Example sentences of "[adv prt] [art] [noun sg] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Pausing outside his living room door , he switched on the hall light and crouched down on his knees . |
| 2 | But if you 'd wait until I switch on the hall light … ’ |
| 3 | Alison found the key and opened the door , reaching inside to switch on the hall light . |
| 4 | It was easy enough to get the front door open one-handed , not so easy to switch on the hall light with no hands at all . |
| 5 | Floating down into the depths , she heard the kitchen door into the back garden close the very moment she switched on the hall light . |
| 6 | Leonora gave him a wavering smile as he switched on the hall light . |
| 7 | Maybe the children could make a notice to hang on the hall doors — STRICTLY NO ADMITTANCE EXCEPT TO THESEUS AND ADVISERS ( adapted as appropriate , and put up with staff agreement ) . |
| 8 | A group of Country Whigs certainly remained important " out-of-doors " , in carrying on the propaganda war against the Court . |
| 9 | Britain 's Roger Clark took on the blizzard conditions in the Lombard London-Sydney Marathon today to move into fourth place . |
| 10 | Ace switched on the spacewalk jets and launched herself through the widening yawn of the doors . |
| 11 | This official was furious when it appeared that Oslear had spoken to media men about his determination to back Palmer and Hampshire , as well as Lamb , the only England cricketer who has had the courage to take on the cricket establishment . |
| 12 | Running a modern-day coaching inn became a fashionable activity after the painter John Fothergill took on the Spread Eagle at Thame in the 1920s and , later , the Three Swans at Market Harborough . |
| 13 | Harris , his coachman , was up on the driving box , while Lord John 's groom and valet were bringing on the saddle horses behind . |
| 14 | Well they might be a friendly , oh I do n't really know but er he 's so busy you see and he 's busy all kinds of day and night , now then , we asked him a while ago to be more careful when he was switching on the freezer units at night because they were waking people up , we asked him er a while ago if he 'd be more careful learning up at six o'clock in the morning because the chain and that we could n't sleep in the morning like , and all disturbing us all like that |
| 15 | From now on the capital G would always be used in reference to them . |
| 16 | A great deal hung on the relationship participants were able to establish , and in this any status differential could prove problematic . |
| 17 | Jack found a piece of driftwood , its gnarled form worn totally smooth by the action of the waves , and they decided it would look wonderful in his barn hung on the brickwork chimney-breast , so he carried it for the rest of the morning until they returned to their little camp at lunchtime . |
| 18 | He switched on the powerhouse smile . |
| 19 | He switched on the refrigeration unit , and as it shivered into life the counter lights came on under the glass . |
| 20 | Lucker switches on the cabin light and lights a cigarette . |
| 21 | The sun-and-moon chart hangs on the kitchen cupboard , where we can consult it . |
| 22 | There 's more light , Harriet has switched on the kitchen light . |
| 23 | Then he turned from her abruptly , fastened his seatbelt , and switched on the ignition key . |
| 24 | I do remember seeing two — maybe three — cars pass on the Silcaster road , but I did n't notice anything shown up in their headlights . ’ |
| 25 | Cornelius switched on the windscreen wipers . |
| 26 | Amongst the curiosities was a series of Tradescant portraits , which were hung on the gallery walls . |
| 27 | From the rattles and clunks it 's difficult to tell what 's happening , but I switch on the cassette recorder in case . |
| 28 | to try and switch on the cassette player in the bedroom . |
| 29 | ‘ OK , Ellis , take out the tray and bring on the sex maniac . ’ |
| 30 | Action was taken on the poll tax . |