the Pictus especially have grown about half-an-inch . |
| 4 | Anna 's put on weight in her face , has n't she ? |
| 5 | As far as I could gather , Nour 's father had taken on responsibility for all his sisters , married or not , and for their offspring , and since his death Marie Claire had assumed the burden . |
| 6 | Badger road mortalities , however , are reduced now as badgers have put on weight for the winter and venture out from their setts less and less . |
| 7 | Some had sons working at home , but on others the sons had taken on contract work to bring in additional ( much needed ) income . |
| 8 | Others had taken on machinery contracting ( ploughing or grass conservation ) . |
| 9 | We will not find out why unemployment and heroin use are connected , why large groups of young men and women have taken on heroin use for the first time , or how they get the street money , without talking to them . |