Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb base] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Er , the first thing is I put on the top of my draught that I 'd rather the pupils were n't involved at this stage I 'd rather they were involved in the over view with form tutor . |
| 2 | The frown was back between his eyes as I put on the light in my room . |
| 3 | I put on the dress and it suddenly came to life . |
| 4 | I put on the black basque and the lacey-topped stockings . |
| 5 | I put on the cockney something rotten . |
| 6 | So at the end of each appointment you want a result and a result is either the business or introductions , hopefully both so I hang on the importance again . |
| 7 | ‘ And Theo , ’ he confided , ‘ when I pass on the heath here such a woman with a child on her arm , it pierces me right through , the melancholy , and my eyes get moist . ’ |
| 8 | I pass on the advice given by the Lochcarron police : Do n't panic , the pilots know what they are doing and where they are going . |
| 9 | He 's sometimes in the hall when I pass on the way out . |
| 10 | I switch on the fire and warm my hands for a bit . |
| 11 | ‘ When I go out I switch on the video and know my cats are having a good time looking at visions of snakes , hippos , mice , rabbits — oh , just about everything . |
| 12 | But if you 'd wait until I switch on the hall light … ’ |
| 13 | ‘ These drills run at a tremendous speed , ’ the father said , ‘ so when I switch on the drill the mileage numbers on the speedo spin backwards at a fantastic rate . |
| 14 | I switch on the radio , open a newspaper or a magazine , glance at an advertisement — it all seems like madness to me . |
| 15 | From the rattles and clunks it 's difficult to tell what 's happening , but I switch on the cassette recorder in case . |
| 16 | Sitting on my unused bed , swigging room service orange juice , I switch on the Rosenbloom show . |
| 17 | Wait a minute till I switch on the other light . |
| 18 | I take on the role of the mayor to ask — " What on earth has been causing all this damage ? " |
| 19 | ‘ It 's what you put on the inside that counts , not what you do to the outside , ’ he said . |
| 20 | If you put on the pink and rode to hounds like English gentlefolk these days , some wee feller with an Armalite would blow your head off . |
| 21 | you hang on the line and we 'll lob it all off to you . |
| 22 | You switch on the kettle and sit on the stool . |
| 23 | Let them dry overnight before you switch on the heat again . |
| 24 | No , but when you switch on the telly on a Saturday afternoon there 's football , football , football ! |
| 25 | Then it happens — it does n't happen and you switch on the light and get dressed sadly . |
| 26 | No not Guildford , you carry on the A three |
| 27 | If you take on the big issues and the people wo n't follow , then at least you can say you have tried . ’ |
| 28 | But I do n't worry about being a loser — if you take on the big issues and the people wo n't follow , then at least you can say you have tried |
| 29 | The information should be clearly presented and it should be plain to the audience : what the topic is ; why you have chosen it ; what view you take on the matter ; and why you have arrived at any particular conclusions . |
| 30 | Carrots curled into roses and golden hedgehog potatoes sneered : Make this the year you take on the challenge of making your vegetables more interesting . |