Example sentences of "[vb past] [vb pp] on the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The two sisters were both in their fifties , both ex-nurses , neither ever married ; they 'd taken on the restaurant as a late-life decision when their father had died and left them a shared inheritance . |
| 2 | In May 1987 the debtor , who had carried on the business of running a nursing home , sold the business as a going concern and went to live in the Canary Islands . |
| 3 | Hastily he redirected his attention towards the circular screen that he had hung on the wall in place of an oil painting of some horned , scaly jungle monster . |
| 4 | Charlie stared up at his mother 's framed photo that Becky had hung on the wall . |
| 5 | The words had hung on the air , heavy with innuendo , and an act of simple kindness had been spoiled . |
| 6 | The Unitarian minister and editor Edwin Chapman underlined that desire to overcome separation when in his thanksgiving sermon on Emancipation Day in 1834 he proclaimed that it was the Christian principle evinced by all the sects and parties which had brought on the victory . |
| 7 | Careless talk or dark allegations about the true intent of such moderate measures as the Registry Act by slave-owners themselves in Barbados had brought on the trouble there in 1816 . |
| 8 | He had just returned after a 3-day affair with another woman which had brought on the crisis . |
| 9 | By now , the household of The Kilns had taken on the shape which it was to maintain until well after the Second World War . |
| 10 | His face was grotesquely puffed and had taken on the colour of dark purple . |
| 11 | The London buses by this time had taken on the look of the more modern style and were being driven by diesel engines , also they were capable of carrying as many as fifty-six passengers . |
| 12 | Charles was avoiding marriage like the plague , and Henry had taken on the cloak of religion . |
| 13 | Sarah 's voice had taken on the tone of an interrogation . |
| 14 | His face had taken on the expression of imbecile beatitude the religious sometimes adopt . |
| 15 | The respect afforded him in England had partly to do with the manner in which he had taken on the mantle of English culture ; in the absence of any figure with equivalent influence , he was eventually to be invested with an almost shamanistic authority . |
| 16 | She talked as if she had taken on the mantle of Philip Marlowe , a female arch sleuth for whom the teeming underworld held no secrets . |
| 17 | It is estimated that around two-fifths of the settlement will be needed to pay off the syndicate 's American lawyers ( who had taken on the case on a " no win , no pay " basis ) . |
| 18 | No-one cared how long we had taken on the route . |
| 19 | For some , the fist was an alternative to the stick , especially where a conflict with a buck had taken on the form of a personal feud . |
| 20 | The chanting had taken on the form of animal howls and disgusting collections of words screamed out by the blood-frenzied mob . |
| 21 | President Boris Yeltsin had taken on the premiership in October [ see p. 38537 ] . |
| 22 | Before long he became part-time Bursar , and on his retirement from teaching in the late 1950s he had taken on the post full-time . |
| 23 | It also demanded a change in the way in which the government was appointed ( the Fifth Congress having given the President the power to appoint ministers ) and a new Prime Minister in place of Yeltsin , who had taken on the post himself in October 1991 [ see p. 38537 ] . |
| 24 | One classic er case that only occurred a few years ago and it was way before bonfire night , but erm , people working from home to try and make a little bit of pin money , a young lady had taken on the task of putting sparklers into five into a little bag for a particular manufacturer . |
| 25 | After the resignation of John St Luce as Finance Minister on Feb. 22 , the Prime Minister had taken on the Finance portfolio himself and presented the 1991 budget to Parliament on March 7 , giving only an outline of the proposals instead of a detailed budget speech . |
| 26 | At some stage Leonora had switched on the lamp beside her to see her knitting , but otherwise the room was in darkness . |
| 27 | Guido had switched on the engine , and now , with a soft purr , the car headed out on to the road . |
| 28 | Lee had switched on the television the previous evening and had watched the Ayckbourn for a while . |
| 29 | She had switched on the light and as she walked back towards him , he could see her legs again through the dress . |
| 30 | Eventually Gilbert had switched on the tape and asked , ‘ Do you feel like talking , Bissell ? ’ |