Example sentences of "[pron] switch on the television " in BNC.

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1 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 .
2 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 .
3 She switched on the television .
4 She switched on the television without looking up .
5 She switched on the television .
6 How often do we switch on the television , only half watching it , or get stuck into routines in the evenings that require no conscious thought or effort , leaving the mind free to wander ?
7 Her story was plastered all over the December issue of Playboy and every time he switched on the television , she was there repeating it all as a multitude of chat-show hosts clamoured to get her on their programmes .
8 While he waited he switched on the television , flicked it on to CNN .
9 After a time he switched on the television .
10 Then we would visualise an alarm clock with carrots for fingers and imagine that when the alarm goes off it switches on the television set .
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