Example sentences of "be taking on [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Get in and socialise with the family , ’ Peter Shearer told Mr and Mrs M. You re not just teaching one child , you 're taking on the whole family , ’ this being a family of fifteen children , some with social and behavioural problems , and eight still of school age . |
| 2 | Events , at last , seemed to be taking on a constructive momentum of their own . |
| 3 | Drama time After recapping through still images , the teacher explains that he will now be taking on a different role . |
| 4 | There are now nearly 200 National Trust shops around the country , and the town shops , which are open all year round , are taking on a new look . |
| 5 | We have demonstrated against petty apartheid because we are taking on the entire system of apartheid on all fronts . |
| 6 | Trees are preparing for winter and their leaves are taking on the beautiful colours of autumn . |
| 7 | Mothers of younger and younger children have been taking on the dual burden of paid work and child rearing ( see Hunt , 1968 ; Martin and Roberts , 1984 ; Joshi , 1985 ) . |
| 8 | If I were taking on a new act , their ability to perform on stage would be second only to the quality of their songwriting . |
| 9 | His green eyes were taking on a bluish tinge and hers were going green with so much exchanging of deep looks . |
| 10 | The trees of the Dean on the distant bank were taking on a blue haze in the glorious afternoon sun . |
| 11 | A CLEVELAND aid team is taking on a major project to improve the lives of children in Romania . |
| 12 | A 15-YEAR campaign to have a new civic centre built in Lisburn is taking on a new urgency . |
| 13 | The curia was taking on a new role , as the centre of a vast network of appeals ; increasing numbers from near and far came to Rome in search of judgement . |
| 14 | Yesterday he was taking on the anti-government creed of the 1980s which left economics to the free market . |
| 15 | It looked as if he was taking on the whole KGB . |