Example sentences of "took on the job " in BNC.

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1 Charles took on the job of improving Diana 's geography and also of teaching her the tricks of the trade — how to handle the different sorts of engagements , how to remember names and avoid missing or offending anyone , how to pace herself , how to address people , what sort of questions to ask and how to steer clear of banana skins .
2 WHEN John Boorman took on the job of co-editing this anthology , which is intended to be an annual event , and writing the chronicle of 1991 which comprises almost half its contents , he can not have imagined that he would be revealing so much about the reasons for his own creative decline .
3 Steve Lewis , who won a Welsh Schools cap from Albertillery GS at scrum-half and went on to gain an Oxford Blue in 1973 and play for Ebbw Vale and Bath , was approached and took on the job last summer .
4 Mr Morrison says that he took on the job ‘ because they said that it would be difficult but it had to be done and that 's what appealed to me ’ .
5 Beeren took on the job from Edy de Wilde in 1985 , before which he had been Director of the Museum Boymans van Beuningen in Rotterdam .
6 In January 1990 , Boohaker introduced Coleman to the Esseffs in California , and at Joe Esseff 's suggestion , Coleman took on the job of freelance public relations adviser and lobbyist for the CLAO .
7 I also note that the right hon. and learned Member for Monklands , East ( Mr. Smith ) — who said , when he took on the job that there would be ’ no more phoney shadow Cabinet Budgets ’ — has now promised that there will be a phoney shadow Cabinet Budget .
8 Since she did n't seem willing to read the translation , Robert took on the job himself .
9 Sharif-Emami took on the job twice , the second time in 1978 ; Mansur was assassinated in 1965 , like Razmara in 1951 ; Amir Abbas Hoveyda , who replaced Mansur , had a long run but was eased out in 1977 to give way to Amuzegar , a successful OPEC hawk as previous oil minister .
10 A set of priorities went with the job and if you took on the job you took on the priorities .
11 He wanted someone to help him with his horses , so I took on the job .
12 Undaunted , Ingrid took on the jobs , and through long , exhausting , financially unrewarding slog , completed them .
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