Example sentences of "took on [art] [adj] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The place took on a magical quality for Lewis , who had towards it something of that feeling of the Grand Meaulnes for his lost domain . |
| 2 | When Pauline and Chris Lloyd of Dudley moved house then took on a new garden with a 1 in 3 slope . |
| 3 | However , in mid-1940 , just about the time of Dunkirk — but quite unconnected with it expansion of the milk supply to children took on a new urgency as the Ministry of Food belatedly worked out a national food policy for an island race threatened by the submarine . |
| 4 | Last October in Harare , the Commonwealth took on a new role as a promoter of democracy , the rule of law , and respect for individual freedoms . |
| 5 | With plans to expand our cutter fleet in the offing Venturous took on a new role as training ship during the winter periods for the next few years . |
| 6 | Meanwhile , the Dak took on a new role in 1948 , as the mount of 60 Squadron , being used for two years on a nationwide aerial survey . |
| 7 | Twenty-five years ago , the line built by George Stephenson in 1836 was saved from closure and took on a new lease of life as the North Yorkshire Moors Railway . |
| 8 | The fences were put in order , the fields were top-dressed with necessary fertilisers , and even Matt took on a new lease of life . |
| 9 | The shops took on a new lease of life , the street-sellers , with their lemonade and nougat , ostrich feathers , mummy-beads and scarabs , carnations and roses , and the street-artists , with their boa-constrictors and baboons , took new heart , and the city in general resumed its normal manic rhythm . |
| 10 | The Zeltweg race was , after all , on Niki 's home territory , and when Prost spun off on a patch of oil , the race took on a new perspective for Niki : he found himself in the lead , with Piquet behind him and no threat with badly worn tyres . |
| 11 | Mambo Leo took on a new importance in the 1950s , when the Government hoped it would help stave off the march of nationalism . |
| 12 | In the distance the cries of rage took on a shrill note of terror . |
| 13 | At the weekend , modern day Roundheads and Cavaliers from all over the country , saddled up to re-enact the skirmish and commerate the 350th anniversary of the war and at times the battle took on a definite air of reality although noone was seriously hurt . |
| 14 | When he started school , she only had to look after him before school started and after it finished , so she took on a part-time job as a lunch-time playground supervisor at the same school . |
| 15 | His face took on a faint expression of sad remembrance . |
| 16 | The older man paused and his voice took on a faint note of censure . |
| 17 | For some weeks their lives took on a settled pattern of difference . |
| 18 | He took on a starring role in the Plough Lane Crazy Gang production and gained more notoriety when he was sent off for elbowing a village postman in a pre-season friendly on the Isle of Wight . |
| 19 | A contemporary report said : ‘ the sound took on a special character of relief and localisation ’ because Ader had discovered ‘ a new acoustic affect ’ . |
| 20 | Dressing the doll , after her experience with Effie , took on a different meaning for McAllister . |
| 21 | The panel discussions , which included the voices of aboriginal midwives as well as registered nurses , took on a different meaning in this medical environment . |
| 22 | But the rivalry took on a ferocious tangibility in 1960 , when Dundee visited Muirton Park needing a draw to clinch the league . |
| 23 | The phrase , which was one she must have used a hundred times to visiting parishioners in ordinary times , took on a poignant inadequacy in the context of the murder of her husband . |
| 24 | The station as a point of departure literally and metaphorically took on a particular intensity for the post-First World War generation of young British literati . |
| 25 | Several times the steering wheel took on a wild life of its own as we crashed into an unnoticed pot-hole , and the windscreen wipers stuttered against the rain of dust and small stones that hurtled against the car in handfuls : it was if we were under fire . |
| 26 | Her face took on a mask-like stillness at the lack of title with which he addressed her . |
| 27 | But it took on an extra role during the Gulf War , when it was flown in tandem with Tornados . |
| 28 | But what in the sixteenth century had been a highly convenient part of a wider whole , a matter of partisanship for immediate political and religious reasons , now took on an objective life of its own . |
| 29 | Immediately the smug features reassembled themselves in his imagination and took on the friendly demeanour of an irrelevant sibling . |
| 30 | Phil 's first big break in showbiz was when , as a child actor , he took on the challenging role of Arthur Dodger in Charles Dickens ' classical-rock musical ‘ Camelot ’ where he learned all he knows re : homelessness … |