Example sentences of "taking [adv] [art] [adv] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Strolling quietly together down the gravel paths of the old-fashioned Elizabethan knot garden , which was her mother 's pride and joy , Laura found the evening taking on a completely different complexion . |
| 2 | NEW issues in London are taking on a decidedly international feel , with the 75m share offering by Waste Management International being the latest example . |
| 3 | The light grew in size , taking on a vaguely spherical shape . |
| 4 | As they glided around in a wide circle towards the Wyrmberg it was definitely taking on a more solid form , as if the creature 's body was filling with a gold mist . |
| 5 | Loretta speculated to herself that Bridget 's nerve was becoming a little less steady now that her own involvement in the affair was taking on a more practical aspect . |
| 6 | Nothing drastic — it 's just that his studio is taking on a more Tardis-like appearance than before . |
| 7 | His own brand of performing was taking on a very definite shape . |
| 8 | First , it may be difficult to recruit a sample of people who know that they are taking on a very long-term commitment . |
| 9 | On the second point : a new member may come to a meeting quite prepared to help , but wary of taking on a very demanding job . |
| 10 | Corvan 's career was sufficiently close to the industrial conflict and Chartist agitation of the turbulent 1840s to draw inspiration from them ; but , by the 1850s , the musical culture of most British workers was taking on a less class-specific quality , characterized by the consumption of commercially supplied music hall song , the replacement of old tune-types by newer types originating in bourgeois theatre and drawing-room , and a shift from protest , street music and spontaneous singsong to formalized performance in choirs and brass bands . |
| 11 | It might seem a little crazy to move house rather than decorate the kitchen , and then finish up taking on an almost derelict house instead . |
| 12 | Working at the top end of the market as he did , Roche was taking on the most difficult assignments , but they were also the most remunerative and had the greatest publicity value . |
| 13 | Whoever buiys them will be taking over a vastly different building from the hard working tweed factory … but that 's progress . |
| 14 | There were more than a few ‘ One Sergeant Wilko ’ and similar chants during the evening , perhaps making up for the heat-of-the-moment bollocking he got at Anfield for taking off a very industrious Rod Wallace . |