Example sentences of "[noun pl] on in the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And course they were on hinges , the doors , on er the hinges on in the centre hole under the water and course you always knew where then to , where to fit what we used to call fish for th fish for the chain . |
| 2 | I became an expert at putting my rollers on in the dark and listening to the Top Twenty under the sheets . |
| 3 | Still on the gardening scene , I 've used these for years in place of plant pots for bringing seeds on in the greenhouse . |
| 4 | There 's a TV shop with all these tellies on in the window , and I stop a bit and watch . |
| 5 | It was also discovered that egg production could be boosted by leaving lights on in the houses all night to fool the hens into thinking that it was still daylight . |
| 6 | ‘ We were buzzed by the US airforce when we were making our video because we had all these massive lights on in the middle of a forest near one of their bases , ’ says Bleach singer Salli . |
| 7 | There were no lights on in the basement flat and precious little illumination spilling into the enclosed yard from above ; he banged and scraped his hands on table legs and chair legs as he groped around , and he even cracked his head a couple of times . |
| 8 | That was why it had been such a shock when the neighbours came round to tell Lily the baby was screaming and there was nobody answering the door or any lights on in the house . |
| 9 | On the rare nights when Zborowski had a sale he left the lights on in the room . |
| 10 | I think they did n't like a lot of bright light in the house in the fifties , er and of course before that and er now that people they 've got such good lighting in the offices where they work that they feel that , well they ca n't bear to poor lighting at home and yet there are still people who will watch a colour television with er no lights on in the room at all |
| 11 | Over on the promenade they were already putting the lights on in the shops and cafés . |
| 12 | But luckily enough I got up and walked round the back and I could just see the lights on in the living room downstairs . |
| 13 | I looked up , saw some lights on in the flat . |
| 14 | Bringing the lights on in the rocks |
| 15 | ‘ The major bankers have also been very close to goings on in the Bond Corporation for some time . ’ |
| 16 | Sales brochures on in the UK , Europe and world-wide can be obtained by calling . |
| 17 | Some people even leave radios on in the house , so that there 's not only the light on , but if somebody does walk up the drive intending to knock on the door to test it , before they get to the door they can hear a noise , they turn around and go back . |
| 18 | There were two large vegetable dishes with lids on in the centre of the table and , beyond them , on an oval plate , was a roasted chicken , brown and shiny with stuffing oozing from one end . |