Example sentences of "[adv] [conj] [verb] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Get your foot down and switch on the siren . ’ |
| 2 | Reluctantly , Mrs. Henry bent down and switched on the vacuum-cleaner again . |
| 3 | Bob looked away hurriedly , and Mrs. Hennessy bent down and switched on the vacuum-cleaner . |
| 4 | Gleizes and Metzinger stressed that Cubist painting had no specifically decorative function , and that it did not attain its full meaning only when hung on the wall at eye level . |
| 5 | parents should always arrange if possible for their children to see old people of marked interest in their lives , so as to carry on the links of tradition … |
| 6 | If new proteins are to be made , the DNA must be activated in some way , so as to switch on the relevant genes . |
| 7 | The disease causes its victims to waste away and take on the sharp outlines of a statue with the shiny , sickly pallid hue of marble as the disease destroys them . |
| 8 | People come home and switch on the telly , then they either hate it and switch off again , or they think , ’ It 's that bad , I 'll watch it ’ . ’ |
| 9 | Was there a wind to swing the great plantation bell which he had brought home and hung on the oak beside the east gate ? |
| 10 | It was whilst working my way through this , often writing in the column headings for several pages in advance to give myself the illusion that I had completed more than I actually had , that two important suspicions that had lain dormant for some time rose up and took on the aspect of horribly credible hypotheses . |
| 11 | Jane Pargeter stood up and switched on the standard lamp beside her chair , standing with her arms akimbo , self-contained yet vulnerable . |
| 12 | Rachaela sat up and switched on the light . |
| 13 | The ball jumped up and out and hung on the wind |
| 14 | The Ebrahimi type of doctrine is most likely to occur when a partnership is converted into a company but the same people are involved as before and carry on the business with much the same attitude . |
| 15 | There were excited exclamations at the sight of the returned Emily and they flocked round her desk to welcome her back and pass on the gossip of the preceding week . |
| 16 | Quickly she stepped back and switched on the light . |
| 17 | Such was the confidence of the little girl they used to call ‘ Shorty ’ at school that she was now considering taking on the might of the English legal system . |
| 18 | As well as bringing on the new foal , Margaret has taken on another exciting challenge . |
| 19 | ‘ If it had n't been for her courage and fortitude in going out there and taking on the role of investigator , private detective and motivator , those files would still be closed and the police would just have an unsolved case of a missing person . ’ |
| 20 | It 's a question of recognition for the Union and we 're quite prepared , and looking forward , to going back there and carrying on the work that we were doing before . |
| 21 | They were shown into cubicles with inadequate curtains , where they were told to strip completely and put on the clean towelling gowns in there . |
| 22 | This change will allow the Gallery to set itself up permanently on a proper funding basis , with the possibility of a number of options : it could move into public ownership , either national or local ; alternatively , a private sponsor might come forward and take on the entire enterprise . |
| 23 | I stepped forward and switched on the light in the kitchen . |
| 24 | James leant forward and switched on the recorder . |
| 25 | Without a word he leaned forward and switched on the engine . |
| 26 | ‘ It will be good to see the England lads again and to put on the international shirt , ’ says Gazza . |