Example sentences of "have [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 | 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 . |
| 3 | The agreement marks the first time Nato has taken on a mission beyond its borders since the alliance was founded in 1949 . |
| 4 | He has taken on a personality , like those crackpots who claim to have been reincarnated , from another culture . |
| 5 | ACTOR Roy Barraclough has taken on a role that 's right up his street — as Sherlock Holmes ' bumbling sidekick Watson . |
| 6 | Tamati has taken on a lot but life from here should not be dull for Salford 's long-suffering support . |
| 7 | And er when you 'd got on a bit you delivered the baby but the midwife was there to see you did n't make any mistakes and , and really to t teach you to do it . |
| 8 | So you 'll have to put on a bit more flesh if you want filmstar legs . |
| 9 | We thought the bumpy flight must have brought on a bout of air-sickness , but it was not so . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Time would have to drag on a lot longer than it had . |
| 12 | Some of the water-pipes in the town of Wilhelmshaven , Germany seem to have taken on a life of their own . |
| 13 | This was a memorandum that seemed to have taken on a life of its own : now here , now there , now one , now several , now alone , now gone , now lurking . |
| 14 | Two million had died and the world had hung on a heartbeat , and the sky had blazed like a thermonuclear sun standing still . |
| 15 | afford a holiday now , I mean now they 've taken on a mortgage |
| 16 | Just as he had been wont to do as a boy , so this morning after waking , he had lain and thought of the day ahead and what he had to do in it , and he was aware that life had taken on a tinge of colour . |
| 17 | Fürst Franz Thun-Hohenstein remembers : ‘ When the enormous picture arrived packed up , my sisters and I were curious to see and touch something which really came from Decin , from Bohemia , which had taken on a kind of dream-like quality for us ; Decin did live on for us , but was unattainable . |
| 18 | My boss knew he had taken on a lesbian when I was appointed . |
| 19 | He had a lot of sympathy for the girl , she had taken on a lot and was doing it well . |
| 20 | The pain had taken on a form , which cried , and dribbled from every orifice . |
| 21 | Amaryllis had put on a dress which had arrived only that noon from London . |
| 22 | All the same , most of them were splendid and she was glad she had put on a dress today . |
| 23 | Nevertheless undaunted , since things have moved on a bit since nineteen eighty seven , I suppose what I 'm looking for is some guidance as to the way in which policy I twelve has operated in practice . |
| 24 | The contracts which western utilities signed in the 1970s and 1980s to reprocess their nuclear waste have taken on a life of their own . |
| 25 | Her houses , too , have taken on a life of their own . |
| 26 | Many bands have taken on a style of clothes which they bought second-hand . |
| 27 | ‘ We know we have taken on a lifetime 's commitment but I love this boy . |
| 28 | As far as anyone knows this is the first time legal eagles have taken on a businessman as boss . |
| 29 | Hywel , supposed Lydia , must have briefly courted her , have put on a suit , taken her out to a café , been moderately gay . |