Example sentences of "[vb -s] [verb] on a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | tell me about taking bearings , what do you do , let's give you an example , of some bearings to take , erm , and then you can tell me what you 're doing , so there 's a point there , and we 'll call that erm , P , just to be awkward , now let's say what we 'll do , this is what we 'll d , this is a typical problem in fact , erm , I 'll even draw that line on for you to start with , yeah , here 's the problem , a ship is sailing due North , okay , and when it 's at the point of A it takes a bearing on the lighthouse , so the lighthouse is somewhere , do n't know where it is , but bearing of L from A is forty five degrees , and the bearing of L from B , which is when the ship has sailed on a lot further |
| 2 | Well if you rung you could always say oh I 'll have to go cos somebody at the door if she starts going on a bit long . |
| 3 | For me , however , circumstances have changed somewhat since my first love affair with the States and my fascination has taken on a maturity that matches my years and experiences on the North American continent . |
| 4 | The agreement marks the first time Nato has taken on a mission beyond its borders since the alliance was founded in 1949 . |
| 5 | He has taken on a personality , like those crackpots who claim to have been reincarnated , from another culture . |
| 6 | ACTOR Roy Barraclough has taken on a role that 's right up his street — as Sherlock Holmes ' bumbling sidekick Watson . |
| 7 | Tamati has taken on a lot but life from here should not be dull for Salford 's long-suffering support . |
| 8 | You know , nobody wants to take on a girl ! |
| 9 | What happened to all these girlfriends and this person that had phoned up on Stephen phoned up er it 's Wednesday right , and Stephen phoned up Tuesday and twenty five to eleven and says can I talk to Stephen , says hang on a minute who is it ? |
| 10 | As I said God did n't leave it like that , because God did in Jesus Christ what we could never do for ourselves , you see you and I at times we felt that I , I want to be different from that and we , and we pushed against one of these pressures and so that we pushed it out a wee bit , but as we 've pushed there it 's come back in somewhere else and as we 've stopped pushing and we 've gone to another bit so that first that has become , has come back as it was and we spend our lives perhaps running around trying to get the circle back again , it 's an impossible task , we ca n't do it , we spend our whole lives in the frustration things and we , and we start blaming on things , if only that situation was different , if only those circumstances were different , but it 's far , far , far more fundamental than that and we 've got ta come to the place where we say well I ca n't do any thing about it , I 've tried my hardest , but I ca n't do it , and that 's where God comes and says hang on a minute I 'll do it for you and that 's what he did in Jesus Christ , he did for us what we could n't do for ourselves , the bible tells us that Christ is the perfect image of God , it 's in Colossians one fifteen and just er full verses further on in verse nineteen it says in him all the fullness of God , in Jesus , all the fullness of God was pleased to dwell and so in Christ God 's son , God dealt with the problem of sin which had caused that twisting and that warping and that distortion , your life and in my life , that which spoiled his image in us he created us in his image , but you 've only got to look at people today , you 've only got to look at ourselves , see , where is the image of God , is that what God is like , jealous , filled with anger , bitterness , envy , is that what God is like , unclean thinking , is that what God is like that 's not his image , but he created us in his image perfect and what Jesus Christ did on the cross , is to restore that image , that original image in you and me , to recreate us in the image of God , so in |
| 11 | Perhaps this is because they really are wanting or perhaps it is because the professional refuses to take on a role that the parents want but that he or she thinks unsuitable . |
| 12 | When she first begins to talk , she uses two different types of speech : egocentric speech , a kind of monologue , when she chatters on without bothering to know whom she is speaking to or even whether they are listening ; and socialized speech , a sign of growing maturity and decentring , when she tries to carry on a conversation , reacting to what the other person says . |
| 13 | When knowledge becomes formulated into a science , then it does take on a life of its own , often alien to the human spirit that conceived it . ’ |
| 14 | Although strongly influenced by Dicey , the tradition comes to take on a life of its own . |