Example sentences of "on the television " in BNC.
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| 1 | She switched on the television . |
| 2 | Geraldine switched on the television . |
| 3 | A nurse switched on the television in the lounge . |
| 4 | She switched on the television without looking up . |
| 5 | A night of beer-swilling revelry was abruptly deflated at 11.30pm when someone switched on the television for the draw for the FA Cup third round . |
| 6 | Then he went into the living-room and switched on the television . |
| 7 | For example , substance P can be used to control not its own synthesis but some other pathway , just as a thermostat could be used to switch on the television instead of the boiler . |
| 8 | Switching on the television set to watch a modern Boat Race , I recall the heated passions aroused among small boys in the early 1930s as we waited to learn whether we had picked the right shade of blue . |
| 9 | Her story was plastered all over the December issue of Playboy and every time he switched on the television , she was there repeating it all as a multitude of chat-show hosts clamoured to get her on their programmes . |
| 10 | The delay was highlighted in New Scientist ( 16 December 1982 , p 707 ) and later on the television programme Panorama . |
| 11 | Kelly switched on the television and stared blankly at the screen as some mindless cops and robbers show unfolded . |
| 12 | Lee had switched on the television the previous evening and had watched the Ayckbourn for a while . |
| 13 | As I switched on the television prior to using is as the computer screen to write this article , a lady was interviewing the country 's strongest man . |
| 14 | Mr Wormwood switched on the television . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | How often do we switch on the television , only half watching it , or get stuck into routines in the evenings that require no conscious thought or effort , leaving the mind free to wander ? |
| 17 | Without waiting for an answer , Nicholas switched on the television and handed the zapper to Harry , who flicked from channel to channel with lessening enthusiasm . |
| 18 | She switched on the television . |
| 19 | Then we would visualise an alarm clock with carrots for fingers and imagine that when the alarm goes off it switches on the television set . |
| 20 | Well I have n't said , her , heard anybody say anything about the grand old tradition of switching on the television set , and I 've a horrible feeling that er that th that the one day in the year when people want to get together with their families probably means switching off the television set . |
| 21 | While he waited he switched on the television , flicked it on to CNN . |
| 22 | After a time he switched on the television . |
| 23 | Later , he donned the vast pyjamas , switched on the television for a bit of background and settled down on the bed with the half-bottle of Jim Beam and The Book of Ultimate Truths . |