Example sentences of "[vb past] [verb] on [adj] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Such a moment came to pass on one fateful Saturday back in 1985 . |
| 2 | Meanwhile , Easy Rider , itself , began to take on more menacing tones as it neared its climax . |
| 3 | The slow-down in the rate of increase between the third and fourth time bands reflects the saturation of the new ‘ market ’ as the industry reached maturity , and started to take on fewer new staff . |
| 4 | She felt this would make her ‘ singled out ’ , so she preferred to take on similar clerical work doing the accounts for her father 's farming business . |
| 5 | He said American Airlines wanted to take on more transatlantic routes , but had been bogged down by bilateral agreements between the British and U.S. governments which had still not been finalised . |