Example sentences of "he [verb] on [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The reigning world chess champion , Gary Kasparov , will demonstrate his prowess in London on Wednesday when he takes on 100 contestants simultaneously in a charity chess match . |
| 2 | Even now , he hung on seven weeks more . |
| 3 | But the trouble he took on each occasion was the same . |
| 4 | As war developed he took on many treasurerships for the army and Parliament , becoming one of the treasurers for war in 1645 as well as a commissioner for the customs in 1643 . |
| 5 | He 's clever enough , and brave in spite of all I 've said — in that last raid he took on four men to save Ewan Beg 's life . |
| 6 | The Noble Viscount , Lord Whitelaw put it I thought extremely well , extremely persuasively , when he spoke on second reading on this question , not of the Chairman , but of the five Home Office nominees . |