Example sentences of "[noun sg] on in the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Erm , the erm , the erm , the erm , er , settlement of the anti tr civil anti trust law suit that was referred to in the statement was erm , costs of about six million dollars this year on a class action law suit which we have reached a tentative settlement on in the last few days and , in fact , there were some , there was about six to seven million dollars of additional provision made at the end of last year in the one time charges that we referred to at that time but could n't really identify with erm , lawyers breathing down your necks in the United States and er , this is a class action law suit , would have been in a Texas Court and erm , you know , the boiler plate language is that you want to get rid of the , you know , the expense and uncertainty of this type of litigation and if you think that what a Texas jury did to Texaco , it 's probably a prudent decision to close the matter off at this time . |
| 2 | In one house , on the corner , there was a light on in the front bedroom . |
| 3 | The baker and the newsagent were open and there was a light on in the Carabinieri station that stood between them . |
| 4 | She went down to make a drink , and as she turned the light on in the dingy kitchen a dark thing shot across the floor to disappear under the dresser . |
| 5 | You 've put weight on in the last ten days . ’ |
| 6 | She wished she had not put the lamp on in the first place because she was sure he would be able to fathom out how she felt . |
| 7 | But I mean would that is the the the sort of the thing I would like to put an em emphasis on in the first half of the term . |
| 8 | By the time he got to the ice-cream he was too weary to eat , so he downed the bourbon — which instantly took its toll — and retired to bed , leaving the television on in the next room , its sound turned down to a soporific burble . |
| 9 | I 've had a radiator on in the front room . |
| 10 | I do n't quite know why they put that edge on in the first place . |
| 11 | ‘ Devilishly handsome ’ Des , gushes his press release , will set ‘ hearts reeling ’ when people see him put the kettle on in the second Nescafe ‘ Fresh Start ’ ad . |
| 12 | To hell with her , he thought and kept his coat on in the warm book-lined room . |
| 13 | and a reel on in the musty dimness |
| 14 | He had left the fire on in the spare room . |