Example sentences of "took on [art] [adv] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He paused for a moment before speaking again , when his voice took on a slightly wheedling tone . |
| 2 | On Hong Kong this year it took on a slightly different connotation . |
| 3 | The whole jape took on a rather serious complexion when the police refused to accept that it was all a joke . |
| 4 | So lawyer C took on a notoriously troublesome client — and indeed , found a satisfactory way of handling the client himself , as well as his many debts and difficulties ! |
| 5 | On Wednesday mornings the Piazza Garibaldi took on a completely different aspect : it was monopolized from an early hour by farmers who came to town to sell their livestock in the Mereato del Bestiame on the outskirts of the city . |
| 6 | By the start of the 1990 season membership had increased to twenty and the club took on a more professional approach . |
| 7 | The looseness of the syntax was a familiar symptom enough , but coupled with the handwriting it took on a more sinister light , for the writing was one of those faint , regular , carefully-looped hands which indicate an underlying antipathy to the written word . |
| 8 | But the initial simple desire for change soon took on a more sinister hue when Rupert Murdoch completely switched his printing operation from Fleet Street to Wapping in the East End of London . |
| 9 | If there were space travellers on this planet , and it seemed that there were , their forward flight through the wastes took on a more logical purpose than the pursuance of a prophecy from a discod sleeve . |
| 10 | His face took on a more pleasing expression , the immense frown being jacked upwards into an insouciant grin . |
| 11 | Relations took on a more positive tone in 1989 when the leader of the City Council returned to the Board , reflecting the reconstituted Labour group 's more pragmatic policy of forming alliances with government and the private sector . |
| 12 | When the police raided the manse of fellow-minister , Morris Mackenzie , in South Ronaldsay on Wednesday 27 February , their concern took on a very personal edge , |
| 13 | They were climbing quite rapidly and soon Maggie 's eyes took on a very troubled look . |
| 14 | Robyn determinedly altered her lifestyle over the next few weeks and Anne 's face took on a less worried appearance . |
| 15 | When she spoke again her voice was calm , more composed , and Anne 's face took on a less worried appearance . |
| 16 | For this reason , the dictatorship of the proletariat took on a typically colonialist aspect . |
| 17 | Glancing over the line as it arced over the lake , her eyes took on a faintly emerald glow . |
| 18 | Small things still gave us hope and the rare glimpses of colour we saw took on an almost spiritual quality . |
| 19 | When the pair of huge horses made their way past the front of the Manor , where the family stood on the steps to watch , the glow of the setting sun was almost gone and in the eerie after-glow the scene took on an almost pagan air . |
| 20 | Nicolo 's voice took on an almost perfect New York accent . |
| 21 | The quest for international recognition , almost regardless as to the importance of the state bestowing it , took on an almost manic quality by the later 1980s . |
| 22 | As the sun rose higher in the cloudless sky and the sea below took on an almost Mediterranean hue , Bert and Bella Rafferty and Celia and Brian Markham cracked open a bottle of champagne . |
| 23 | James took on the rather unglamorous task of editing the party paper , ‘ The Nation ’ and , almost single-handedly , established the paper 's reputation and prestige throughout the West Indies . |
| 24 | The night creatures which had drifted through the streets were no more , and the market stalls and poverty-stricken beggars took on the more comforting image of a capital apparently little changed since Blake 's day . |