Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] on the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | God sent the Spirit of Jesus to his followers in order to equip them to carry on the mission of his Son in the world . |
| 2 | Beautiful women , dressed in anything from the flamboyantly obvious to the understatedly elegant , weaved in and out of the crowds , some of them hanging on the arms of men old enough to be their grandfathers . |
| 3 | Later , when we 're nearer completion , you might like to offer a free trip to the agents he recommends — get them to pass on the news to their customers . |
| 4 | ‘ And needed someone to carry on the family name and the title , to stop any distant relative from — ’ |
| 5 | I put on the dress and it suddenly came to life . |
| 6 | Er , the first thing is I put on the top of my draught that I 'd rather the pupils were n't involved at this stage I 'd rather they were involved in the over view with form tutor . |
| 7 | The frown was back between his eyes as I put on the light in my room . |
| 8 | So at the end of each appointment you want a result and a result is either the business or introductions , hopefully both so I hang on the importance again . |
| 9 | ‘ And Theo , ’ he confided , ‘ when I pass on the heath here such a woman with a child on her arm , it pierces me right through , the melancholy , and my eyes get moist . ’ |
| 10 | He 's sometimes in the hall when I pass on the way out . |
| 11 | I pass on the advice given by the Lochcarron police : Do n't panic , the pilots know what they are doing and where they are going . |
| 12 | As I hung on the phone , I ingested the sad evidence of a service which , although well-intentioned , simply had n't coped . |
| 13 | She plugged and unplugged that cross-wired old switchboard with the ease of someone switching on the radio . |
| 14 | In the next apartment , someone switched on the TV . |
| 15 | A night of beer-swilling revelry was abruptly deflated at 11.30pm when someone switched on the television for the draw for the FA Cup third round . |
| 16 | WITH nearly 20 years of trouble-free driving behind me , I was relatively confident and assured when I switched on the ignition for my first lesson in advanced driving . |
| 17 | The outside air temperature was above minimum , but I switched on the engine anti-ice anyway , just to be sure . |
| 18 | I switched on the engine , closed my eyes and … felt like I 'd just stepped onto a corporation bus . |
| 19 | When I switched on the radio a sober voice intoned the day 's bad news . |
| 20 | As I switched on the television prior to using is as the computer screen to write this article , a lady was interviewing the country 's strongest man . |
| 21 | On one tank I had , the fish panicked and hid every time I switched on the lighting . |
| 22 | I switched on the light in the bedroom . |
| 23 | I switched on the light in the hall . |
| 24 | Often , when I switched on the light to make sure that the dish was scraped clean , I was disgusted at the mess I had been eating . |
| 25 | At last , exasperated beyond bearing , I switched on the light again . |
| 26 | I followed in behind him erm the curtains were drawn , the room was in reasonable darkness and er I switched on the light . |
| 27 | From the rattles and clunks it 's difficult to tell what 's happening , but I switch on the cassette recorder in case . |
| 28 | But if you 'd wait until I switch on the hall light … ’ |
| 29 | ‘ When I go out I switch on the video and know my cats are having a good time looking at visions of snakes , hippos , mice , rabbits — oh , just about everything . |
| 30 | I switch on the radio , open a newspaper or a magazine , glance at an advertisement — it all seems like madness to me . |