Example sentences of "[adv prt] the [adj] [noun] [coord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The question at the time , in May 1941 , when the Vietminh was founded and Ho was talking bravely about taking on the combined French and Japanese armies in Vietnam was , of course , anachronistic : the two principal Allied powers had not yet entered the war . |
| 2 | Let's have a bit of light on the subject " She switched on the blue urinal and looked at it . |
| 3 | To prove his point he has taken on the legal profession and , with no legal training whatsoever , tied judges in such knots they have overruled each other . |
| 4 | They bring on the young ponies and in return he teaches them . |
| 5 | Dalglish , whose side visit Southampton tomorrowsun , got his priorities right when he took on the former Luton and Wimbledon boss as his right-hand man soon after taking office just over a year ago . |
| 6 | Yellow lines and speed humps would be put on the narrow road and a mini roundabout set up at the junction of Lakeside and Parkside . |
| 7 | Yellow lines and speed humps could be put on the narrow road and a mini roundabout set up at the junction of Lakeside and Parkside . |
| 8 | Yellow lines and speed humps would be put on the narrow road and a mini roundabout set up at the junction of Lakeside and Parkside . |
| 9 | Yellow lines and speed humps could be put on the narrow road and a mini roundabout set up at the junction of Lakeside and Parkside . |
| 10 | He may simply not have had enough money to take on the extra land and the work as required for it . |
| 11 | He switches on the interior light and picks up a bundle from the passenger seat . |
| 12 | I do n't remember the carpet coming up to hit me , nor finding it hard to breathe , nor at that moment did the judge put on the black cap and say that I must swing by the neck until I was dead . |
| 13 | I put on the black basque and the lacey-topped stockings . |
| 14 | Jesus had come to Jerusalem , the capital of Judaism to take on the religious authorities and at this point in time in this Gospel it looks like he 's lost , gon na be dead in a couple of days . |
| 15 | If you wish to get married in a church which is not in either parish , you will have to apply to be put on the electoral roll or take up residence in the parish for the period over which the banns will be read . |
| 16 | I have been told to fill in a new form to be put on the waiting list but you need a permanent address to fill out one and I have n't got one . ’ |
| 17 | At the end of 1986 I was put on the waiting list and stopped work . |
| 18 | Child gets up at 5.30am every morning and switches on the electric fire and all the cooker rings . |
| 19 | The timeswitch he 'd primed earlier had flipped on , switching on the electric fire and igniting the materials he placed over it . |
| 20 | She switched on the electric kettle and made a cup of instant coffee flavoured with powdered milk and artificial sweetener . |
| 21 | When Martha was ready for home , she put on the pink bodice and Elizabeth dressed her hair . |
| 22 | If you take on the big issues and the people wo n't follow , then at least you can say you have tried . ’ |
| 23 | But I do n't worry about being a loser — if you take on the big issues and the people wo n't follow , then at least you can say you have tried |
| 24 | From then on the relative UE and strength of each type varied almost month by month ! |
| 25 | Having cowed the trade unions , we can see that the next step was to take on the local authorities and the poor . |
| 26 | Put on the glad rags and go out and party , after that ? |
| 27 | As Thurlow sums him up , ‘ in everyday life he was a small insignificant man in an ordinary suit … but take off the uniform of the city solicitor and put on the running singlet and the track shoes and the transformation was amazing ’ . |
| 28 | When the character of Harlequin , the Comic Lover , had become familiar in England he was quickly promoted to lead the pantomimes ; nowhere in ballet does he rise to more commanding heights than as Captain Belaye in Cranko , s Pineapple Poll , where he takes on the superior airs and manners of the British Navy and becomes the apple of every girl 's eye . |
| 29 | They suggest that , within the family , women take on the expressive role of nurturing the other family members , while men take on the instrumental role and go into the outside world to earn the family 's wage . |
| 30 | I 've got one I meant to put on the main agenda and I forgot , and I wrote the agenda . |