Example sentences of "begin take on [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Injury doubt , Mark Hateley will also play , as Rangers begin to take on a menacing look again .
2 ‘ Solitude enflamed the imagination of Henri K — , and gradually the parrot began to take on a rare significance in his mind .
3 After the line , ‘ gradually the parrot began to take on a rare significance in his mind ’ , he made the following annotation : ‘ Change the animal : make it a dog instead of a parrot .
4 Gadebridge probably began life as a small farm , but from Period 4 , during the third century , it began to take on the additional characteristics , even to the extent of a gatehouse , or porter 's lodge .
5 Life was beginning to take on a familiar shape again .
6 The foot of the League is beginning to take on a familiar appearance as far as Athletico is concerned :
7 I had put on around a stone during the year and I was beginning to take on the traditional pear shape .
8 For Joshua , at sixty-two , and suffering from a bad leg , distances had begun to take on an extraordinary significance .
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