Example sentences of "[noun] [noun sg] [vb past] on [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At about the same time the aliens department of the Home Office took on extra staff and moved to Cleveland House on Thorney Street . |
| 2 | Suddenly the one-off singles deal took on lengthier proportions and a second single was chosen from the pack . |
| 3 | The Petersburg Soviet took on quasi-governmental functions , including the setting up of an armed militia . |
| 4 | The front doors were almost bare of paint and shadows cast by the gas flame took on weird shapes . |
| 5 | In the first decades of the twentieth century sex education took on great importance within public debate . |