Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] [to-vb] on the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If the family were going to take on the outside world , they 'd do it in eccentric style , his father had implied . |
| 2 | They were going to put on the big show . |
| 3 | Unaware of the death of the sect 's figurehead leader , Grant , Springfield and their patchwork assembly of troops were preparing to take on the real power behind the throne — the sinister oriental who was using the organisation as a front for his Triad drugs network . |
| 4 | I had put on around a stone during the year and I was beginning to take on the traditional pear shape . |
| 5 | Class 5 leader Gen. Suchinda Kraprayoon retained his post as Army C.-in-C. and was promoted to take on the additional post of Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces , in place of Gen. Sunthorn Kongsompong . |