Example sentences of "would [vb infin] on [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A movement outside caught my eye and I peered through the window ; looked like I 'd put on an outside light , too . |
| 2 | A delegation travelled to Lisbon to present their case ; FLEC-Renewal president José Tiburcio Luemba called on Portugal to revise the agreements which had brought about the independence of Angola in 1975 , and said that his movement would carry on an armed struggle until independence for Cabinda had been achieved . |
| 3 | His long-held belief that spinners could not be trusted had been vindicated , and from now on Test cricket would take on a new dimension . |
| 4 | Best of all , his work would take on a new virility once he rooted himself in the earth and responded to what he called its ‘ music ’ , experiencing its moods as ‘ symphonic , dramatic ’ . |
| 5 | The EC would take on a direct role in defence affairs in the medium term by gradually absorbing the WEU . |
| 6 | If the sensitivity of our pigments suddenly shifted over to that of the bee 's , the sky would still be reassuringly blue with fluffy white clouds , while nearly everything else would take on a bizarre hue . |
| 7 | Banknote paper was then prepared with a colouring agent made from cobalt , silex , salt and potash : if you set light to a bundle of money , the cinder would take on the extraordinary tint that Musgrave saw on the Caen dockside . |
| 8 | ’ I wish someone else would take on the major record companies , but nobody does , and I 'm not prepared to sit back and watch them stifle British music . |
| 9 | He would put on a white overall for the occasion , more to impress the customer than for hygienic reasons , then have a good look at the tooth . |