Example sentences of "[vb past] on the [noun sg] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Jack found a piece of driftwood , its gnarled form worn totally smooth by the action of the waves , and they decided it would look wonderful in his barn hung on the brickwork chimney-breast , so he carried it for the rest of the morning until they returned to their little camp at lunchtime . |
| 2 | Tom 's riding hat hung on the brass bedknob at the foot of his bed . |
| 3 | Then he turned from her abruptly , fastened his seatbelt , and switched on the ignition key . |
| 4 | When the last violin and cello had disappeared the General switched on the desk light and settled down behind his tidy desk . |
| 5 | He switched on the powerhouse smile . |
| 6 | He switched on the refrigeration unit , and as it shivered into life the counter lights came on under the glass . |
| 7 | Pausing outside his living room door , he switched on the hall light and crouched down on his knees . |
| 8 | Floating down into the depths , she heard the kitchen door into the back garden close the very moment she switched on the hall light . |
| 9 | Leonora gave him a wavering smile as he switched on the hall light . |
| 10 | Jane Pargeter stood up and switched on the standard lamp beside her chair , standing with her arms akimbo , self-contained yet vulnerable . |
| 11 | Irina drew the curtains and switched on the standard lamp beside Bill 's chair . |
| 12 | Resolutely , Sara switched on the passage light . |
| 13 | She slipped under the bedclothes and switched on the reading lamp , adamant that she would shove him to the furthest corner of her mind , but the minute she opened her book her brain started working again , throwing up images of him , the way he smiled , that confident knowing look in his eyes when he addressed her . |
| 14 | Christina entered the hallway and switched on the ceiling fan . |
| 15 | The outside air temperature was above minimum , but I switched on the engine anti-ice anyway , just to be sure . |
| 16 | She switched on the wall light over the table rather than the bright central strip , hoping it would look coaler ; but it only seemed to bring up the shadows . |
| 17 | Susan switched on the bedside lamp , a pink glow under its frilled shade , and reaching for her dressing-gown , shuffled sleepily to the bathroom next door , and then to the nursery . |
| 18 | She switched on the bedside lamp and looked dazedly at the clock . |
| 19 | But , before she could find it in the darkness , he switched on the bedside lamp , and her face flamed with colour as he turned to look at her , his eyes darkening as they swept freely over her nakedness . |
| 20 | By rights she should be sleeping the sleep of the just by now , she realised despondently as she switched on the bedside lamp — instead she 'd been reliving everything over and over in her mind . |
| 21 | She switched on the vacuum cleaner . |
| 22 | She switched on the car radio and hummed to the beat of the pop music . |
| 23 | As soon as she drew up to the roundabout at the top of Woodstock Road , she found herself in traffic which stretched as far as the eye could see , and when she switched on the car radio , she discovered that the only sound it would make was an assortment of squeaks and crackles . |
| 24 | She switched on the bedroom radio , tuning to her new station 's waveband — her competitive curiosity had prompted her to attempt an assessment of the English-language opposition earlier — and discovering a laid-back DJ playing jazz and fusion between taking a few calls from night-owl listeners , their character common around the world — shift-workers , troubled or lonely insomniacs , late-night revellers and cramming students . |
| 25 | Even after the selection of this team I went home , switched on the television news , only to find that the weather forecast predicted blizzards in Scotland . |
| 26 | After lying still for a few minutes , I threw back the duvet , got out of bed , walked to the door of the bedroom , opened the door , switched on the landing light , walked across the landing , opened the bathroom door , went into the bathroom , put the basin plug into the plughole , turned on the hot tap , ran some hot water into the wash basin , looked in the mirror … |
| 27 | I closed the doors and switched on the tape recorder . |
| 28 | Running a modern-day coaching inn became a fashionable activity after the painter John Fothergill took on the Spread Eagle at Thame in the 1920s and , later , the Three Swans at Market Harborough . |
| 29 | Today I took on the world No 1 , and that 's not easy , and beat him from the back of the court . |
| 30 | Du Plessis , who took on the Finance portfolio in 1984 and was regarded as heir-apparent to de Klerk , said that he was retiring because he was " exhausted " . |