Example sentences of "[was/were] [v-ing] [to-vb] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | If the family were going to take on the outside world , they 'd do it in eccentric style , his father had implied . |
| 2 | You were going to take on the ones we had last time . |
| 3 | They were going to put on the big show . |
| 4 | Unaware of the death of the sect 's figurehead leader , Grant , Springfield and their patchwork assembly of troops were preparing to take on the real power behind the throne — the sinister oriental who was using the organisation as a front for his Triad drugs network . |
| 5 | She said well , tell Grant , she said he can have a reprieve , she said it 's May the eighth and , and she says , she probably heard me say it was Friday and that 's when I thought it was this Friday , so I had to phone erm the receptionist at daddy 's works , so she was going to pass on the message to daddy just to tell him just to work late as usual , Grant , rather than come in at teatime and then go back to work again . |
| 6 | I had put on around a stone during the year and I was beginning to take on the traditional pear shape . |
| 7 | It was beginning to take on the aspect of a full-scale expedition , and both women were looking forward to it immensely . |
| 8 | He had n't done well at Sunset , and was planning to pass on the Billabong . |