Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb past] on a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Over the sink at the other end there was a shelf with cups , saucers , and plates ; a saucepan hung on a hook and there was a kettle on the oil stove . |
| 2 | When the household took on a maid , Simenon began an affair with her which lasted 15 years before his wife found out . |
| 3 | It so happened that the string hung on a sprig of an elder that grew out of the mote , and this confirmed them that ‘ t was the Devill . |
| 4 | An old sword hung on a wall of his house as an ornament . |
| 5 | Her place hung on a thread . |
| 6 | A cooking pot hung on a tripod though the logs beneath were now blackened cinders . |
| 7 | Nevertheless , most people who made history , or who instructed juniors how to make it , were concerned with a restricted genealogical range ; so knowledge took on a segmentary , even oppositional character : genealogies varied , for instance , from reciter to reciter and from audience to audience . |
| 8 | MICHAEL CRAWFORD , after playing for years a succession of wistful or gormless youths , last night took on a role in which he is required to age a quarter of a century . |
| 9 | Mr Patrick Roche , a licensed bookmaker carried on a credit betting business in Houghton Street . |
| 10 | He was acutely conscious of the fact that his life hung on a twitch of his captor 's trigger finger . |
| 11 | Then her voice took on a tone of mild suspiciousness . |
| 12 | Or I say , yes , Chief Inspector- ’ His voice took on a mincing mimicking tone . |
| 13 | The girl 's voice took on a whine as she flew yet again to the defence of her man . |
| 14 | A 1980 calendar hung on a wall ; she had kept it because she liked the picture : Manet 's " The Bar at the Folies-Bergère " She identified with that girl who stared out , trapped by bottles , tangerines , mirrors , the counter , a wall of people with ugly faces . |
| 15 | While approaching the Firth of Forth the ship took on a lot of water during bad weather . |
| 16 | The yacht is driven by a large fractional rig carried on a three-panel , deck-stepped mast . |
| 17 | In Aenarion 's hand the Sword of Khaine dripped smouldering blood and the daemonic blade took on a life of its own . |
| 18 | In The Liverpool and London and Globe Insurance Co v Bennett ( 1913 ) 6 TC 327 , a UK company carried on a trade in the United Kingdom and overseas and income from investments overseas ( interest and dividends ) arose to the company . |
| 19 | The camera swung again , but this time George looked above it , to a monitor screen hung on a metal rafter above the audience , to see his own face in close-up , the eyes staring upward in a way that gave him an absurdly soulful look . |
| 20 | His face took on a mask of blankness . |
| 21 | The major 's puffy face took on a look of deep suspicion . |
| 22 | Framed by the silver fur her face took on a glow that emphasized her high cheekbones . |
| 23 | Rory 's face took on a regret that was almost comic . |
| 24 | Lady Bailey 's large face took on a set expression . |
| 25 | The street took on a sense of unreality , the posters outside the theatre announcing the new Season , a huge photograph of Gesner , some bonbon papers blowing along the pavement , a surly young man sidling up to the front of the theatre . |