Example sentences of "[vb mod] [verb] on a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But investors who have clung on grimly for the past five years should hang on a while longer . |
| 2 | Three conditions must be satisfied before a charge to tax can arise under section 14 : ( 1 ) the taxpayer must carry on a trade , profession or business in Hong Kong ; ( 2 ) the profits to be charged must be ‘ from such trade , profession or business , ’ which their Lordships construe to mean from the trade , profession or business carried on by the taxpayer in Hong Kong ; ( 3 ) the profits must be ‘ profits arising in or derived from ’ Hong Kong . |
| 3 | Everything is made to change just in the nick of time , and even the return letter office suspends its laws that Jane Eyre may carry on a tale with effect . |
| 4 | everywhere , things like that , so , well I 'll hang on a bit then |
| 5 | He said he had taken Kurlovich to Barcelona aware of the positive test and fearful disclosure might bring on a dope scandal similar to the Bulgarian one which shook the 1988 Games . |
| 6 | I might carry on a bit tomorrow . |
| 7 | Role-play might carry on a topic begun through the use of stories . |
| 8 | might go on a bit Shut me gob . |
| 9 | Well think , if you concentrated on that a bit more instead of just doing it any where in the air you might get on a bit quicker . |
| 10 | A successful tour is the priority — the icing on the cake would come if wife , Wendy , could hang on a week or so for the birth of their second child due a month before the end of the tour . ‘ |
| 11 | I could take on a Gladiator and probably beat them ! ’ ’ |
| 12 | I could pass on a message for you . ’ |
| 13 | It 'll be a good three months before she shows , and , with skilful dressing , she could go on a lot longer . ’ |
| 14 | If I was you , I 'd walk on a bit till ye gets to the Half Moon — it 's along the Overclyst road , so … ’ |
| 15 | She 'd put on a dress for lunch . |
| 16 | No Er the girls sort of say things like perhaps ask her , Do you have any We could get on a bit more so they do n't include themselves in what they 're going to do . |
| 17 | When their children go to school , they may take on a morning job in a shop or making school dinners . |
| 18 | Right , let's go on a bit further , so we 've just done concussion , compression er the next one is an illness , epilepsy now epilepsy , two types , you get the petit mal which is the small fit and the grand mal which is the erm large fit or the full , full fit . |
| 19 | I would be grateful if you would pass on a copy of this fax to your colleagues Dr Potvin and Susan Parks for their files . |
| 20 | There will be a competition between the two gates to process this information and one output will take on a Logic 1 state before the other . |
| 21 | I may have the idea that makes me start putting the brush strokes down , but at some point the canvas will take on a life of its own and lead me off in a direction I never expected to go . |
| 22 | We now have a situation where , in the unskilled occupations , an employer will take on a woman in preference to a man — since he would expect higher wages . |
| 23 | He will take on a role as the head of a special unit in a hospital , and they will need to adopt the roles of experts whose help is needed in dealing with a particular patient whose case is causing him great concern . |
| 24 | For individuals with substantially less money , Dunedin will take on a minimum of £10,000 for its discretionary unit trust management service . |
| 25 | This week Les Bence and two of his squad will take on a team of religious fundamentalists from the local mosque . |
| 26 | If you opt for the minimum , contracted out personal pension , you will pay the full-rate of national insurance contributions , and the government will pass on a rebate to the firm providing the pension ( a bank , a building society , an insurance company , or a unit trust ) . |
| 27 | For many people , the mere fact of entering a Home can bring on a bout of incontinence . |
| 28 | He can take on a back row and come out trumps , giving good ball sooner or later for his backs to benefit . |
| 29 | ‘ Your reflections , ’ Hope cried out to the apparently enraptured merchant , ‘ set off my own — as do all the most acute thoughts , scattering from the hand like seeds , each of which can take on a life of its own , and I confess that I became absorbed in those great matters of morality and commerce raised by your eloquent conversation . ’ |
| 30 | Third , we assume that visionary style can take on a variety of different forms . |