Example sentences of "the [noun] [vb past] on [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For the next half hour the rehearsals took on a sudden lift and everyone began to dare to try things out without feeling foolish . |
| 2 | The Maggot , Ellen insisted , was an untoilet-trained redneck jerk whose only expertise was as a player of the most brutal and mindless sport to be devised since the lions took on the Christians . |
| 3 | The snag was , everything had seemed perfectly fine and reasonable written down in black and white — but the book had omitted to mention that on snow the skis took on a life all of their own . |
| 4 | The duchess put on the blindfold as she visited an orphanage in Kochedwice , Poland , on a visit for British charity Angels International yesterday . |
| 5 | The light took on a green tinge and a drunk |
| 6 | The blue patch of sky had long since disappeared and as the light faded the snow took on a fluorescent glow . |
| 7 | Llanelli ....... 27 Leicester ....... 8 GOING for the gap took on a painful new meaning for Steve Bowling when he helped Llanelli claw their way back to win this entertaining game . |
| 8 | The shops took on a new lease of life , the street-sellers , with their lemonade and nougat , ostrich feathers , mummy-beads and scarabs , carnations and roses , and the street-artists , with their boa-constrictors and baboons , took new heart , and the city in general resumed its normal manic rhythm . |
| 9 | By the start of the 1990 season membership had increased to twenty and the club took on a more professional approach . |
| 10 | The coarse whine of the engine took on a dead , flat echo . |
| 11 | But the rivalry took on a ferocious tangibility in 1960 , when Dundee visited Muirton Park needing a draw to clinch the league . |
| 12 | When the household took on a maid , Simenon began an affair with her which lasted 15 years before his wife found out . |
| 13 | At the weekend , modern day Roundheads and Cavaliers from all over the country , saddled up to re-enact the skirmish and commerate the 350th anniversary of the war and at times the battle took on a definite air of reality although noone was seriously hurt . |
| 14 | This time , something like a Christian front emerged , albeit temporarily , and the campaign took on the character of a crusade , the so-called Crusade of Varna , under the blessing of Pope Eugenius IV . |
| 15 | When the pair of huge horses made their way past the front of the Manor , where the family stood on the steps to watch , the glow of the setting sun was almost gone and in the eerie after-glow the scene took on an almost pagan air . |
| 16 | For this reason , the dictatorship of the proletariat took on a typically colonialist aspect . |
| 17 | In these circumstances , voluntary WEA members such as Rachael Evans in Bedfordshire and ( successively ) Barbara Brenchley and Margaret Bland in the Fenland took on the task of Federation secretary and , along with other enthusiasts , did their best to fulfil the non-teaching duties of a tutor-organiser . |
| 18 | For the third year running the Bar put on a mock trial , at the request of the Litigation Section of the ABA , which was well received . |
| 19 | A contemporary report said : ‘ the sound took on a special character of relief and localisation ’ because Ader had discovered ‘ a new acoustic affect ’ . |
| 20 | Immediately the room took on a more homely , comfortable appearance . |
| 21 | It so happened that the string hung on a sprig of an elder that grew out of the mote , and this confirmed them that ‘ t was the Devill . |
| 22 | The projectionist switched on the light . |
| 23 | Desperate for cash following the Swedish debacle , he was one of the first to take on commercial sponsorship by negotiating a less than lucrative deal with Lovetts Panty Hose Ltd , and solely responsible for the bankrupting record fiasco when , at crippling expense , the team took on the guise of the Whaddon Promotion All Stars , and released a record , Go Go Athletic-O . |
| 24 | When the last violin and cello had disappeared the General switched on the desk light and settled down behind his tidy desk . |
| 25 | They scrubbed white the boards of the floor and the old brown flagstones of the hallway took on a damp glow . |
| 26 | The corridors took on an eerie silence . |
| 27 | This meeting with Temple was so important to him that the photograph of the group hung on the wall of his room when he died . |
| 28 | The place took on a magical quality for Lewis , who had towards it something of that feeling of the Grand Meaulnes for his lost domain . |
| 29 | Last summer , the place took on the air of a cheap seance , with ringing bells and flickering lights . |
| 30 | The magistrate put on a black cap , a three-cornered piece of silk . |