Example sentences of "[vb past] [verb] on [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What 's Karen got hanging on the washing line erm are we up are we up for erm the Bare Naked Ladies there I think we are . |
| 2 | I agreed to pass on the message as I was on my way to Make-up . ’ |
| 3 | Leaving the court the families all tried to put on a brave face . |
| 4 | Schladming , just to the east , which tried to take on the World Cup commitment , has suffered similarly . |
| 5 | Bolstered by his landslide electoral victory in 1972 , the President moved to take on the legislature . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | To me it seemed to hang on the right lip for at least two seconds before it dropped in . |
| 8 | The darkness was almost complete now ; she could only see the faintest outline of his features , enough to know that they 'd taken on a hard , determined cast . |
| 9 | Christina warmed to her and was glad for the trouble she 'd taken on the Morris 's account . |
| 10 | The two sisters were both in their fifties , both ex-nurses , neither ever married ; they 'd taken on the restaurant as a late-life decision when their father had died and left them a shared inheritance . |
| 11 | For anyone disposed to take on the often very satisfying task of making banners I can assure them that there are several very kind ‘ Barnabases ’ in the church whose comments and encouragements I have valued . |
| 12 | As a result , people in these institutions quickly came to take on the roles and goals which these institutions required for their survival . |
| 13 | The loose skin of Vologsky 's cheeks and lower chin quivered under the increasing pull of the G-force and his entire body seemed to take on a couple of stone in extra weight . |
| 14 | Julia seemed to take on a new lease of life and now that the weather was improving she often walked to Carrie 's house or to see Bridie and her family . |
| 15 | As she spoke the pens of the newspaper reporters seemed to take on a frantic life of their own , skipping across the lines of their notebooks . |
| 16 | Maggie put her hands up to push him away but as soon as they touched his skin her palms seemed to take on a life of their own , moving over the strong muscles , her fingers wanting to curl in the crisp black hair that lightly covered his chest . |
| 17 | A Washington Post report said that both men strove to put on a reassuring front when asked about opinion polls which continued to show a majority of voters in both republics against separation . |
| 18 | If they have been just very bad , and if they have someone to stand up for them , they are given three strokes of the whip , usually by Sheldon Parry , the born-again television director , and then made to put on a short green smock for the duration of the service . |
| 19 | In spite of all the hard work she began to put on a little weight . |
| 20 | As the front door slammed behind them , Josh finished drying his face and hands and began to put on a clean shirt and a stiff collar . |
| 21 | As with Diana 's romance , events began to take on a momentum of their own . |
| 22 | ‘ Solitude enflamed the imagination of Henri K — , and gradually the parrot began to take on a rare significance in his mind . |
| 23 | After the line , ‘ gradually the parrot began to take on a rare significance in his mind ’ , he made the following annotation : ‘ Change the animal : make it a dog instead of a parrot . |
| 24 | Although a late developer , it began to take on the size and conformation of an excellent Clydesdale stallion . |
| 25 | Gadebridge probably began life as a small farm , but from Period 4 , during the third century , it began to take on the additional characteristics , even to the extent of a gatehouse , or porter 's lodge . |
| 26 | As August progressed , Arafat began to take on the role of Saddam 's chief ally . |
| 27 | This ruling appeared to have been accepted , however reluctantly , by Sassou-Nguesso , and during April the conference began to take on the character of a national assembly . |
| 28 | As the creatures soared up and down , their laughter began to take on an eerie and mournful tone . |
| 29 | The motorway slashed on through fields and villages without regard for either , and after a while the villages flowed together and became towns , and the towns joined and merged to take on the appearance of a city . |
| 30 | With that he started putting on the shabby jacket he always kept hanging on the hook on the back door . |