Example sentences of "you [verb] on [art] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Er can you hang on a minute Simon ?
2 Er can you hang on a minute ?
3 Can you hang on a minute ?
4 Can you hang on a minute , Bedge ?
5 But you worry on a bit longer , lad .
6 You put on a head and face cover , ’ she explained almost mechanically , ‘ go into a chamber naked , and come out covered in white powder .
7 ‘ It 's what you put on the inside that counts , not what you do to the outside , ’ he said .
8 Perhaps if you perhaps if you hang on a minute , erm well Jacqueline want wants me to answer one question for her .
9 you hang on the line and we 'll lob it all off to you .
10 Could you take on the Raid Gauloises ?
11 Well where did you go on the evening anyway ?
12 Where did you go on the evening ?
13 You switch on the kettle and sit on the stool .
14 Let them dry overnight before you switch on the heat again .
15 No , but when you switch on the telly on a Saturday afternoon there 's football , football , football !
16 Then it happens — it does n't happen and you switch on the light and get dressed sadly .
17 A set of priorities went with the job and if you took on the job you took on the priorities .
18 A set of priorities went with the job and if you took on the job you took on the priorities .
19 No not Guildford , you carry on the A three
20 If you take on a project , you take it on and put everything into it . ’
21 Yeah , like the electricity , but your chickens come home to roost when your overtime goes , when your job goes and you take on a commitment and they never , the last ten , fifteen , twenty , twenty five years and they 've never ever , ever taken on a commitment like that before , when it 's presented with just the roses around it , everything 's sweetness and light and roses and the other side is n't really put , put to you , think of the worse scenario , you 're out of a job , what can you do ?
22 This can be one of the greatest difficulties to overcome if you take on an adult dog which has had several previous homes , and has gained a reputation for snappy behaviour .
23 The information should be clearly presented and it should be plain to the audience : what the topic is ; why you have chosen it ; what view you take on the matter ; and why you have arrived at any particular conclusions .
24 Carrots curled into roses and golden hedgehog potatoes sneered : Make this the year you take on the challenge of making your vegetables more interesting .
25 And when you take on the role always hold something in reserve , so it 's what they 've created , but here 's something unexpected about it .
26 From there it is a comparatively small step for you to take on a role in a piece of forum theatre , and then on to working in role with the whole class .
27 Try to round off your answer by demonstrating how the old job has fitted you to take on the job you are applying for .
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