Example sentences of "[vb past] on [num] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Above Dorothea 's head , six new , blue mugs hung on six newly-erected hooks , for Florence Ames thought of all things and was constantly suggesting improvements — not that she insisted upon them or took anything in hand , only looked and suggested and then left the idea to be considered , accepted or rejected . |
| 2 | Where others might have been satisfied just to become editor of The Times , he took on one public job after another . |
| 3 | She took on two alternating roles here , working for six-month periods as Acquisitions Librarian and as Serials Librarian , alternating with our other Assistant Librarian . |
| 4 | As demand grew for restoration of veteran and vintage cars , he took on 6 more workers , 4 of whom were unemployed . |
| 5 | It differed in only two respects , that the turntable was a much narrower arrangement than the Wolverton one , and that when in the uncoupled position , it rested on a single support carried on two small wheels . |
| 6 | Bulleid introduced new and more comfortable main-line and electric suburban trains , the latter including a double-deck prototype train for the crowded Kent lines and a revolutionary prototype general-purpose steam locomotive carried on two steam-driven power bogies . |