Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb past] [verb] on the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Bolstered by his landslide electoral victory in 1972 , the President moved to take on the legislature . |
| 2 | One classic er case that only occurred a few years ago and it was way before bonfire night , but erm , people working from home to try and make a little bit of pin money , a young lady had taken on the task of putting sparklers into five into a little bag for a particular manufacturer . |
| 3 | This ruling appeared to have been accepted , however reluctantly , by Sassou-Nguesso , and during April the conference began to take on the character of a national assembly . |
| 4 | Then he and his wife retired to take on the Post Office at Romaldkirk , some time before the outbreak of war . |
| 5 | The chanting had taken on the form of animal howls and disgusting collections of words screamed out by the blood-frenzied mob . |
| 6 | Sarah 's voice had taken on the tone of an interrogation . |
| 7 | After the resignation of John St Luce as Finance Minister on Feb. 22 , the Prime Minister had taken on the Finance portfolio himself and presented the 1991 budget to Parliament on March 7 , giving only an outline of the proposals instead of a detailed budget speech . |
| 8 | The London buses by this time had taken on the look of the more modern style and were being driven by diesel engines , also they were capable of carrying as many as fifty-six passengers . |
| 9 | His face had taken on the expression of imbecile beatitude the religious sometimes adopt . |