Example sentences of "on [conj] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Upstairs , they switched taps on and flooded the bathroom and vandalised bedrooms . |
| 32 | ‘ Never mind , Piper , get your kilt on and get over there fast , or you will soon hear him bellowing throughout the area. , |
| 33 | I put my hat on and get up . |
| 34 | I mean , with the middle bit , we 'd put the record on and get off stage so there was never any doubt that we were playing live when we were on stage . |
| 35 | I ca n't wait to get my boots on and get started . ’ |
| 36 | Put the pasta on and get out . ’ |
| 37 | She turned the light on and got out of bed . |
| 38 | Prentice put his shoe and sock back on and got to his feet , obviously in some pain when he stood . |
| 39 | Sandra : I turned a tap on and damped it down . |
| 40 | It was a long while before I could even change her nappy , and putting clothes on , you had to disconnect all the wires , put the clothes on and put them all back . |
| 41 | a method of binding a paper cover to a book by drawing the cover on and gluing to the back of the book . |
| 42 | The time it took to put my coat on and pick up my keys and stuff . ’ |
| 43 | is based on and perpetuates a notion of male superiority . |
| 44 | Press camera button ON and hold picture steady . |
| 45 | He joked : ‘ In England , if you were sent to a rugby league match at Batley on a night you had to park your car on the touch line and leave the headlights on and hope the players would run into the beam of light so you could get a picture . |
| 46 | I 'll have to catch the 7 a.m. train to Nottingham , which means getting up at 5 a.m. to put the slap on and climb into the overalls . |
| 47 | I 'd put a tape on and turn the radio off . |
| 48 | Are you also saying that soap operas , in particular — it may be other programmes as well — are picking up on and creating a space for discussing topics that really are preoccupying people , and rendering conscious a lot of issues that are ‘ out there ’ already ? |
| 49 | They had come closer together , relying on and valuing each other 's capacities . |
| 50 | Then I told Springsteen not to invite any strangers in , or any of his friends for a party , put my flying jacket on and jogged downstairs to wind up Armstrong . |
| 51 | Rather , the literal words of the statute have to be relied on and followed . |
| 52 | All co-operative and good behaviour should be commented on and praised . |
| 53 | At ten o'clock I put the radio on and heard about the man who 'd escaped from Rampton . |
| 54 | He saw himself as in some way subverting that tradition : they told Hawaiians to put their clothes on and stop surfing ; he was taking his off and going pagan all over again . |
| 55 | Now this does n't alter for one moment my recommendation of this as a superb performance , but I can well imagine a non-violinist , with less understanding of the extraordinary soloistic skill involved , homing in on and lambasting the accompaniment , giving only an average rating as a result . |
| 56 | Finally , he hinted at a principle of crucial importance : ‘ The language we use in the Council should be serene and tranquil ; it should shed light on and remove misunderstandings ; and it should dissipate error by the force of truth ’ ( Discorsi , messagi , colloqui del Santo Padre Giovanni XXIII , vol. 3 , p. 575 ) . |
| 57 | When he did get up to go to the room he looked like someone who had lost the train of thought he had set out on and had emptied himself into blankness , aware only that he was still somehow present . |
| 58 | The Leeds boss pointed the midfielder back on and had to be restrained by reserve official Brian Hill as he furiously remonstrated with referee Joe Worrall . |
| 59 | It had picked up quite a bit of loose weed which kept jamming in the top ring , but this was periodically removed by Mr Gardner who , by now , knew I had a good fish on and had been warned that any foul-ups at the net would seriously hinder his future fathering capabilities . |
| 60 | It approached sideways on and flung up its head , eye rolling . |