Example sentences of "[vb past] on [adj] [noun] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Royal favour took on substantial material form in wardships , pensions , annuities , leases of Crown land , trading licences , and monopolies . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Very few husbands took on any household chores . |
| 4 | I say she brought on that heart attack ! ’ |
| 5 | The old slogan , carried on many union banners and enshrined in rule books , holds that ‘ Knowledge is Power ’ ; the present weaknesses of British trade union education call into question its ability to support those active members who are trying to resist and counteract ideological dominance , let alone revive the old ambition of a learning that would emancipate the oppressed and engender social change . |
| 6 | In France , as in many Continental countries , there was a two-tier freight system , parcel ( grande vitesse ) , carried in passenger trains , and goods ( petite vitesse ) , carried on special freight trains . |