Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] on [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He admits that in the Eighties the card took on some people who were not quite of the calibre of its existing client portfolio . |
| 2 | Very few husbands took on any household chores . |
| 3 | Er it spoilt it a bit when that guy in the glasses came on half way through . |
| 4 | A Britain where freedom was extended and where people took on more responsibility for running their own lives . |
| 5 | In their last fixture before Henley at Marlow Regatta , St Edwards took on another Oxfordshire school Radley College , and were shocked to loose by just a few feet . |
| 6 | At the same time , firms not taking part in takeovers took on more debt , either gradually or in so-called ‘ leveraged recapitalisations ’ — in effect self-takeovers in which firms ' existing shareholders swapped some of their equity into debt . |
| 7 | Nine months after start-up Mr Chambers took on another consultant . |
| 8 | As I was thinking this , Pike started to laugh and the voice took on more colour . |