Example sentences of "[noun] on for [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But if you leave a light bulb on for a year , it 'll cost you more than leaving the fan heater on for an hour . |
| 2 | Then to stop her crying , anything to stop that , he had to buy her the set of antique-look brass fire-irons she had set her heart on for the lounge , to give an extra touch of authenticity to the rustic stone fireplace and the imitation-log gas fire . |
| 3 | Got a few more voices on for the tape . |
| 4 | Yeah Can I just flick the light on for a second ? |
| 5 | so you 've turned your kilow three kilowatt heater on for an hour and I 'm gon na charge you , le let's say , thirty pence . |
| 6 | But if you leave a light bulb on for a year , it 'll cost you more than leaving the fan heater on for an hour . |
| 7 | The 21-year-old international , also a forward , clocks on for a trial period today , 24 hours after the arrival of Norway 's star striker , Tore Andre Dahlum of Rosenberg , who started a week 's trial yesterday . |
| 8 | I 'm just going to put the video on for a moment Thank you . |
| 9 | He put the stub of the fat cigar he had been smoking under the cold tap , turned the water on for a second while the brown stump sizzled and died , then threw the sodden remnant in the bin . |
| 10 | CAN anyone tell me why : I can put the water on for a bath , pop out and come home to find HIM up to his ears in it uninvited . |
| 11 | At nine she put the television on for the news . |
| 12 | The Prime Minister gave his go-ahead at a meeting with the Chancellor , Treasury Chief Secretary Michael Portillo , Social Security Secretary Peter Lilley and Employment Minister Michael Forsyth , after being told that doctors , especially in inner city areas , sign people on for the benefit because it pays more than dole money . |
| 13 | The Prime Minister gave his go-ahead at a meeting with the Chancellor , Treasury Chief Secretary Michael Portillo , Social Security Secretary Peter Lilley and Employment Minister Michael Forsyth , after being told that doctors , especially in inner city areas , sign people on for the benefit because it pays more than dole money . |
| 14 | So I 'm zooming down , which I thought must have been fifty mile an hour , but it was probably only about five really , or ten , but er put the brake on for the platform to stop , no chance , it just kept going . |
| 15 | That 's why there 's been no music on for a week . ’ |
| 16 | Educational Business Partnership which is part of Greater Nottingham Tec , major funders so they are er taking over the erm design centre on for a week . |
| 17 | The 21 shots format was used when Coatbridge hosted the world indoor singles championship , before television put the pressure on for a change . |
| 18 | The 21 shots format was used when Coatbridge hosted the world indoor singles championship , before television put the pressure on for a change . |
| 19 | We only need our heating on for an hour . |
| 20 | As soon as I was clear of the entrance to the voe , I let the boat steer herself while I put the kettle on for a cuppa after a modest breakfast of bread and cheese . |
| 21 | Put the kettle on for a cuppa . |
| 22 | She put the kettle on for a cup of coffee . |
| 23 | Half way through Edward gave up , scraped the rest into Tam 's food bowl and put the kettle on for a cup of tea ; behind him , Tam slurped as though rescued from the brink of starvation . |
| 24 | Mrs. Feather says : " I 'll put the kettle on for a cup of tea . |
| 25 | ‘ I 've got the kettle on for a cup of tea . ’ |
| 26 | I 'll put me coat on for a start |
| 27 | They used to put the cloth on for the winter and take it off during the summer . |
| 28 | If your record starts to pick up air play and get reviewed just after three weeks , it may be worth keeping your plugger and press officer on for a bit longer . |
| 29 | Now luck would have it that my drawing was spot on for a guy who drank in The Roebuck . |