Example sentences of "[adv prt] [conj] [verb] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Get your foot down and switch on the siren . ’ |
| 2 | Reluctantly , Mrs. Henry bent down and switched on the vacuum-cleaner again . |
| 3 | Bob looked away hurriedly , and Mrs. Hennessy bent down and switched on the vacuum-cleaner . |
| 4 | It was whilst working my way through this , often writing in the column headings for several pages in advance to give myself the illusion that I had completed more than I actually had , that two important suspicions that had lain dormant for some time rose up and took on the aspect of horribly credible hypotheses . |
| 5 | Jane Pargeter stood up and switched on the standard lamp beside her chair , standing with her arms akimbo , self-contained yet vulnerable . |
| 6 | Rachaela sat up and switched on the light . |
| 7 | The ball jumped up and out and hung on the wind |
| 8 | There were excited exclamations at the sight of the returned Emily and they flocked round her desk to welcome her back and pass on the gossip of the preceding week . |
| 9 | Quickly she stepped back and switched on the light . |