Example sentences of "be [v-ing] on [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Get in and socialise with the family , ’ Peter Shearer told Mr and Mrs M. You re not just teaching one child , you 're taking on the whole family , ’ this being a family of fifteen children , some with social and behavioural problems , and eight still of school age . |
| 2 | Balance sheet , quote for three thousand pounds to strip the existing roof covering , and basically well , they 're putting on a new roof . |
| 3 | Events , at last , seemed to be taking on a constructive momentum of their own . |
| 4 | Drama time After recapping through still images , the teacher explains that he will now be taking on a different role . |
| 5 | ‘ Well , I wo n't be putting on a different voice or anything like that , ’ he smiles , another fag clamped between his teeth . |
| 6 | Tonight , over in the nurses ' home on Huntley Street , a bunch of junior doctors would be putting on the usual end-of-year revue . |
| 7 | Movement and Dance organisations will be putting on an interesting weekend of comparative movements on the 19th and 20th October when to celebrate this occasion the City of Westminster is placing the Seymour Halls at their disposal for Medau , Keep Fit , yoga , Swimming etc . |
| 8 | There are now nearly 200 National Trust shops around the country , and the town shops , which are open all year round , are taking on a new look . |
| 9 | We have demonstrated against petty apartheid because we are taking on the entire system of apartheid on all fronts . |
| 10 | Trees are preparing for winter and their leaves are taking on the beautiful colours of autumn . |
| 11 | Mothers of younger and younger children have been taking on the dual burden of paid work and child rearing ( see Hunt , 1968 ; Martin and Roberts , 1984 ; Joshi , 1985 ) . |
| 12 | The younger John claimed that Langton had been carrying on an adulterous relationship with his stepmother Joan . |
| 13 | These compensatory orders can only be obtained against the contravener who , for section 6 purposes , has been carrying on the unauthorised investment business , or who , for section 61 purposes , has contravened one or other of the statutory provisions referred to in section 61(1) ( a ) . |
| 14 | Further , even smaller corporates may be treated as non-private under Rule 5 — 5(4) where they : ( a ) are carrying on a main business which is not investment business ; ( b ) enter into a futures transaction as an integral part of its main business ; ( c ) have , in the firm 's reasonable belief , sufficient experience and understanding to waive protections provided for private customers ; and ( d ) have received a clear warning of the protections under the regulatory system which they would lose , including a statement of its rights to request to be treated as a private customer . |
| 15 | More interested in the style than the fashion , Huggy Bear are carrying on the feminist tradition of punk bands like The Slits and X-Ray Spex with all the musicality of Pete Duel & The Shit or Alien Sex Fiend . |
| 16 | If I were taking on a new act , their ability to perform on stage would be second only to the quality of their songwriting . |
| 17 | His green eyes were taking on a bluish tinge and hers were going green with so much exchanging of deep looks . |
| 18 | The trees of the Dean on the distant bank were taking on a blue haze in the glorious afternoon sun . |
| 19 | They were going through the motions on television but their voices , face and body language were vividly clear — they knew they would lose and they were putting on a brave front . |
| 20 | THE Prince and Princess of Wales were putting on a brave front today . |
| 21 | so Malcolm just went in to see if there 'd be any tickets for the afternoon performance on the off-chance and they were putting on an extra matinee performance so lo and behold those two went to see Phantom of the Opera . |
| 22 | A CLEVELAND aid team is taking on a major project to improve the lives of children in Romania . |
| 23 | A 15-YEAR campaign to have a new civic centre built in Lisburn is taking on a new urgency . |
| 24 | This is carrying on a long tradition of Eastern Centre get-togethers for E H Os , we 've done residential courses every two years for I do n't know how many years . |
| 25 | The practice of medicine is carrying on the same way as it has done before but we 're addressing issues like quality and standards and timing and waiting lists in a way we have n't done before . |
| 26 | Still in Brussels , until 23 May the Eric van de Weghe gallery , which has close ties with Sonnabend and Miller of New York and Waddington 's in London , is putting on a major retrospective devoted to the work of Jean-Michel Basquiat . |
| 27 | Trimdon Village WMC is putting on a super show with no cover charge on Tuesday March 31 with top comedian Bob Ritchie and award winning duo Inseparable . |
| 28 | — BLACKHALL Royal British Legion 's 100 Club is putting on a special show on Monday May 25 , featuring comedy hypnotist Tony Sands and singer Suzanne Preston . |
| 29 | Cummins Engines , in Yarm Road , is putting on a special display of the work done at the plant which will include demonstrations of all the vehicles fitted with Cummins Engines . |
| 30 | Hoskin 's chairman , Barry Hoar , is putting on a brave face and has told shareholders that ‘ your directors view the future with confidence . ’ |