Example sentences of "[noun] on in the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In one house , on the corner , there was a light on in the front bedroom . |
| 2 | The baker and the newsagent were open and there was a light on in the Carabinieri station that stood between them . |
| 3 | She went down to make a drink , and as she turned the light on in the dingy kitchen a dark thing shot across the floor to disappear under the dresser . |
| 4 | The structure of any model of the type described above can be captured in the general formulation where is all the autonomous elements and collects together all the coefficients on in the specified model ; i.e. , in the case presented above . |
| 5 | She wished she had not put the lamp on in the first place because she was sure he would be able to fathom out how she felt . |
| 6 | But I mean would that is the the the sort of the thing I would like to put an em emphasis on in the first half of the term . |
| 7 | By the time he got to the ice-cream he was too weary to eat , so he downed the bourbon — which instantly took its toll — and retired to bed , leaving the television on in the next room , its sound turned down to a soporific burble . |
| 8 | I 've had a radiator on in the front room . |
| 9 | ‘ If I 've got my pants on in the second scene , I think they 've sent me the wrong script , ’ he says . |
| 10 | I do n't quite know why they put that edge on in the first place . |
| 11 | What are the science-related issues that the public will have to make decisions on in the near future ? |
| 12 | ‘ Devilishly handsome ’ Des , gushes his press release , will set ‘ hearts reeling ’ when people see him put the kettle on in the second Nescafe ‘ Fresh Start ’ ad . |
| 13 | and a reel on in the musty dimness |
| 14 | He had left the fire on in the spare room . |