Example sentences of "[noun prp] [conj] [verb] on [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Doomsday cuts a swathe across the States and takes on Superman in a clash of the titans . |
| 2 | United took off Lee Nogan and brought on Mark Stein and just when the game seemed to be slipping from their grasp , they pulled back a vital goal through Martin Foyle . |
| 3 | Refused by all , he doggedly returned to Scotland and carried on guerilla warfare until , captured by further treachery , he was handed over to the English by the sheriff of Dumbarton . |
| 4 | Having reached Aulef and taken on water , that night was a pit stop . |
| 5 | McAllister or Strach would feed it out to Sharp ( who was absolutely brill — see below ) who would either wait for the overlap from Dorigo or take on Breacker ( skinning him most of the time ) . |
| 6 | ‘ Against the Faroe Islands , we took off Mark Hughes and brought on Gary Speed . |