Example sentences of "took [adv] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Suddenly its dead face took on life . |
| 2 | As Christian doctrine developed , and it was said that God in Christ took on humanity , in both Greek and Latin the inclusive term for humanity was used , not that specifically for a male human being . |
| 3 | But in any case it follows that the necessary prerequisite for ordination is the presence of a baptized human being ( not a monkey — in that God in Christ took on humanity ) . |
| 4 | But rather that in the incarnation God in Christ took on humanity ( the universal ) ; which is not to imply that he did not have particularities , which indeed one has to have to be human . |
| 5 | Even if we take patristic Christology , in which it is said that God in Christ took on humanity in which we all participate , it is still the case that that human nature was the human nature of a male human being . |
| 6 | Leicester Crusaders , a touring side based on Leicester and including current players Simon Povoas and Jez Harris , took on Oyonnax at the end of the French club 's most successful ever season . |
| 7 | Line took on shape and form . |
| 8 | Twenty five of their eighty staff have gone , and they took on nom apprentices last year . |
| 9 | However , the Library also took on deposit from Messrs Strathern and Blair , WS , a batch of business papers of James Ballantyne and Co. , 1824–33 , largely on the financial and literary affairs of Scott . |
| 10 | above the water-channels we took on trust |
| 11 | The grandparents took on responsibility for the house and the children together : ‘ my mother went to work all the week , she never done no cooking . ’ |
| 12 | Hilda Sturge took on responsibility for the adult refugees , while the Committee , with Greta acting as honorary secretary , looked after the children . |
| 13 | But as her husband 's health declined she took on responsibility for maintaining the farm and orchard which was the family 's main source of income . |
| 14 | the extent to which the family took on responsibility from other institutions for the poor , the sick , the old and the unemployed . |
| 15 | In the Cabinet changes carried out in August [ see p. 39067 ] Prime Minister Constantine Mitsotakis took on responsibility for the Aegean and Andreas Andrianopoulos ( hitherto Minister of Industry and Commerce ) became Minister of State , alternating as Government Spokesman with Vassilis Magginas . |
| 16 | His selection ahead of John Wood is a measure of the strides he took on tour , when he topped the averages with 11 wickets at 22.27 . |
| 17 | Er they took on flesh and the you |
| 18 | With the Act , the youth justice team took on report writing , and we are managing to get them done . ’ |
| 19 | He took on number one seed Jeremy Bates in the quarter finals of the National Championships at Telford . |
| 20 | Bo Let Ya became his Deputy , responsible for Defence , Kyaw Nyein became Home Minister and Tin Tut took on Finance ; this appointment , Rance commented , ‘ is certainly speeding things up ’ . |
| 21 | These planes form the backbone of Brize Norton operations and Wilf ride in the cockpit as the the took on fuel from a tanker , also from Brize . |
| 22 | Banking involvement in the MBO scene has contracted sharply as a whole tier of European and Far Eastern banks , which took on MBO debt in the eighties because of the lucrative margins available , melted away and left the field to a handful of long-standing domestic participants such as NatWest , Barclays and Bank of Scotland . |
| 23 | The darkness took on form . |
| 24 | Yes : slowly it took on form — Tod 's head . |
| 25 | In June 1985 Robinson Bros Ltd , trading as Go Fast Transport ( GFT ) , took on subcontract haulage work from Smith & Jones ( Contracts ) Ltd for five timed deliveries to a customer in Kings Lynn . |
| 26 | An 8lb 4oz river Severn barbel Graham Marsden took on swimfeeder maggot . |
| 27 | This was because if the business did perform well the instrument took on equity features , when in these circumstances straight debt would have been the desired financing to maximise shareholder value . |
| 28 | Where he took on Hulk Hogan for the championship round ? |
| 29 | Cook again took on wine on his second voyage , in Resolution , in 1772 . |
| 30 | In return they took on ivory and slaves to complete the round . |