Example sentences of "[adv prt] [art] [noun] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Taylor is obviously full of anticipation as he embarks on the most important year since taking on the England job . |
| 2 | Pausing outside his living room door , he switched on the hall light and crouched down on his knees . |
| 3 | But if you 'd wait until I switch on the hall light … ’ |
| 4 | Alison found the key and opened the door , reaching inside to switch on the hall light . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Floating down into the depths , she heard the kitchen door into the back garden close the very moment she switched on the hall light . |
| 7 | Leonora gave him a wavering smile as he switched on the hall light . |
| 8 | 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 ) . |
| 9 | A group of Country Whigs certainly remained important " out-of-doors " , in carrying on the propaganda war against the Court . |
| 10 | He left no natural successor to take on the Nehru mantle . |
| 11 | Britain 's Roger Clark took on the blizzard conditions in the Lombard London-Sydney Marathon today to move into fourth place . |
| 12 | Ace switched on the spacewalk jets and launched herself through the widening yawn of the doors . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | Pegasus did n't win their first short corner of the game until the 28th minute , and that was down to Nadine Long , who at times was the only forward prepared to take on the Portadown defence . |
| 15 | Angelica switched on the Cona machine and Adele brought an extra chair . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | Harris , his coachman , was up on the driving box , while Lord John 's groom and valet were bringing on the saddle horses behind . |
| 18 | There would be no one to carry on the Drennan name , no one to inherit his land . |
| 19 | 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 |
| 20 | From now on the capital G would always be used in reference to them . |
| 21 | A great deal hung on the relationship participants were able to establish , and in this any status differential could prove problematic . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | John Bowley , or Bowyer , a shot maker who took on the Hartfield steel forge in 1525 , might have been related to either Valentine or Nicholas Bowyer ( land £2 and £3 respectively ) . |
| 24 | He switched on the powerhouse smile . |
| 25 | He switched on the refrigeration unit , and as it shivered into life the counter lights came on under the glass . |
| 26 | Lucker switches on the cabin light and lights a cigarette . |
| 27 | The sun-and-moon chart hangs on the kitchen cupboard , where we can consult it . |
| 28 | There 's more light , Harriet has switched on the kitchen light . |
| 29 | Then he turned from her abruptly , fastened his seatbelt , and switched on the ignition key . |
| 30 | 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 . ’ |