Example sentences of "[verb] on the [noun sg] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | As far as I know , Sainsburys have n't yet taken that decision they 've they 've hung on the brink for more than six months now . |
| 2 | ‘ We shall carry on the fight for individual airlines in this complaint to the EC , ’ he said . |
| 3 | During the third round Sam drove the short par-4 10th green and his eagle putt hung on the lip for almost 25 seconds before dropping into the hole . |
| 4 | Just in time , she remembered to switch on the radio for the eight-thirty news on LBC . |
| 5 | They will take on the responsibility for providing stock and glasses , experienced staff and will also obtain the necessary licence for the event . |
| 6 | Apart from dealing with the matter of the will if one was made , it may be agreed , if your parent wishes , that he should also take on the responsibility for contacting various persons and organisations : the bank , to arrange for money to be available to her pending the settlement of her husband 's affairs ; her husband 's employer and Trade Union branch secretary , or the secretary of any professional association to which he belonged ; his insurance company ; the Department of Health and Social Security , to obtain forms for claiming the death grant and the widow 's pension ; the Inland Revenue , if her husband was still paying income tax ; the Building Society , the mortgagor ( or landlord if she and her husband lived in rented property ) and any other person or organisation concerned . |
| 7 | There may well be a reputable graffiti artist in the area who would take on the challenge for little more than the cost of the materials ! |
| 8 | WITH nearly 20 years of trouble-free driving behind me , I was relatively confident and assured when I switched on the ignition for my first lesson in advanced driving . |
| 9 | Each morning he first switched on the power for his terminal . |
| 10 | A night of beer-swilling revelry was abruptly deflated at 11.30pm when someone switched on the television for the draw for the FA Cup third round . |
| 11 | Later , he donned the vast pyjamas , switched on the television for a bit of background and settled down on the bed with the half-bottle of Jim Beam and The Book of Ultimate Truths . |
| 12 | In 1988 T.R. Shipping took on the responsibility for the Rheintainer Line Agency in Northern Ireland . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | I took on the management for Scullion and it was not an enjoyable experience . |
| 15 | A consistent feature of unpaid caring , demonstrated by all the available detailed studies , is that once a particular relative has taken on the responsibility for the care of an elderly or handicapped person they get rather limited support , if any , from other relatives or friends . |
| 16 | Thus evidence was taken on the need for the bill and why it was proposed to deal with problems in a particular way . |
| 17 | Palm have taken on the franchise for Dagger kayaks . |
| 18 | She 's switched on the radio for the traffic update . |
| 19 | This is both in respect of the run up to the seventy fifth birthday and also with the increase in responsibility to take on the remit for the development of our work in relation to the European Community , central and Eastern Europe . |
| 20 | ‘ You plug it in when you go away and it switches on the light for you at the same time every evening , and switches it off too . |