Example sentences of "[vb past] on an [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She switched on an overhead lamp and unrolled them one by one . |
| 2 | She caught the drift of his thinking , switched on an open smile as if to compliment him on his loyalty , and said : ‘ I think you 'll find Hilda 's part in my husband 's life put perfectly fairly when Mr Kronweiser 's book comes out . ’ |
| 3 | Madeleine 's voice took on an accusing note . |
| 4 | The corridors took on an eerie silence . |
| 5 | After the Union of the Crowns of Scotland and England in 1603 , and because the country now had an absent sovereign , the symbols of majesty became a substitute and took on an extra significance . |
| 6 | But it took on an extra role during the Gulf War , when it was flown in tandem with Tornados . |
| 7 | Earlier this year , however , the same task took on an extraordinary aspect when he delivered much-needed supplies to Zagreb in Croatia . |
| 8 | But what in the sixteenth century had been a highly convenient part of a wider whole , a matter of partisanship for immediate political and religious reasons , now took on an objective life of its own . |
| 9 | Bill 's face took on an evil grin . |
| 10 | Junior military officers played an important part in orchestrating rural opposition within a movement which , in reasserting the ideal of service to the state , took on an anti-capitalist tone . |
| 11 | Come testing time , though , it was a different story altogether as Farr-Jones 's side put on an awesome second-half display in the rain and mud at Newlands . |
| 12 | Twice his quarry threw him backward glances , and on the second occasion seemed to slow his pace , as if he might stop and attempt a truce , but then thought better of it and put on an extra turn of speed . |
| 13 | Tonson 's printer and Purcell himself put on an extra turn of speed in case . |
| 14 | Then a long time after that , it was May , and I 'd been the night before , but he was out ( or in bed with someone ? ) and that evening he was in and alone , and we talked some time ( he was telling me about John Minton ) and then he put on an Indian record and we were quiet . |
| 15 | She did n't really know what she should be wearing , but that morning she put on an old pair of jeans . |
| 16 | Luke laughed and put on an English accent : |
| 17 | We appreciate the County put on an interesting programme of events , but since we are situated some distance from County Headquarters and public transport is virtually non-existent , we are unable to participate in very much . |
| 18 | While they were in the travelling coach , she put on an outward appearance of sadness for a loyal employee , killed in an attempt to save his master 's horse . |
| 19 | They carried on an extensive trade in a variety of products such as cattle cake , seed corn , manure and farm fertilisers . |
| 20 | From about April 1988 to March 1989 the first defendant , Pantell S.A. , a company incorporated under the laws of Switzerland , carried on an unauthorised investment business in the United Kingdom . |