Example sentences of "[verb] [adv prt] [art] radio " in BNC.
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| 1 | Picking up the radio handset , he called the exercise to a halt . |
| 2 | Consider what context would give the following actions symbolic resonance : using a talking stick or talisman crossing a threshold turning off a radio knocking down a wooden post . |
| 3 | Such a process may be comparable to the experience one has when switching on the radio in the middle of a discussion programme and trying to understand the discussion through a partial reconstruction of what must have been said already , who the participants must be , and so on . |
| 4 | We hung up and I lit a cigarette before switching on the radio . |
| 5 | She plugged and unplugged that cross-wired old switchboard with the ease of someone switching on the radio . |
| 6 | About a dozen protesters , including Labour MP Tam Dalyell , turned out yesterday to defend a 5,000-year-old burial ground from developers who want to put up a radio mast for mobile phones . |
| 7 | For example , in messages like : Your coat 's on fire The wing 's breaking up The radio 's gone wrong Your uncle 's died probably the majority of English speakers would place the tonic stress on the subject noun , though it is difficult to see how this is more important than the last lexical word in each of the sentences . |
| 8 | Frances moved over positively to switch on the radio . |
| 9 | Just in time , she remembered to switch on the radio for the eight-thirty news on LBC . |
| 10 | Her moment of complete despair had come when Doyle switched on the radio and sat down to wait and see what happened . |
| 11 | For company , and a reminder of where she was and how much she had to do , she switched on the radio , let the cat out , filled the kettle and began to plan her morning 's round of visiting . |
| 12 | Judy 's house was struck by lightning during that storm , and moments later she switched on the radio to hear that he had died . |
| 13 | He switched on the radio , continued looking . |
| 14 | He switched on the radio , found a music station and followed the first limousine out of the airport onto the Grand Central Parkway , heading towards Manhattan . |
| 15 | She switched on the radio and switched it off again . |
| 16 | He switched on the radio . |
| 17 | Scott switched on the radio , heard pop music , twiddled the frequency dial past classical and reggae and finally found a discussion programme . |
| 18 | He switched on the radio . |
| 19 | Rachaela switched on the radio . |
| 20 | He switched on the radio and learned that temperatures of minus 6 were expected tonight ; the forecaster believed they were due for a ‘ cold snap ’ which could last at least a week . |
| 21 | When I switched on the radio a sober voice intoned the day 's bad news . |
| 22 | It was a brief respite ; when , presently , she took a break and switched on the radio , she found herself listening to the voice of Detective Inspector Clarke who was being interviewed by a reporter . |
| 23 | She switched on the radio to recover normality . |
| 24 | With the last of her dresses hanging in the wardrobe , undies neatly folded in the drawer , Lindsey switched on the radio and bedside lamp . |
| 25 | He switched on the radio and they listened without speaking for a while , and Juliet forgot he had n't answered her last statement . |
| 26 | He switched off the radio and glanced at his watch . |
| 27 | Edward , much affected , switched off the radio . |
| 28 | The horseman was watching me , he switched off the radio and nudged his horse closer . |
| 29 | Anna switched off the radio . |
| 30 | Likewise , ring up the radio station and find out who reports on these subjects . |