Example sentences of "[vb base] [verb] on [art] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 The temptation to stay in town for a curry or a Schwarzenegger film , or both , can seriously disrupt that urge to carry on the journey up the 277 summits .
2 And I think you 've got ta address my doubts because if I have doubts how am I going to stand in front of members and say hang on a minute , I can give you all of these answers , I can tell you what unison 's going to be like and this is what 's been decided , now come back to me and give me your fears , give me your doubts and I 'll go and take them on to represent you .
3 Passey and Melosh suggest taking on the basis of their investigations of crater fields .
4 But for the moment , it seems he is n't the luxury most women want to take on a desert island with them .
5 Daily inspections of the tank will indicate a few fry hanging on the tank sides and others hiding in the mops .
6 ‘ I know it 's a long way , ’ I say , ‘ I do n't even know which line to take on the underground .
7 Look hang on a minute dog !
8 Characteristic of his style is his intensely naturalistic carving of man and nature ; the carved drapery folds seem to take on a life of their own .
9 Then they seem to take on a mind of their own , then they become positively malignant ! ’
10 The oppressed begin to take on the view of the oppressor and in our example above , would begin to feel that their depression is a personal failure .
11 People , as we will see and know already ( see Stewart 1987 ) , largely choose to take heroin and decide to take on the lifestyle associated with it .
12 Or perhaps it is that if we try to take on the identity and authority of the Weaving Mother the consequences will be severe ; our own personal weavings are only part of a much greater pattern , which we can not control or take credit for .
13 Please do pass on the message .
14 He said Mr Brooke had nothing to offer the people of Northern Ireland and he told the House : ‘ There must be condemnation of those who fail to take on the IRA and the finger must be pointed at the Secretary of State and those behind him .
15 Strangford MP John Taylor dismissed Mr Brooke 's statement as ‘ bland generalities , ’ and said there must be condemnation of those who fail to take on the IRA and the finger must be pointed at Mr Brooke and those behind them .
16 There must also be condemnation for those who fail to take on the IRA , and the finger must be pointed at the Secretary of State and those who sit behind him .
17 Armed with their newest inventions ( a super-duper jeep and hi-tech helicopter ) they vow to take on the forces of evil and blast their way to freedom — so get blasting !
18 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 .
19 Best wishes to Vera Reeves , a member from this area , who has embarked on the Teachers Training Course and will , we are certain , help carry on the Medau tradition in Hertfordshire .
20 afford a holiday now , I mean now they 've taken on a mortgage
21 But there have been people so sunk in self-blame they 've taken on the guilt of their firm 's collapse — which really does have to be nonsense .
22 So that 's why , you know , three different sorts of reminders that I 've put on the front of the calendar card .
23 In retrospect , the techniques that have given molecular biology its pace have hung on the principle that life , which has evolved the manipulative techniques by which it is itself sustained , must also embody the techniques for which laboratories cry out .
24 Nevertheless undaunted , since things have moved on a bit since nineteen eighty seven , I suppose what I 'm looking for is some guidance as to the way in which policy I twelve has operated in practice .
25 I only have to switch on the news to hear things a whole lot crazier than that . ’
26 The contracts which western utilities signed in the 1970s and 1980s to reprocess their nuclear waste have taken on a life of their own .
27 Her houses , too , have taken on a life of their own .
28 Many bands have taken on a style of clothes which they bought second-hand .
29 ‘ We know we have taken on a lifetime 's commitment but I love this boy .
30 As far as anyone knows this is the first time legal eagles have taken on a businessman as boss .
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