Example sentences of "[pers pn] [adv] [verb] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I also took on the position knowingly of the bad reputation in Scotland of Sports to the trade regarding hotel sales of your equipment , but was promised that this practice would be cut out . |
| 2 | I also switched on the echo-sounder and adjusted it to ‘ bleep ’ if we passed over any fish — such are the benefits of modern technology ! |
| 3 | I also put on the real Sperzel locking tuning pegs as opposed to the fake ones that Fender are making now . |
| 4 | I apprehensively switched on the teletext … still 2–0 . |
| 5 | To a substantial crowd gathered on the office steps , she enthusiastically brought on the candidate : ‘ I want to introduce to you , possibly — is n't that wonderful — the next president of the United States . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ Did you get my telephone tapped or did you simply pass on the suggestion that it should be done ? ’ |
| 7 | There was no central heating in the Old Rectory and she seldom switched on the two-bar electric fire in her bedroom , knowing how worried the Copleys were by their her bills . |
| 8 | A , a curtain is used to screen you off , and if it 's a very cold day we 've got infra-red heat we 've got a lamp above the he , the couch and we actually put on the infra-red heat so we warm you up first before you start , before we start so your body is feeling nice and warm and you 're feeling relaxed , we have nice music playing and it does help right , with the tension that builds up on the shoulders . |
| 9 | In the poetry of Mallarmé the words ‘ mean ’ what a French dictionary tells us they mean , but they also take on the private and idiosyncratic meanings that Mallarmé gives them . |
| 10 | Somehow Dr Neil 's touch did not seem to affect her as badly as that of most men , even though in the cab home sitting so near to him nearly brought on the kind of faintness which she had felt on the walk home from church . |
| 11 | Torturers were either trained policemen or soldiers , or they were special commando units , or they were trained in USA or Panama , or they simply carried on the tradition of civilian torture . |
| 12 | They then took on the appearance of microspheres , behaving and looking like living cells . |
| 13 | Join Axel and Blaze for more gob-smacking action as they again take on the hordes of Mr Big . |
| 14 | Scream out James , come here a minute and , and you cou you could use it just to carry on the conversation . |
| 15 | By taking on the role of representing France , he also took on the nation 's internal contradictions and unresolved tensions . |
| 16 | Against Moses ' expectations he also takes on the task of feeding his people . |
| 17 | He even switched on the blue urinal lamp to see how its light looked against the clean walls . |
| 18 | If the divisional management is convinced , it then takes on the duty of providing impetus and promoting the project through the corporation . |
| 19 | But he will think long and hard before he again takes on the United board . |
| 20 | He therefore took on the chairmanship of Tate $ Lyle on a part-time basis . |