Example sentences of "took on an [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Madeleine 's voice took on an accusing note . |
| 2 | The corridors took on an eerie silence . |
| 3 | After the Union of the Crowns of Scotland and England in 1603 , and because the country now had an absent sovereign , the symbols of majesty became a substitute and took on an extra significance . |
| 4 | But it took on an extra role during the Gulf War , when it was flown in tandem with Tornados . |
| 5 | Earlier this year , however , the same task took on an extraordinary aspect when he delivered much-needed supplies to Zagreb in Croatia . |
| 6 | But what in the sixteenth century had been a highly convenient part of a wider whole , a matter of partisanship for immediate political and religious reasons , now took on an objective life of its own . |
| 7 | Bill 's face took on an evil grin . |
| 8 | Junior military officers played an important part in orchestrating rural opposition within a movement which , in reasserting the ideal of service to the state , took on an anti-capitalist tone . |