Example sentences of "[pers pn] to be [verb] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | Who was I to be taking on a contender like Thomas Carter , a management consultant and the owner-occupier of a £500,000 property set in the accessible Arcadia of Boars Hill ? |
| 2 | I would say you could defend the British position because what it seems to me to be based on is first of all the idea that the institution itself should make the decision , and that surely is a democratic start , that you do n't lay down a rule from Newcastle to John O'Groats , or wherever , and that the people in the institution have a certain chemistry together . |
| 3 | Therefore the chances are , and this is statistical , it 's a statistical chance , in general I can expect any mutation in me to be passed on to half my offspring complete . |
| 4 | And would an an apprentice , like somebody who 'd say served say five years as their time , once their time was out would it be common for them to be kept on ? |
| 5 | Animals arrive with forged documentation which claims that they have been bred in captivity , and which therefore entitles them to be taken on to other western destinations . |
| 6 | He 'd known perfectly well how she 'd react when he 'd arranged for her to be taken on for this play . |
| 7 | Having arranged for it to be put on the grave that afternoon , he returned to Weatherbury in the evening , with a basket of flowering plants . |
| 8 | Because er I mean a lot of children these days , I think about my parents , it 's their money , they spend it , and I do n't really see that it 's important for it to be passed on to us , but in the case of a large estate , it becomes more important , if you 're looking at sort of two hundred three hundred thousand estate , then there 's going to be a lot of erm er asset value which would be taxable . |
| 9 | You can not tease us with a smidge of inside info on Jon , and not expect us to be hanging on every word . |
| 10 | Now that target internally is is a figure for us to be working on back at the camp . |