Example sentences of "turn on the radio " in BNC.
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| 1 | One woman , writing to a relative at the Front on the day of the invasion itself , said she had been ‘ speechless ’ as , wholly unawares , she had turned on the radio and caught Hitler 's proclamation about the campaign in the east . |
| 2 | Turned on the radio to listen to a play , but it was stupid , so went to bed . |
| 3 | Until one morning in June 1988 when George Tyson turned on the radio to hear a small , investment business called Barlow Clowes had collapsed . |
| 4 | On the way to the bank she turned on the radio . |
| 5 | ‘ Piano , Aaron , piano ! ’ she called , and her middle stepson , with his mobile thin white clown 's face , emerged from the crowd and seated himself at the instrument , as Liz called to Deirdre and the butlers to fill glasses and then join the guests for a toast : Jonathan turned on the radio , the eagle-crowned clock over the marble mantelshelf struck , some joined hands and some did not , Aaron struck up Auld Lang Syne , Big Ben struck , some sang and some did not , voices rose straggling , pure and impure , strong and weak , tuneful and tuneless , there were cries and embraces . |
| 6 | She turned on the radio and listened to a Greek play which she did not understand but liked . |
| 7 | I was in a car with my wife-to-be and we turned on the radio ( I turned on the radio really — My wife could n't care if Leeds went bankrupt tomorrow ) to find out that Leeds were 3–0 down with 15 minutes to go . |
| 8 | I was in a car with my wife-to-be and we turned on the radio ( I turned on the radio really — My wife could n't care if Leeds went bankrupt tomorrow ) to find out that Leeds were 3–0 down with 15 minutes to go . |
| 9 | A third-year nurse came in and turned on the radio . |
| 10 | ‘ Sometimes , ’ he cries in one of his disarming bursts of candour , ‘ You turn on the radio and say to yourself ‘ Who wrote this junk ? ’ . |
| 11 | Turn on the radio and on every station The Eagles are ‘ Living it up at de Hotel California ’ . |
| 12 | All sorts of influences are brought to bear upon us every time we turn on the radio or open a newspaper . |
| 13 | You think it ca n't be as bad as all that , and then you turn on the radio and it is . |
| 14 | Grandma will turn on the radio ? |