Example sentences of "[noun sg] lights [vb past] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | Raiders tried to break in to this cottage in the early hours , but they were spotted by vigilant neighbours when security lights came on . |
| 2 | Raiders tried to break in to this cottage in the early hours , but they were spotted by vigilant neighbours when security lights came on . |
| 3 | The runway lights came on , two lines of haloed yellow flares that faded as they converged into the curtains of rain and smoke . |
| 4 | He switched on the refrigeration unit , and as it shivered into life the counter lights came on under the glass . |
| 5 | All at once the stair lights came on . |
| 6 | Yesterday the crossing was in operation again , amid local claims that the warning lights came on only 10 seconds before trains go through . |
| 7 | Charity 's warning lights came on . |
| 8 | A minute sooner than Ember had said , emergency lights blazed on . |
| 9 | In a farther reach of the bay , the seafront lights came on . |
| 10 | As dark fell , street lights went on in the square and many demonstrators lit paper torches . ’ |