Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb past] [verb] on [art] [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 | The loose skin of Vologsky 's cheeks and lower chin quivered under the increasing pull of the G-force and his entire body seemed to take on a couple of stone in extra weight . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Then he and his wife retired to take on the Post Office at Romaldkirk , some time before the outbreak of war . |
| 6 | The chanting had taken on the form of animal howls and disgusting collections of words screamed out by the blood-frenzied mob . |
| 7 | Just as he had been wont to do as a boy , so this morning after waking , he had lain and thought of the day ahead and what he had to do in it , and he was aware that life had taken on a tinge of colour . |
| 8 | Sarah 's voice had taken on the tone of an interrogation . |
| 9 | Two million had died and the world had hung on a heartbeat , and the sky had blazed like a thermonuclear sun standing still . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | The pain had taken on a form , which cried , and dribbled from every orifice . |
| 13 | His face had taken on the expression of imbecile beatitude the religious sometimes adopt . |