Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] to take on [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You know , nobody wants to take on a girl ! |
| 2 | Schladming , just to the east , which tried to take on the World Cup commitment , has suffered similarly . |
| 3 | ‘ I know it 's a long way , ’ I say , ‘ I do n't even know which line to take on the underground . |
| 4 | How could she expect to take on the powerful Lucenzo Salviati — a man with centuries of trickery in his blood — and come out top ? |
| 5 | Now with the release of her new album , ‘ Shepherd Moons ’ she prepares to take on the world again , with music of an almost other-wordly beauty . |
| 6 | She had been discovered as a fourteen-year-old Moscow prostitute when she decided to take on the whole of a KGB barrackroom who were in need of relief . |
| 7 | He said Mr Brooke had nothing to offer the people of Northern Ireland and he told the House : ‘ There must be condemnation of those who fail to take on the IRA and the finger must be pointed at the Secretary of State and those behind him . |
| 8 | Strangford MP John Taylor dismissed Mr Brooke 's statement as ‘ bland generalities , ’ and said there must be condemnation of those who fail to take on the IRA and the finger must be pointed at Mr Brooke and those behind them . |
| 9 | There must also be condemnation for those who fail to take on the IRA , and the finger must be pointed at the Secretary of State and those who sit behind him . |
| 10 | ‘ They give us a sense of achievement too because we like to take on a caring role and feel responsible . |
| 11 | Or perhaps it is that if we try to take on the identity and authority of the Weaving Mother the consequences will be severe ; our own personal weavings are only part of a much greater pattern , which we can not control or take credit for . |
| 12 | Armed with their newest inventions ( a super-duper jeep and hi-tech helicopter ) they vow to take on the forces of evil and blast their way to freedom — so get blasting ! |
| 13 | Then they seem to take on a mind of their own , then they become positively malignant ! ’ |
| 14 | Gould would also be reunited with Natty and Jemmy , who he planned to take on the Namoi expedition . |
| 15 | I can even remember when Finnegans Wake was thought to be incomprehensible and the gentleman sitting on my right , George Craig , is almost , but not quite , my contemporary at this university and I was genuinely delighted when he agreed to take on the herculean task of giving a lecture a centenary lecture on James Joyce . |
| 16 | For anyone disposed to take on the often very satisfying task of making banners I can assure them that there are several very kind ‘ Barnabases ’ in the church whose comments and encouragements I have valued . |
| 17 | Although a late developer , it began to take on the size and conformation of an excellent Clydesdale stallion . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | Anyone wishing to take on a franchise can ask the BFA for help and advice : |
| 20 | But he left to take on the run-down Staffordshire country house called Alton Towers and made it into a top leisure and theme park . |
| 21 | He wanted to take on the Glamorgan job again , whenever Butcher may decide to retire , and he was pleased to be thought a contender to take England to India if , as is expected , Graham Gooch opts out . |