Example sentences of "[vb past] [vb pp] on [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the intervals between his military activities Karadjordje had carried on a successful business as a livestock trader , selling pigs across the border into Austria , and he had acquired a modest level of prosperity . |
| 2 | He discovered that this talk and barter over food had brought on an almighty appetite . |
| 3 | His pale cheeks had taken on a ruddy glow . |
| 4 | I did , however , recently visit a long-established and normally experienced retailer who had taken on a new member of staff who filled a big sales tank with a mixture of large Heteractis and Stoichactis anemone species . |
| 5 | His life had taken on a new dimension . |
| 6 | Within two weeks we were encouraging our readers to lobby their MPs concerning the restrictive Night Assemblies Bill , Robert Tripp was regaling us with tales of groupies and interviews had taken on a new air of contention , seriousness and madness . |
| 7 | Was it possible that her sister had taken on a new maid for the Fanshawes ' flat and not said anything about it ? |
| 8 | Meanwhile , the paper had taken on a new cub reporter in the person of Matthew Smith , a tall gangling young man who was to go far in his chosen field . |
| 9 | The handbrake was extensively used to cope with icy conditions on what seemed to be never-ending hairpins and headlights in the distance changing direction constantly made us wonder whether the word insanity had taken on a new meaning [ going up and down snowy mountains in a 30-year-old car ] . |
| 10 | After a long period of depression , and a short period of training , he had taken on a new career — one which also demanded dexterity with the hands : that of a mortician . |
| 11 | Ralph Pike had taken on a strange rigidity . |
| 12 | Fur trading had a more insidious ecological impact , for what the indigenous people had taken on a small scale for subsistence was now demanded on a large scale for sale in the south . |
| 13 | Labour had taken on a flagging government in the midst of the longest recession since the last world war . |
| 14 | George 's voice had taken on a harsh inflection . |
| 15 | She was still trying to cope with what she was beginning to realise was her over-reaction , though she could n't have said quite why she should feel so alarmed , when he told her coolly , ‘ You misunderstand me , Miss Everett , ’ and was on his feet too as , looking arrogantly down at her , he stated bluntly , ‘ Should I ever be so lucky as you suggest , then , be sure of it , I 'd throw away my rabbit 's foot , ’ and having forthrightly left her under no illusion but that should he ever get saddled with her then he would consider his luck had run out , he went on toughly , ‘ I already know the answer , but , for the record , I want to hear it from you — are you just playing around with Travis for the pure hell of it — or , ’ his voice had taken on a grim edge , ‘ are you in love with him ? ’ |
| 16 | The Trunchbull was in such a rage that her face had taken on a boiled colour and little flecks of froth were gathering at the corners of her mouth . |
| 17 | Somehow , since being at Vetch Street , working so hard , and living a life so different from her old one , many events in her past had taken on a different colour . |
| 18 | But the Collector , always inclined to be moody and difficult , had taken on a persecuted look again . |
| 19 | With his wife , he had taken on a ready-made family for , although a Catholic , she was divorced , with two lolloping sons . |
| 20 | Everything around him had taken on a rosy hue and he felt excitement in his guts . |
| 21 | Already the forest had taken on a menacing gloom . |
| 22 | The other girl 's voice had taken on a steely edge . |
| 23 | He had dropped down on to one knee and with head bowed seemed to be pushing at the trolley before him , which for some reason had taken on an obstinate immobility . |
| 24 | His status by that time had taken on an additional dimension : ‘ When Johnson battered a white man to his knees , he was a symbolic black man taking out his revenge on all whites for a lifetime of indignities ’ ( Gillmore , 1975 , p.5 ) . |
| 25 | The ‘ Coach Fund ’ was heavily subscribed ; Crawford had taken on an extensive schedule which saw him coaching his protégés ( ‘ Crawford 's Colts ’ ) four evenings a week at Carisbrook , and coaching at the Boys ' High School twice a week . |
| 26 | His eyes had immediately darkened , and his entire body had taken on an aggressive stance . |
| 27 | By the mid-1950s the Cold War had taken on an inexorable logic in Europe , which made divisions hard to break down . |
| 28 | Pete was beginning to think that the party had taken on an unpleasant edge . |
| 29 | The dungeon had taken on the squalid smell of the cave back in hell . |
| 30 | Hitler had taken on the mysterious Soviets , but why had he chosen to invade Russia and not the British Isles ? |