Example sentences of "[verb] on the [adj] [noun pl] [verb] " in BNC.

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1 Where this occurs in hard corals without the formulation of dividing walls the colony can , eventually , take on the convoluted patterns characterised by brain coral colonies .
2 Some carrying on the narrow canals continued until the early 1960s .
3 What Butthole Surfers have done , what made and makes them so crucial , is that they 've taken on the sonic possibilities bequeathed still unexplored and underdeveloped by acid rock but have jettisoned many of the disabling attitudes that originally trammelled that music — sophistication , expertise , the counter-cultural impulse to edify .
4 Everyone knows there is a quality difference between name brand personal computers and generic machines but the premium put on the famous products has become very small indeed .
5 So when the team plays at home , his chum in Derby switches on the local sports show ready for Mike 's call .
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