Example sentences of "[verb] [adv prt] [art] television " in BNC.
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| 1 | The action is set in a south London council flat of hideous squalor over the Easter weekend of 1990 , and it begins with a young man effing and blinding in a crescendo of impotent , inarticulate fury , before picking up a television and hurling it across the room . |
| 2 | Switching on the television set to watch a modern Boat Race , I recall the heated passions aroused among small boys in the early 1930s as we waited to learn whether we had picked the right shade of blue . |
| 3 | Well I have n't said , her , heard anybody say anything about the grand old tradition of switching on the television set , and I 've a horrible feeling that er that th that the one day in the year when people want to get together with their families probably means switching off the television set . |
| 4 | Well I have n't said , her , heard anybody say anything about the grand old tradition of switching on the television set , and I 've a horrible feeling that er that th that the one day in the year when people want to get together with their families probably means switching off the television set . |
| 5 | But people who have rigged up a television in their bedroom or kitchen , to watch the much-advertised breakfast TV shows are finding that some programmes that are quietly transmitted on BBC2 every morning at the same time are often far more interesting . |
| 6 | For example , substance P can be used to control not its own synthesis but some other pathway , just as a thermostat could be used to switch on the television instead of the boiler . |
| 7 | She switched on the television . |
| 8 | Geraldine switched on the television . |
| 9 | A nurse switched on the television in the lounge . |
| 10 | She switched on the television without looking up . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Then he went into the living-room and switched on the television . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | Kelly switched on the television and stared blankly at the screen as some mindless cops and robbers show unfolded . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | Mr Wormwood switched on the television . |
| 17 | Even after the selection of this team I went home , switched on the television news , only to find that the weather forecast predicted blizzards in Scotland . |
| 18 | Without waiting for an answer , Nicholas switched on the television and handed the zapper to Harry , who flicked from channel to channel with lessening enthusiasm . |
| 19 | She switched on the television . |
| 20 | While he waited he switched on the television , flicked it on to CNN . |
| 21 | After a time he switched on the television . |
| 22 | Later , he donned the vast pyjamas , switched on the television for a bit of background and settled down on the bed with the half-bottle of Jim Beam and The Book of Ultimate Truths . |
| 23 | But Nicola 's husband recovered himself and padded over from the settee to switch off the television . |
| 24 | 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 ? |
| 25 | It was like soccer 's World Cup host country handing over the television rights to the visiting nations . |
| 26 | Electrics Always turn off the television , video and stereo when they are not in use . |
| 27 | I turn off the television . |
| 28 | She did n't just switch off the television during love scenes in a film , for instance , but even if a scantily clad woman was shown on a beach or something . |
| 29 | Switch off the television set , follow the recipes , get out and walk , and just LET GO . |
| 30 | ‘ I thought that we would go up the Television Tower and see the view , then go to the museums , especially the Pergamon , then the Palace of the Republic , then … . ’ |