Example sentences of "[vb mod] [verb] on the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Our generation must take on the task of thinking about the future , of assuming towards it the responsibility that we assume towards our children . |
| 2 | The centre-left American Popular Revolutionary Alliance ( APRA — whose leader , former President Alan García , was in exile in Colombia ) , despite internal divisions over the stance which it should take on the poll , called on its supporters to spoil their papers . |
| 3 | The team leader does a further assessment before deciding whether a social worker or social work aide should take on the referral . |
| 4 | If you are part of a group with instructors then the instructors should take on the roles of the Jones and tell you the sort of things they think Olwyn will work for . |
| 5 | To help the trainees to provide their own answers , instructors should take on the role of parents or anyone else and be prepared to answer any of the trainees ' questions . |
| 6 | ‘ Then perhaps you should pass on the lesson to Señor Mitchell , ’ he grated . |
| 7 | Dry sore throat with the thirst but cold drinks may bring on the cough and pains . |
| 8 | If this sounds too outrageous then the art department of the local secondary school might take on the design and painting of a mural as a project for older pupils with children from the primary school working as their apprentices . |
| 9 | The children might take on the roles of factory workers who stand to lose their jobs if the factory cleans up its act . |
| 10 | I do n't tell her or she 'll take on the mantleshelf . |
| 11 | we 'll go on the afternoon |
| 12 | Please , I 'll pass on the information that you 've received , contact Kevin or myself for the details that are on the leaflets we 've put about . |
| 13 | If you want to know when the centre 's open , and what happens on each day , then just give us a ring and we 'll pass on the details . |
| 14 | If you ignore the ‘ whisper ’ of the blocked sink , you might switch on the radio a few days later , and immediately hear of a severe traffic jam in the Dartford Tunnel . |
| 15 | ‘ I 'll put on the light ; it will make the dream seem less real . ’ |
| 16 | If this fails to hold the situation then review the case and see if there have been any changes or new information come to light that would enable you to select a more similar remedy which could carry on the work of the first remedy . |
| 17 | As early as 1879 , the union secretary was reporting in consternation : " so highly are they prized that one master who employs 20 girls vauntingly said that with his girls and the … foreman , he could carry on the work of his establishment , dispensing with journeymen ! " |
| 18 | Truman 's new secretary of state , James F. Byrnes , was at first serenely confident that he could carry on the Roosevelt approach to Stalin with the American nuclear monopoly in reserve in his " hip pocket " , and with no automatic supporting role for the British . |
| 19 | I think it was copied from Victoria , Victoria had a lot of influence upon women obviously , she had a lot of children ; women too , women , apart from the fact there was no effective contraception , it was the duty of woman to bear a lot of children so that they could carry on the line , which was also why woman had to be very chaste and pure so that man could be sure that the son that she produced was actually his legitimate heir . |
| 20 | Perhaps the best man could take on the responsibility of arriving before the guests and checking the microphone . |
| 21 | I had watched Quintin under pressure during the Suez crisis where he had shown admirable calm at the Admiralty in testing circumstances ; and while I had some misgivings about his famous ‘ judgement ’ I felt that he could take on the leadership and the job of Prime Minister , and make a success of it . |
| 22 | Companies wishing to register on the EC eco-audit scheme will have to lodge an externally verified environmental statement with a competent body and Coles is hoping the IEA could take on the role of approving accredited verifiers . |
| 23 | The accompanying letter said how much they enjoyed the tour of Springfields and said Eric could pass on the sticker to his son . |
| 24 | They would have a radio operator who could pass on the message . |
| 25 | I thought we could switch on the yard lights and have it outside . ’ |
| 26 | The unconscious may take on the status of an answer to everything : a last piece of the jigsaw , which feminists initiated into Lacanianism can use to solve the issue on another plane , or can reject . |
| 27 | Organisations may take on the letting of the employee 's property together with its insurance and maintenance or engage a managing agent or specialist relocation firm to do it . |
| 28 | As I 've said to you the the old bastinal used to hang on the toilet wall outside was a whole row of them you know these these big galvanized bath things that were brought in on maybe on a Friday night . |
| 29 | ‘ We shall carry on the fight for individual airlines in this complaint to the EC , ’ he said . |
| 30 | Robert was not envious ; he knew that the time would come when he must retire , though not yet ; and Dinah would carry on the name and the tradition . |