Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb past] on [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1	Very few husbands took on any household chores .
2	The underframes carried on six-wheeled bogies were identical .
3	Er it spoilt it a bit when that guy in the glasses came on half way through .
4	When the lights went on five minutes later , we were still all lying on the floor .
5	The Soviet plan would scrap all nuclear mines , torpedoes and depth charges , as well as cruise missiles and nuclear bombs and missiles carried on naval aircraft .
6	To these weapons , NATO 's response has long been the Polaris and Poseidon missiles carried on nuclear submarines .
7	The difference in the political context meant that the formulation and transmission of government objectives took on different forms and involved different actors in the two cases , most notably where the unions were concerned , as we shall see .
8	Those located at holiday resorts took on extra staff to deal with the increased demand brought about by an influx of summer visitors .
9	Naturalists took on enormous workloads , driving themselves to the limit both physically and mentally .
10	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 .
11	The resignations prompted a technical Cabinet reshuffle in which serving Cabinet ministers took on extra responsibilities , notably Famara Ibrahima Sagna , who added African Economic Integration to his existing responsibilities as Economy , Finance and Planning Minister .
12	Six new members joined the Cabinet and three other ministers took on new responsibilities [ see p. 37702 ] .
13	In the ballroom , the Venetian mirrors which lined the walls had been smashed ; doors hung on broken hinges ; the place stank of mice and damp .
14	Different cells took on different functions .

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