Example sentences of "[prep] [noun prp] [verb] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | And in the pine-clad kitchen littered with baby 's bottles , an icon of Jesus hangs on the wall . |
| 2 | Many who had no belief , I among that number , packed into the house of God to hang on the words of his servant . |
| 3 | as if life at Westminster were not strain enough , the House of Lords took on the Commons in a tug o' war contest this week . |
| 4 | DR GEORGE Preti of the Monell Chemical Senses Center in Philadelphia took on the unenviable task of ‘ harvesting ’ sweat from the acrid armpits of scores of male volunteers . |
| 5 | So when the team plays at home , his chum in Derby switches on the local sports show ready for Mike 's call . |
| 6 | After travelling back south by barge , the pair have driven down to Tasmania to carry on the circumnavigation where they left off . |
| 7 | There are men who have been in prison for ten years and more for claiming their liberty ; men who have slipped away to struggle overseas ; men who have escaped to Europe to carry on the fight there — they are hounded and they are imprisoned , but their views are heard . |
| 8 | Lord Suffolk served his purpose as a liaison between the French scientists and government officials who were going to Britain to carry on the war , and he was good at smoothing difficulties with pantechnicons of furniture and the occasional arrival of a weeping mistress , or in one case two . |
| 9 | A carriage driver and his horses are on their way to America to take on the World 's best in the sport . |
| 10 | At the tender age of 23 Harry strolled out at Feethams to take on the legendary West Indian all-rounder Learie Constantine . |