Example sentences of "[vb pp] on as a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nearly 100,000 TR6s were built over the next 7 years and 90% went to America , where it caught on as a winner on road and track . |
| 2 | Nearly 100,000 TR6s were built over the next 7 years and 90% went to America , where it caught on as a winner on road and track . |
| 3 | Dummies have since caught on as a fashion accessory at raves , but whether the trend was sparked by the emergence of Ketamine , or whether it 's just a way to keep the burning under control , is lost to myth and drug folklore . |
| 4 | It is just as well that the tax price index , introduced by Nigel Lawson in an attempt to distract attention away from the inflationary impact of switching taxation from direct to indirect taxes , has never caught on as an indicator . |
| 5 | The " fast-track " procedure allowed any agreement reached by US negotiators to be subsequently voted on as a package [ see p. 37849 ] . |
| 6 | They had just simply and totally fallen out of love with each other , and like the devout Catholics they were , carried on as a pretence . |
| 7 | If Dire Straits had n't been so successful , would you have carried on as a circuit band , or would you have gone back to teaching or journalism ? |
| 8 | This will be the case where they are brought under common control or ownership or when one of the enterprises ceases to be carried on as a result of an agreement between the enterprises to prevent competition . |
| 9 | A Dessie Edgar corner was neatly side-footed home in 79 minutes by Victor Welch who had just come on as a sub . |
| 10 | Peter Foley , who had come on as a substitute struck the upright with a powerful drive , for the ball to rebound clear . |
| 11 | Zeyer had come on as a defender to protect the score when Kaiserslautern levelled at 1–1 , but his role changed dramatically when Wednesday immediately hit back to make it 2–1 . |
| 12 | Building extends the grammar , by correlation ; but it can also be looked on as a way of extending the vocabulary of the learner . |
| 13 | It can be looked on as a discussion document and its coincidence with the real world is verified in discussions with the various users . |
| 14 | ‘ In the long-run I 'd like to be looked on as a composer rather than a stick player . |
| 15 | She feels sorry for smokers — ‘ Nowadays , I think it is looked on as a sort of disability ’ . |
| 16 | The naive inductivist account of science , which I will outline in the following sections , can be looked on as an attempt to formalize this popular picture of science . |
| 17 | For this reason , it should not be looked on as an end user language . |
| 18 | Provision of the means to wage an atrocious war had been agreed on as a sign of good faith . |
| 19 | I sang in the choir at chapel and was called on as a boy soprano for various local concerts or for a solo or two at Bude parish church . |
| 20 | Kevin Gallacher , brought on as a substitute in Berne , should be in the starting line-up against Portugal . |
| 21 | ( i ) As a result of the progress of medical science certain conditions are now so easily diagnosable and treatable , that , although they once carried a mortality , it can no longer be said that they do , unless that mortality is brought on as a result of some wholly unexpected and exceptional circumstance , for example gross negligence on the part of the doctor treating the patient . |
| 22 | It was laid on as a surprise by Nick 's colleagues at Norfolk county council . |
| 23 | But Caroline had not hired on as a saleswoman , and she 'd certainly not hired on to be sociable . |
| 24 | When the earl died without male issue in 1373 , he was taken on as a king 's knight by Edward III who , in addition to confirming the earl 's grant , awarded him an annuity for life of £50 . |
| 25 | The only outings I remember being taken on as a child were once with the school to the zoo and once by my mother to a seaside promenade . |
| 26 | You were taken on as a boy and er you got a boy 's wages but you were expected to do as much work as a man . |
| 27 | In October 1922 , employees ' wages were reduced by three shillings a week ! conditions at that time were severe ; men had to serve for several years on the seasonal staff before being taken on as a regular . |
| 28 | After she left at 16 she got a job in a pub but became interested in nursing as a career , being taken on as a trainee student nurse three years later . |
| 29 | I was taken on as a staff programme researcher for " Here Today " , Salary : £1,100 . |
| 30 | Mendoros joined in the early days , taken on as a quality engineer by GE acting on behalf of HAI . |