Example sentences of "[vb pp] on [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By the early nineteenth century three ‘ large carrying establishments ’ had made their headquarters here , of which Sutton & Co. carried on a great trade with Hull and Gainsborough , Liverpool and Manchester , the Cheshire salt works and the Potteries , and with Birmingham , Dudley and the Black Country . |
| 2 | In the intervals between his military activities Karadjordje had carried on a successful business as a livestock trader , selling pigs across the border into Austria , and he had acquired a modest level of prosperity . |
| 3 | The coffin was carried on a horse-drawn cart because it was a long time before a motor hearse became available . |
| 4 | A vote was taken on this and was carried on a decisive majority . |
| 5 | Managing Director Stuart Hyslop said the posters with slogans on issues including the poll tax , crime , health and employment are carried on a commercial cash basis and no other party has approached the company to book space . |
| 6 | Oblivious to her injuries , Thomas Duke would have carried his daughter back to their cottage in his arms , though it is conceivable that she was carried on an old door or something . |
| 7 | He has carried on the good work this term and is well on the way to establishing himself in the top 10 with 16 wins in the current campaign . |
| 8 | At about this time a hitherto unsuccessful fortune-teller living on the other side of the block chanced to glance into her scrying bowl , gave a small scream and , within the hour , had sold her jewellery , various magical accoutrements , most of her clothes and almost all her other possessions that could not be conveniently carried on the fastest horse she could buy . |
| 9 | 8 information about other books published , materials , tapes , etc — often carried on the inside back cover . |
| 10 | Her successor , Margaret Moore , successfully carried on the established pattern . |
| 11 | This is because the genes controlling these particular colour-forms are both carried on the X chromosomes , the red gene on one and the non-red gene on the other . |
| 12 | Mrs Southey had asked Sarah to visit so they could ‘ talk over the American affair ’ , and it may by then have seemed inevitable to Sarah that she too would be carried on the Pantisocratic tide . |
| 13 | Loose canvas seat covers were also carried on the upper decks . |
| 14 | These are replacements but are still carried on the original pendentives . |
| 15 | Perhaps I think it beneath my dignity to let myself be carried on the spontaneous flood , employing my divine gift of reason only to navigate on the course of greatest awareness . |
| 16 | PLEASE NOTE : ONLY INFORMATION GIVEN ON THE NEW FORMS WILL BE CARRIED ON THE BACK PAGE OF THE NEXT ISSUE OF LEADS . |
| 17 | A variety of cargoes , as diverse as Britain 's industries , has been carried on the inland waterways . |
| 18 | I mean Simon Greyson is not not picking up here neither is Colin Hill and really it 's come on a little bit sudden but that was totally unnecessary as well . |
| 19 | Flocks need to be hung on a good wall surface . |
| 20 | Mrs Browning began to laugh but the laugh brought on a coughing fit and , when Wilson rushed to her aid and raised her higher on the pillow , her face took on an ugly blue tinge , which she had never seen before . |
| 21 | Mrs Smith accepted a sherry from her husband and looked resigned about the outcome of the evening and eventually excused herself to see to the dinner , and Mr Smith poured more whiskies and ‘ something harmless ’ for Nutty , which tasted delicious and brought on an amazing feeling of optimism . |
| 22 | He discovered that this talk and barter over food had brought on an almighty appetite . |
| 23 | He says the substance , which is used to make internal organs show up on X-Rays , brought on an incurable condition which affects the nerves in his back . |
| 24 | In fact , the government ‘ took on ’ AT&T in the 1970s , and it was the Reagan administration of the 1980s — the villain of your piece — that secured real relief and brought on the phenomenal competition enjoyed today by refusing to accept the cosmetic settlement that had been negotiated by the Carter administration . |
| 25 | Further minor straws in the wind were Archbishop Makarios ’ request for British help in Cyprus in December 1963 , which drew in most of the Strategic Reserve 's 3rd Division before a hand-over to the United Nations could be negotiated ; and the quelling of the military mutinies in newly independent Tanzania , Kenya and Uganda in January 1964 , at their governments ’ request , by Commandos brought on the aircraft-carrier Centaur from Aden and by units of the Strategic Reserve in Kenya . |
| 26 | The SPD pointed out that one-third of asylum-seekers came from Turkey and that strong pressure should be brought on the Turkish government to prevent this . |
| 27 | ‘ You have taken on a great responsibility , ’ the turtle told her . |
| 28 | One reason why the modern reader has difficulty with a positive evaluation of the term ‘ national prejudices ’ is that , in the twentieth century , prejudice has taken on a substantive meaning . |
| 29 | Labour had taken on a flagging government in the midst of the longest recession since the last world war . |
| 30 | A press corps reaching into three figures has accompanied the side to Scotland and , in the absence of World Cup qualifying matches to play , each appearance made by Vogts ' team has taken on a genuine significance . |