Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | As I hung on the phone , I ingested the sad evidence of a service which , although well-intentioned , simply had n't coped . |
| 2 | I switched on the light in the bedroom . |
| 3 | I switched on the light in the hall . |
| 4 | Often , when I switched on the light to make sure that the dish was scraped clean , I was disgusted at the mess I had been eating . |
| 5 | The outside air temperature was above minimum , but I switched on the engine anti-ice anyway , just to be sure . |
| 6 | On one tank I had , the fish panicked and hid every time I switched on the lighting . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | At last , exasperated beyond bearing , I switched on the light again . |
| 9 | When I switched on the radio a sober voice intoned the day 's bad news . |
| 10 | I followed in behind him erm the curtains were drawn , the room was in reasonable darkness and er I switched on the light . |
| 11 | WITH nearly 20 years of trouble-free driving behind me , I was relatively confident and assured when I switched on the ignition for my first lesson in advanced driving . |
| 12 | I switched on the engine , closed my eyes and … felt like I 'd just stepped onto a corporation bus . |
| 13 | When I took on the marine operations every ship had a fiftyfour man crew and it seemed to me that this was inefficient , so I did a trip on a ship and I came back quite convinced you could actually run a ship with twenty-one men . |
| 14 | Today I took on the world No 1 , and that 's not easy , and beat him from the back of the court . |
| 15 | I took on the management for Scullion and it was not an enjoyable experience . |
| 16 | But I took on the idea of transcendence only at a personal level . |
| 17 | But , now that , I mean I 'm in the second year of being a student , and I took on the position of women 's officer for the we , for the west of Scotland area |
| 18 | I walked silently , testing every step I took on the rough paths , just as I had used to walk with my mother in the woods near Štanjel . |
| 19 | I was n't much more than your age when I took on the farm myself . |
| 20 | He wanted someone to help him with his horses , so I took on the job . |
| 21 | well ask him cos I I she gave me the pho , the photographs I took on the , on that Friday night . |
| 22 | She switched on the television . |
| 23 | She switched on the television without looking up . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | She switched on the vacuum cleaner . |
| 26 | When she switched on the light the little room exploded into a brightness so extreme that it hurt his eyeballs . |
| 27 | She switched on the lights , dumped her bag on the table and turned to him abruptly . |
| 28 | She sighed as she switched on the ignition and the Glory moved off . |
| 29 | Then she switched on the indicator . |
| 30 | She switched on the light . |