Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] on the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In a leather purse hung on the handle of the loft door were eight bright shillings . |
| 2 | His words hung on the chill , stale air . |
| 3 | Scott switched on the radio , heard pop music , twiddled the frequency dial past classical and reggae and finally found a discussion programme . |
| 4 | While long-standing fans either relished it or waited patiently for them to return to straightforward indie pop , more than a few older folk fans switched on the enigma of The Wedding Present . |
| 5 | The Royal Society for Nature Conservation / Wildlife Trusts Partnership took on the role of lead-organisation within the Consortium , although they have tried hard to liaise with all other partners , particularly CPRW . |
| 6 | Alton 's rugby men were outnumbered , restricted , sin-binned and generally given a rough ride when a hand-picked side took on the club 's ladies team in a fun game on Sunday morning . |
| 7 | I see him as a sort of spiritual descendant of Norman Mailer , just as Mailer took on the mantle of Lawrence — in fact I wrote an essay on that very subject in my last term at school . |
| 8 | In borrowing from structural linguistics the early structuralists took on the task of analysing signs and systems of signification . |
| 9 | Shah was setting in motion a chain of events which would lead to the bitter Wapping strike , when Murdoch took on the print unions — previously assumed to be invincible — and won . |
| 10 | Roberta produced the storyline , Ken took on the programming . |
| 11 | The Loch Ness Project took on the mantle of the LNI and picked up from the Loch Morar expeditions , and we returned to Loch Ness , whose steep-walled uniformity is more favourable to sonar . |
| 12 | Deputy Premier Djamshed Karimov took on the role of acting Premier after the resignation of Prime Minister Akbar Mirzoyev on Aug. 30 . |
| 13 | She heard the rattle of the curtain rings as the blackouts were pulled across , and then the click of the switch on the standard lamp as Bella put on the light . |
| 14 | His widow Mary Ann carried on the business with the assistance of her late husband 's associates , including Pierre André , who with John Chapman began a large-scale map of Essex ‘ for Mrs. Rocque ’ . |
| 15 | Cornelius switched on the heater . |
| 16 | Cornelius switched on the windscreen wipers . |
| 17 | Lissa switched on the light , and Rebecca swung round sharply to face her , shock startling a gasp on her lips , the torch falling with a muffled thud . |
| 18 | Rachaela switched on the radio . |
| 19 | After the death of her mother , one lady took on the task of caring for her bereaved cat . |
| 20 | In order to compensate for this the Borough Council took on the responsibility for payment of the Parish Clerk 's salary and the maintenance of parish playing fields . |
| 21 | WHEN John Boorman took on the job of co-editing this anthology , which is intended to be an annual event , and writing the chronicle of 1991 which comprises almost half its contents , he can not have imagined that he would be revealing so much about the reasons for his own creative decline . |
| 22 | In these circumstances , voluntary WEA members such as Rachael Evans in Bedfordshire and ( successively ) Barbara Brenchley and Margaret Bland in the Fenland took on the task of Federation secretary and , along with other enthusiasts , did their best to fulfil the non-teaching duties of a tutor-organiser . |
| 23 | This time , something like a Christian front emerged , albeit temporarily , and the campaign took on the character of a crusade , the so-called Crusade of Varna , under the blessing of Pope Eugenius IV . |
| 24 | I could just barely hear her yells and shouts , a thin wailing carried on the wind . |
| 25 | Same list of icecream flavours hung on the wall and bowl of aniseed lollipops on the counter , same gilt baskets of croissants and racks like umbrella stands packed with tall loaves . |
| 26 | This meeting with Temple was so important to him that the photograph of the group hung on the wall of his room when he died . |
| 27 | A roller towel hung on the door . |
| 28 | A rectangle of cardboard hung on the door announcing that the shop was due to open at nine o'clock . |
| 29 | The Ministry of Economic Warfare hung on the periphery and stirred the witches ' brew . |
| 30 | When the last violin and cello had disappeared the General switched on the desk light and settled down behind his tidy desk . |