Example sentences of "[conj] [pers pn] [vb base] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | But if you 'd wait until I switch on the hall light … ’ |
| 2 | Then it happens — it does n't happen and you switch on the light and get dressed sadly . |
| 3 | If you put on the pink and rode to hounds like English gentlefolk these days , some wee feller with an Armalite would blow your head off . |
| 4 | If you take on the big issues and the people wo n't follow , then at least you can say you have tried . ’ |
| 5 | But I do n't worry about being a loser — if you take on the big issues and the people wo n't follow , then at least you can say you have tried |
| 6 | It is possible to intensify poetry 's power over time if we take on the implications of Rosenblatt 's transactional theory , which is well described in Benton et al . |
| 7 | So far if we take on the ninety ninety two figures we attended something like eight hundred bonfires . |
| 8 | If we carry on the way we are there can only be one outcome and that is success . |
| 9 | You ca n't sleep you 're actually providing your own sleep deprivation and you say hey , next thing you know I really will be falling down the stairs ! but he does n't seem to get the joke and then it 's back to the cell and then the interview room with the barred , opaqued windows so you ca n't see out and they switch on the tape-machine recording everything as usual and it 's getting more bizarre ; they get me to do a Michael Caine voice ! |
| 10 | From the rattles and clunks it 's difficult to tell what 's happening , but I switch on the cassette recorder in case . |
| 11 | Wait a minute till I switch on the other light . |
| 12 | Most people want many sons because they carry on the family line and that means our clan can claim more land . |
| 13 | Let them dry overnight before you switch on the heat again . |
| 14 | And first of all , I must say good luck to the eleven local sides taking part in tomorrow 's curtain raiser at Twickers before we take on the argy-bargies and thrash them . |
| 15 | We shall assume that , before we switch on the current , H = 0 and B = 0 , a natural-enough assumption . |
| 16 | ‘ But we want all the complications down in black and white before we switch on the green light , ’ said Mr Wright . |
| 17 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 18 | He 's sometimes in the hall when I pass on the way out . |
| 19 | ‘ These drills run at a tremendous speed , ’ the father said , ‘ so when I switch on the drill the mileage numbers on the speedo spin backwards at a fantastic rate . |
| 20 | The frown was back between his eyes as I put on the light in my room . |
| 21 | And when you take on the role always hold something in reserve , so it 's what they 've created , but here 's something unexpected about it . |
| 22 | No , but when you switch on the telly on a Saturday afternoon there 's football , football , football ! |
| 23 | We look forward to giving further impetus to the process when we take on the presidency of the Community in the second half of the year . |
| 24 | ‘ Have you finished ? ’ they ask as you lie gasping , and when they switch on the light you expect to see a sign over the bed , NOW WASH YOUR HANDS . |
| 25 | The Manchester United striker , who will tonight win his 51st cap for his country when they take on the RCS in a vital World Cup qualifier in Cardiff , believes this is one of the best Welsh teams for years . |