Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb past] on the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Scott switched on the radio , heard pop music , twiddled the frequency dial past classical and reggae and finally found a discussion programme . |
| 2 | I see him as a sort of spiritual descendant of Norman Mailer , just as Mailer took on the mantle of Lawrence — in fact I wrote an essay on that very subject in my last term at school . |
| 3 | Shah was setting in motion a chain of events which would lead to the bitter Wapping strike , when Murdoch took on the print unions — previously assumed to be invincible — and won . |
| 4 | Roberta produced the storyline , Ken took on the programming . |
| 5 | The Loch Ness Project took on the mantle of the LNI and picked up from the Loch Morar expeditions , and we returned to Loch Ness , whose steep-walled uniformity is more favourable to sonar . |
| 6 | Deputy Premier Djamshed Karimov took on the role of acting Premier after the resignation of Prime Minister Akbar Mirzoyev on Aug. 30 . |
| 7 | She heard the rattle of the curtain rings as the blackouts were pulled across , and then the click of the switch on the standard lamp as Bella put on the light . |
| 8 | His widow Mary Ann carried on the business with the assistance of her late husband 's associates , including Pierre André , who with John Chapman began a large-scale map of Essex ‘ for Mrs. Rocque ’ . |
| 9 | Cornelius switched on the heater . |
| 10 | Cornelius switched on the windscreen wipers . |
| 11 | Lissa switched on the light , and Rebecca swung round sharply to face her , shock startling a gasp on her lips , the torch falling with a muffled thud . |
| 12 | Rachaela switched on the radio . |
| 13 | WHEN John Boorman took on the job of co-editing this anthology , which is intended to be an annual event , and writing the chronicle of 1991 which comprises almost half its contents , he can not have imagined that he would be revealing so much about the reasons for his own creative decline . |
| 14 | In these circumstances , voluntary WEA members such as Rachael Evans in Bedfordshire and ( successively ) Barbara Brenchley and Margaret Bland in the Fenland took on the task of Federation secretary and , along with other enthusiasts , did their best to fulfil the non-teaching duties of a tutor-organiser . |
| 15 | Since she did n't seem willing to read the translation , Robert took on the job himself . |
| 16 | With the Prime Minister sitting , smiling , between this unlikely comic duo , Mr Patten took on the role of presenter Sue Lawley while Swansea-born Mr Heseltine — billed by the Tory chairman as ‘ the most famous living Welshman ’ — groped into his memory for an accent with which to parody Mr Kinnock . |
| 17 | Klein switched on the light . |
| 18 | Lee switched on the light and the bulb went , like the one in the kitchen yesterday . |
| 19 | Lee switched on the torch and the beam lit up the stack-yard like a searchlight . |
| 20 | With the last of her dresses hanging in the wardrobe , undies neatly folded in the drawer , Lindsey switched on the radio and bedside lamp . |
| 21 | TWO-GOAL Billy McConnell took on the role of super sub at Olympia yesterday as Holywood dramatically overturned a 2–1 deficit to move within sight of the Harp Senior League title with a 6–2 hammering of Annadale . |
| 22 | During the course of the decade , with or without partners , Noell took on the farming of more revenues , and in 1657–9 he was co-postmaster-general with John Thurloe [ q.v. ] , who may have been a relative by marriage . |
| 23 | He had learned one vital piece of information where Riddle went on the night of his disappearance — and he had no wish to persecute these youngsters , who seemed to have acted with good intentions . |
| 24 | Kelly switched on the television and stared blankly at the screen as some mindless cops and robbers show unfolded . |
| 25 | Her moment of complete despair had come when Doyle switched on the radio and sat down to wait and see what happened . |
| 26 | Geraldine switched on the television . |
| 27 | Mitch switched on the needle-gun . |
| 28 | All Egypt hung on the result . |
| 29 | Still in his pyjamas Brian switched on the fountain , and the sudden spurt of water scared the bird away . |
| 30 | Jaq switched on the magnetics in his boots to give him purchase for possible combat . |