Example sentences of "[was/were] take on the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The readings were taken on the right arm of the seated subject after a minimum of 10 minutes ' rest . |
| 2 | MAJOR-GENERAL Michael Skinner , who has died aged 60 , was Director General , Weapons , from 1986 to 1988 , when many important decisions were taken on the future equipment of the Army . |
| 3 | Yesterday he was taking on the anti-government creed of the 1980s which left economics to the free market . |
| 4 | He was taken on the indispensable visit to Holford Glen , and it was there , seated by the side of the brook , that the brief exchange took place which Coleridge was still repeating in his old age : ‘ Citizen John , ’ Coleridge remarked , ‘ this is a fine place to talk treason in ! ’ |
| 5 | The above shot was taken on the 18th while the aircraft flew for Dutch TV . |