Example sentences of "[noun pl] [verb] on a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Three identical aprons hung on a crooked coatstand . |
| 3 | His lips took on a wry slant . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Crackers and flares take on a whole new meaning when you work for the Olefines business . |
| 8 | For some weeks their lives took on a settled pattern of difference . |
| 9 | Pubs could become for her extensions of the office , places to put on a good show for the Yard , swilling pints of bitter with the lads to enhance her image . |
| 10 | The ‘ 89 needs to put on a little weight . ’ |
| 11 | For some time before this heavy clouds had increased and in the west the sky had become a dense purplish-black , a range of mountainous cumulus against which the outlines of buildings took on a curious clarity and the trees stood out livid and sickly bright . |
| 12 | Grigorovich 's simplistic , ideological heroes took on a new dimension when danced with such dramatic appeal , with such virility , such fabulous jumps . |
| 13 | For the last few days she had seen them , not as her parents but as two hating individuals carrying on a private war behind screens . |
| 14 | Although his wife 's chintz chaircovers bring on a certain nausea whenever I am obliged to call . " |
| 15 | Because we earn no money for the bulk of our day 's work , buying things takes on a rich range of meanings . |
| 16 | As the formality of adoption receded into past history , leaving the same accumulation of problems , hope began to wane and problems took on a different perspective . |
| 17 | With this method some structures take on a purple coloration while others take up the red counter-stain . |
| 18 | And this has prompted one of the oldest museums to put on a special exhibition of sketches that have become collectors ' items . |
| 19 | In the flickering candlelight , the withered features took on a grotesque appearance . |
| 20 | When the mist comes down many areas like the Somerset Levels take on a sinister and unreal appearance |
| 21 | WATCH receptionist/telephonist Ann Sheppard at work for a few minutes and productivity levels take on a whole new dimension . |
| 22 | Railways , Spearman went on , had the power to break local strikes , as they had done in a recent coal strike in the United States , and the operating officers and freight-yard superintendents took on a military-style power . |
| 23 | For the next half hour the rehearsals took on a sudden lift and everyone began to dare to try things out without feeling foolish . |
| 24 | So her waking hours took on a new format . |
| 25 | These forums had been held before the move was considered to provide lines of communication between management and staff but , the company notes , these meetings took on a new usefulness when the relocation was announced . |
| 26 | Young players put on a fine display |
| 27 | The girls put on a classy act . |
| 28 | Although I would have been surprised if London 's Charles Dickens Society required its members to put on a white tie for its annual dinner , the invitation card demanded it for the Scott dinner . |
| 29 | Lake Gatun , into which the ships pass on a due southerly track after leaving the Caribbean and easing through the first set of locks , is an immense inland lake — though an artificial one created by the damming of the Chagres River . |
| 30 | Suddenly , his inability to attract friends took on a new significance . |