Example sentences of "light [verb] on " in BNC.

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1 I turn back and carry on looking in the window , but it 's hard to concentrate with this blue light flashing on and off in the glass .
2 ARSENAL manager George Graham has been given the green light to go on a Christmas spending spree .
3 It seemed unlikely ) : ‘ When I 'm with him , it 's like a light goes on inside my head .
4 The light goes on
5 They work , this little light goes on and off .
6 His light lives on in our hearts . ’
7 Its light flickered on and off for a moment , as if it was making itself comfortable in a mechanical kind of way .
8 All this light spilling on to the driveway , it just was n't like him .
9 The front door was open , as we approached , a light came on , probably from an oil lamp .
10 The room light came on and Nurse Bodkin and Doctor O'Connor-Crowley stood in the doorway .
11 As he unlocked it , a light came on almost above his head .
12 A light came on , banishing the darkness around the corner .
13 The subjects showed latent inhibition , developing the CR ( the response of approaching the site or food delivery when the light came on ) less readily than a control group that had not received pre-exposure ( Fig. 3.1 , lower panel ) .
14 Then mounted on top of the cab another light came on , a powerful beam like a great eye glaring at them .
15 The internal light came on and the radio turned itself on and blasted out heavy rock music at full volume .
16 Then more light came on , this time in the worm 's tail .
17 A second light came on , very faintly .
18 One red light came on faintly .
19 If the green light came on for either project , the paper would go straight to capitalization as a commercial company .
20 The bulb had obviously been hit hard so as to break its filament , to ensure no warning light came on .
21 The light in Duke Michael 's room went out , but a light came on , and stayed on , in Antoinette 's room .
22 The light came on .
23 Then the door behind my head jerked open , the car light came on like a flashbulb , and there was a seven-foot black pimp snarling down at me with a mahogany baseball bat in his fist .
24 A dim light came on behind a blind in the Frankenstein mansion .
25 Harvey produced a key for the third and a red light came on over each lock .
26 Sure enough , a light came on in the middle floor of the wing .
27 She thought of Rory 's hand on her bare stomach , she thought of the two art students with their camera , she saw two brimming glasses of Beamish in the dockside bar , and the light came on .
28 Then , as she watched , a light came on in one of the upper rooms , and she shifted uneasily as she recognised Luke as he came to the window and looked out .
29 The warning light came on , and it 's thought that was the point at which the pilot radioed for help .
30 The warning light came on , and it 's thought that was the point at which the pilot radioed for help .
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