Example sentences of "[adv] taken on a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Instead , he rationalized his thoughts and justified himself Adam probably — indeed , almost certainly — knew nothing about the find in the pine wood , but Adam had once owned the house and had thus taken on a responsibility . |
| 2 | ‘ Manchester United have not taken on a troublemaker or an enfant terrible — they have bought a personality and a man capable of magic in his boots . ’ |
| 3 | Yeah , like the electricity , but your chickens come home to roost when your overtime goes , when your job goes and you take on a commitment and they never , the last ten , fifteen , twenty , twenty five years and they 've never ever , ever taken on a commitment like that before , when it 's presented with just the roses around it , everything 's sweetness and light and roses and the other side is n't really put , put to you , think of the worse scenario , you 're out of a job , what can you do ? |
| 4 | We are then taken on a tour of the factory while waiting for lunch . |
| 5 | In one of the experiments , a group of students were blindfolded and then taken on a coachride . |
| 6 | I have sometimes taken on a role where I have been injured , a plague victim , and used the role to become Devil 's Advocate , suggesting that one of the more aggressive boys in a class " Finish me off . " |