Example sentences of "[vb base] taken on the [noun] " in BNC.

  Next page
No Sentence
1 But there have been people so sunk in self-blame they 've taken on the guilt of their firm 's collapse — which really does have to be nonsense .
2 Thus , over the years , many life assurance companies have taken on the management of pension funds on behalf of firms and other institutions .
3 120 golfers have taken on the challenges that Woburn has to offer .
4 Er much to everybody 's fear , really , because we , we , we were stepping into a new area , you can imagine from , from wires to something with no wires , and the risk of that failing , but , but it worked and er from thereon , of course most Fire Brigades have taken on the task and , and er are now on radio contact of this kind .
5 Up until now researchers have taken on the guise of distant experts who hand down their findings , leaving practitioners with the task of making sense of and using them .
6 Palm have taken on the franchise for Dagger kayaks .
7 Four schoolchildren have taken on the farming world — and won .
  Next page