Example sentences of "[verb] [be] taken on [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | They should never have been taken on in the first place , any bet , that our , our problem should never have been taken on in the first place . |
| 2 | They should never have been taken on in the first place , any bet , that our , our problem should never have been taken on in the first place . |
| 3 | Extra midwives had been taken on for the same reason . |
| 4 | Aware that he had been taken on by the college as part of a programme of reform , Minton told Edie Lamont : ‘ They have inaugurated a drive to bring it in line with what they call Contemporary Trends . |
| 5 | She was a squat , dusty-looking woman on the threshold of sixty , who had been taken on in the library during the war and whom Mervyn had tried unsuccessfully to dislodge ever since he had become librarian . |
| 6 | Rumour had it that Sir Hector 's influence was the only reason George had been taken on in the first place . |
| 7 | Sixty extra Scottish Office staff have been taken on for the agriculture department 's area offices , plus a further 30 at its Edinburgh headquarters . |
| 8 | Children have been taken on by the Institute and given trial periods . |