Example sentences of "[pers pn] [was/were] [verb] [to-vb] on the " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Having asked about Shropshire 's youth and their existence within the diocese , my friend Clare and I were invited to take on the role of Shropshire 's Youth Representatives . |
| 2 | I had put on around a stone during the year and I was beginning to take on the traditional pear shape . |
| 3 | You were going to take on the ones we had last time . |
| 4 | She said well , tell Grant , she said he can have a reprieve , she said it 's May the eighth and , and she says , she probably heard me say it was Friday and that 's when I thought it was this Friday , so I had to phone erm the receptionist at daddy 's works , so she was going to pass on the message to daddy just to tell him just to work late as usual , Grant , rather than come in at teatime and then go back to work again . |
| 5 | They were going to put on the big show . |
| 6 | " After some discussion it was arranged to carry on the Winter Meetings fortnightly as last year . |
| 7 | It was beginning to take on the aspect of a full-scale expedition , and both women were looking forward to it immensely . |
| 8 | When he was invited to switch on the Christmas lights in Settle , he needed a police escort because of a bomb threat believed to be from workers at a local quarry . |
| 9 | The turning-point in his fortunes came in October 1861 , when he was asked to take on the printing and publishing of the Union newspaper , which was trying to bring Tractarian Anglicans into touch with Roman Catholics . |