Example sentences of "take on [adv] [art] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 21-year-old Jason Hardman is one of 3,000 who applied to join the force — this year West Mercia will take on about a hundred .
2 21-year-old Jason Hardman is one of 3,000 who applied to join the force — this year West Mercia will take on about a hundred .
3 The affair took on quite a different aspect when Mrs Kelleher saw that it was only Miss Nicandra having a bit of fun for herself nothing but smiles now and urgent invitations to a cup of tea .
4 Non-advanced courses lead primarily to DATEC Certificates and Diplomas and are taken on both a full-time and part-time basis .
5 In spite of being so fair , his skin had taken on quite a deep tan in the few days they had been there .
6 Richard has the ability to be quite flippant in a link and then take on again a serious no-nonsense voice for a batch of news stories that might include a fatality or two .
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