Example sentences of "[to-vb] on another [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Daniels proposed to add two forms to the Senior , one at the top and one at the bottom , and to take on another master . |
| 2 | Her ability to change form is illustrated in the quotation which opened this chapter , where Jung describes how his mother seemed to take on another shape and quality at night . |
| 3 | She will leave , take the children with her and is often in no hurry to take on another man who can not give her caring in return . |
| 4 | Your new commitments will be relevant in working out how much you can afford to pay out , but the law will favour the children of your first family — after all , no one forced you to take on another relationship , and it would be unfair to the children of your first marriage if they suffered because you chose to do so . |
| 5 | Mr kerry is in rented accomodation … vowing never to take on another mortgage . |
| 6 | just as the ermine changes it coat for winter ; just as the seed can lie dormant for thousands of years ; just as the bacteria and the rotifers can live in their desiccated time capsules for perhaps longer than we can ever envisage , awaiting a change of outer circumstances for the tiny living specks of dust to take on another form — just so , perhaps , may the living forms we know so well have secrets tucked away within them that only the rolling of the aeons can reveal . |