Example sentences of "he [vb past] on [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When the selected pile alone remained , he switched on a powerful reading spotlamp above the table , took a jeweller 's loupe from his pocket , a pair of tweezers in his right hand , and held up the first stone to the light . |
| 2 | He switched on a few lights , took off his coat and tie and rolled up his sleeves , then he pottered around the kitchen making himself a good night mug of milkless tea . |
| 3 | Once the left engine was turning over at 45 per cent , he switched on the right engine , using the live engine 's generator to save the battery . |
| 4 | Like a zombie she let him lead her from Tivoli , allowed him to fasten the seatbelt of the Mercedes round her , followed him into the apartment , standing motionless while he switched on the soft wall lighting . |
| 5 | In order to survive , he took on a few composition pupils , including the daughter of the Duc de Guines , who was an outstanding flautist and harpist . |
| 6 | He took on a starring role in the Plough Lane Crazy Gang production and gained more notoriety when he was sent off for elbowing a village postman in a pre-season friendly on the Isle of Wight . |
| 7 | Looming over his huge desk , he took on a frightening aspect . |
| 8 | Dalglish , whose side visit Southampton tomorrowsun , got his priorities right when he took on the former Luton and Wimbledon boss as his right-hand man soon after taking office just over a year ago . |
| 9 | Phil 's first big break in showbiz was when , as a child actor , he took on the challenging role of Arthur Dodger in Charles Dickens ' classical-rock musical ‘ Camelot ’ where he learned all he knows re : homelessness … |
| 10 | Then Lebensraum became available in Venice in the Sixties , when he took on the first floor of the Palazzo Malpiero Trevisani in Campo Santa Maria Formosa . |
| 11 | But — he took on the big job . |
| 12 | He put on a cool cotton grey shirt and loose cotton slacks . |
| 13 | His cap he put on a vacant coat hook . |
| 14 | He put on a sulky expression . |
| 15 | He put on a soppy-dog look that she 'd seen before . |
| 16 | He put on a white silk shirt , all embroidered with gold ; over the shirt he placed three thin , elegant ribbons ; then a scarlet velvet waistcoat adorned with thirty gold buttons ; and then his golden armour . |
| 17 | He put on a brave face to Sunday Express readers : ‘ I hope it will be believed that the Arsenal can take a licking as well as any other club . |
| 18 | Later he put on a brave face , showing little sign of the strain of the day as he smiled and joked with guests at the Guildhall in the City of London . |
| 19 | He was shattered , though he put on a brave face . |
| 20 | In June he put on a military demonstration for Yeltsin , and out of this grew friendly relations . |
| 21 | Then a long time after that , it was May , and I 'd been the night before , but he was out ( or in bed with someone ? ) and that evening he was in and alone , and we talked some time ( he was telling me about John Minton ) and then he put on an Indian record and we were quiet . |
| 22 | From 1331 to 1336 he carried on a bitter dispute with Bishop William de Ayreminne of Norwich [ q.v . ] . |