Example sentences of "[verb] on the [noun] ['s] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Edward Stanton 's elder son , William , who was master mason to the Mint , attempted to carry on the sculptors ' yard , but was declared bankrupt in 1735 . |
| 2 | The editor of a newspaper owned by a Trust will be ‘ forced ’ to carry on the newspaper 's tradition . |
| 3 | Margaret Llewelyn Davies was adamant that in no circumstances would the Guild surrender its independence and the branches raised sufficient funds to carry on the Guild 's work until a compromise was reached four years later . |
| 4 | The deed authorises the bank to appoint a receiver and manager of the company 's undertaking , with power to carry on the company 's business . |
| 5 | Bring on the Pimm 's because Paul Weller is back . |
| 6 | Bring on the Pimm 's and let's have a sing-song around the old Hammond because Paul Weller is back . |
| 7 | Oh : car of menace , car of blight Cars the atmosphere ignite Greenhouse warming , Havoc forming Parkinson must see us right We 're au fait with entropy Gaia , Ecosphere , synergy Words for greening But their meaning 's A linguistic mystery Oh : politicians must invent Worship of environment Genuflecting by reflecting Words of verdant bafflement Now our water 's unfit to drink Too much aluminium and zinc No solution To pollution No-one can stand the stink Oh : public filth and pestilence Highlights private opulence Does the glitter , clear the litter All it needs is pounds and pence GOD REST YE MERRY God rest ye merry , gentle Greens Let nothing you dismay The much foretold apocalypse Is now well under way Not even Mr Gorbachev Can stop the world 's decay Oh , tidings of comfort and joy , Oh , tidings of comfort and joy We ca n't eat meat or hens or fish The farming is too cruel The only food we now permit Is foul organic gruel Irradiated food and veg Now double up as fuel Oh tidings of comfort and joy , Oh tidings of comfort and joy Now everybody wants a car Though noise and fumes are vile The Iron Curtain fractures and The jams stretch back for miles Mobility and liberty Can not be reconciled Oh tidings of comfort and joy , Oh tidings of comfort and joy We think that greenhouse warming will Bring on the world 's demise If forests burn it 's not just trees but mankind too that fries But all this may be garbage Because scientists tell lies Oh tidings of comfort and joy , Oh tidings of comfort and joy Consumers must buy less to reach Sustainability For galloping consumption is More lethal than TB So much for Third World dreams of fleeing Grinding poverty Oh tidings of comfort and joy , Oh tidings of comfort and joy Unless we stop producing kids The planet will not cope No hope for birth controllers short of Kidnapping the Pope But since the Greens recycle people they May turn us into soap Oh tidings of comfort and joy , Oh tidings of comfort and joy In searching for clean energy The choice is pretty stark The floods that come when coal is burnt will keep us in the Ark But had Lord Marshall got his way We 'd all glow in the dark Oh tidings of comfort and joy , Oh tidings of comfort and joy Dumb animals are much preferrred To flawed humanity Ill-treatment of old people may Provoke insanity But culling seals and whales is judged The worst profanity Oh tidings of comfort and joy , Oh tidings of comfort and joy Now Mrs Thatcher goes bright green A highly suspect hue Her policies have after all Kept filth and squalor blue It 's just another way she 's found To tell us what to do Oh , tidings of comfort and joy , Oh tidings of comfort and joy With greenhouse gases , PCBs Sulphuric acid rain This fragile globe 's environment Is going down the drain It is a cosmic punishment That we ca n't start again Oh , tidings of comfort and joy , Oh tidings of comfort and joy Melanie Phillips OVERNIGHT FILE |
| 8 | In market terms , the key question is whether knackers will be in a financial position to pass on the renderers ' costs to farmers at a cost the farming community finds acceptable before they are forced out of business . |
| 9 | Cos we came in and Chrissy , instead of switching on the children 's programmes put his computer on so we did n't see it . |
| 10 | The show itself dealt undisguisedly with Lucille Ball 's troubled marriage to Cuban band leader Desi Arnez , the birth of their son , the twin tugs of showbiz and domesticity , and so on ; just as Sean 's Show overtly takes on the hero 's difficulties with women , and his tendency towards depression and paranoia . |
| 11 | Even when one member of the family takes on the lion 's share of caring , there is no reason why brothers and sisters should not make some contribution . |
| 12 | v. Stanford said that the rule in Rylands v. Fletcher does not extend to making the owner of land liable for the consequences of the escape of a dangerous element brought on the owner 's land by another person , not for the purposes of the owner but for the purposes of that other person . |
| 13 | They switched on the car 's headlights as a beacon ; but , all of a sudden , as the Prince and his companions were half-way across the water , the lights swung round and moved away as the vehicle set off down the glen . |
| 14 | He switched on the Zodiac 's headlights , for the shadows . |
| 15 | Cricket now … the amateur players of the Minor Counties have been taking on the game 's elite in the first round of the Nat West Trophy . |
| 16 | The Irish are seeing something of a cricketing revival … it 's the fastest growing sport in their home country , and they feel confident about taking on the World 's best . |
| 17 | Roman Remeynes took on the frontman 's job with aplomb . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | By taking on the role of representing France , he also took on the nation 's internal contradictions and unresolved tensions . |
| 20 | So Steve took on the singer 's mantle , but how does he think he 's shaping up as a guitarist/vocalist ? |
| 21 | Laker took on the airlines ' cartel which held ticket prices high and broke it singlehanded . |
| 22 | Whatever our misgivings about the story 's historicity ( and we make a grave and fundamental error if we think the value of a passage like this is measured by the extent of its historicity ) , and however confident we might be about its origins , it asks and surely deserves to be taken on the storyteller 's own terms . |
| 23 | The Moon has no atmosphere , and photographs taken on the Moon 's surface show a black sky . |
| 24 | The judge said Mr and Mrs Lauder conceded that from May 1972 effective steps were taken on the landowners ' behalf to assert a right to exclude the public . |
| 25 | The Commission may extend the period of suspension until a final decision is taken on the merger 's compatibility with the Common Market . |
| 26 | Christina warmed to her and was glad for the trouble she 'd taken on the Morris 's account . |
| 27 | At the other extreme is the stance taken on the MoD 's continuing tenure , which insists that it is not proper that the public continue to be excluded some of the time from all , and all of the time from some , of the finest coastal scenery in the British Isles . |
| 28 | If you think something you 've noticed is important , report it separately so that it can be put on the resident 's file . |
| 29 | Oxford City Stars take on the city 's University team . |
| 30 | The District 's response was not to appoint a successor to Mrs. Collingwood but to give the Essex Federation Executive the opportunity to take on the tutor-organiser 's work , leaving all teaching to part-time tutors : an arrangement which was still in force at the District 's seventy-fifth anniversary in 1988 . |