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

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1 Headaches are stupefying , benumbing and bring on confusion of mind .
2 It can further be used to keep all members of the community informed , and to pass on information to other pressure groups and the general public .
3 And the effect for Locke is this , and again I , I quote the legislative being only a fiduciary power , that is to say a power based on trust a fiduciary power to act for certain ends , there remains still in the people a supreme power to remove or alter the legislative when they find the legislative act contrary to the trust imposed in them and thus the community perpetually retains a supreme power of saving themselves from the attempts and designs of every body even if their legislators whenever they shall be so foolish or so wicked as to lay and carry on designs against the liberties and properties of the subject .
4 Doomsday cuts a swathe across the States and takes on Superman in a clash of the titans .
5 Birds can often be diseased on arrival and pass on infections to humans such as psittacosis , tuberculosis and hepatitis .
6 The state would continue to own land , but peasants could work their plots as their own businesses , employ labour , and pass on farms to their heirs , and members of co-operatives could set up private businesses .
7 Please ask in all local classes if members could offer anyone a bed for the Friday night , and pass on details to , .
8 Davies says deepsea fish are attracted to the drums , then move to shallower waters and pass on radio-activity through the food chain .
9 Haines was a friend in the right place , ready to cut a few corners and pass on information while it was still worth having .
10 Surely it would be better to have Home Helps , Meals on Wheels , all that , and a Social Worker to advise and take on responsibility , than have to do it all yourself ?
11 Er if you want to come on Loot and Lunchtime tomorrow ten to one quarter to oneish listen in then for the qualifying question and you can come on and take on June from Mansfield who 's our reigning champ .
12 If that was not enough , Park lost flanker Matthew Hill with a groin injury and brought on second-row forward Stephen Foulds , forcing a reshuffle in the pack .
13 In fact they spend so much time flying head first into burns , one would have thought they could save even more time by simply opening their mouths and taking on water without the inconvenience of having to reach for the day-glo bottle .
14 Soon , the craft was making its way through the darkness over twenty-foot waves and taking on water .
15 There may be difficulties in particular law centres in finding the right balance between assisting clients in individual cases and taking on group work or projects , but it seems unduly restrictive to deny that the latter was a proper role for lawyers to play .
16 This commitment has manifested itself in many ways , e.g. sending out people to speak at schools , inviting school groups to tour the centre , awarding business scholarships to sixth formers and taking on pupils for work experience .
17 United took off Lee Nogan and brought on Mark Stein and just when the game seemed to be slipping from their grasp , they pulled back a vital goal through Martin Foyle .
18 ‘ Against the Faroe Islands , we took off Mark Hughes and brought on Gary Speed .
19 ‘ Ai nt no VietCong ever called me a nigger , ’ was his simple , but penetrating , reason for not accepting the draft for which he was stripped of his world title and forced into inactivity for three years ( only to return from adversity and carry on boxing , often successfully , for world titles until aged 38 ) .
20 And I think it was , we were willing to go back to work and carry on discussions , albeit without earning any bonus because we were working to rule at the time , but it was what happened in er the quarry that really started the strike , when he laid the workforce off because they were helping us , or joining us in sympathetic action , you know there was a lockout up there , so I think that speeded up things considerably .
21 The assistant manager of the Holmes Cash and Carry on Boucher Crescent was taken by robbers to the warehouse in his Hyundai Pony car while his wife and child were kept hostage at home .
22 He missed out on only Carry On Up The Jungle , Carry On Girls and Carry On England , the penultimate in the series .
23 Appeared in 39 Carry Ons , including Carry On Doing That And My Dad 'll Smack You In The Mouth , Carry On Sexism and Carry On Num Nums .
24 For this means that ‘ the community perpetually retains a supreme power of saving themselves from … their legislators , whenever they shall be so foolish , or so wicked , as to lay and carry on designs against the[ir] liberties and properties ’ .
25 They are content to maintain their secrecy and carry on business as normal .
26 I just certain , satisfy certain erm cattle requirements and carry on business in the sugar trade and of must done so for a period of time , I 'm looking at this , the third page in , top of the page , erm trade in office in London established without purpose erm now those the
27 Having reached Aulef and taken on water , that night was a pit stop .
28 A government spokesman said yesterday : ‘ Tenders are looked at individually and taken on merit . ’
29 They develop into large bulky plants , so should be planted by the middle or end of July so they can get their roots down and put on weight before autumn .
30 This is likely to lead to undue pressure on you and you will start to break from the programme and put on weight .
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