Example sentences of "[vb -s] on [adj] [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A mother 's agony goes on 20 years after her son 's death |
| 2 | Right : Common box takes on grand airs with a little elementary topiary , particularly suited to town gardens . |
| 3 | The architectural design of the Tripartite Shrine takes on new layers of meaning once the column is seen as an idol or as an actual incarnation of a deity . |
| 4 | If rebates are extensive this takes on some aspects of an income tax too . |
| 5 | He won that actually on appeal because he said he needed to raise the funds for a project he 'd got in mind and they allowed him twenty eight days in the first year , he now carries on fourteen days without planning permission every year , but give him credit he does run it very well , er and you can not fault him , but we in our area do actually issue licences , you can not have a car boot sale or market stall without a licence and I personally have run the charity markets in er the village high street and got a licence at the cost of a pound . |
| 6 | Every spell of cold , wet weather brings on coarse rattlings in the chest , a great accumulation of mucus in the air passages , or constant colds one after another . |
| 7 | Irrespective of the style of the piece , all music creates tension and release ( dissonance and consonance ) which brings on different emotions in its audience . |