Example sentences of "[vb infin] [verb] on a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I would like to pass on a theory concerning the behaviour of the Long Spined Porcupine Puffer , Diodon holocanthus . |
| 2 | I do n't suggest that I think I should keep going on a year by year basis . |
| 3 | So you 'll have to put on a bit more flesh if you want filmstar legs . |
| 4 | We thought the bumpy flight must have brought on a bout of air-sickness , but it was not so . |
| 5 | She might have taken on a job as a waitress for the summer , but she was damned if she was going to let people treat her like a mindless robot because of it . |
| 6 | Time would have to drag on a lot longer than it had . |
| 7 | She was far from indifferent to me , I felt sure of that , but neither would she contemplate carrying on an affair with a married man . |
| 8 | ‘ I ca n't afford to take on a loan at this stage . |
| 9 | ‘ Because I 'm hoping you 'll agree to pass on a message for me to Minter . |