Example sentences of "[v-ing] [verb] on the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 So this was not the equivalent of a father wanting to pass on the passionate love of his hobby to his children .
2 They were going to put on the big show .
3 If the family were going to take on the outside world , they 'd do it in eccentric style , his father had implied .
4 I had put on around a stone during the year and I was beginning to take on the traditional pear shape .
5 Unaware of the death of the sect 's figurehead leader , Grant , Springfield and their patchwork assembly of troops were preparing to take on the real power behind the throne — the sinister oriental who was using the organisation as a front for his Triad drugs network .
6 Opposition groups are preparing to take on the Communist Party in Bulgaria 's first free elections for more than 40 years which are to be fixed by next May , but dissident leaders have called for a postponement .
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