Example sentences of "lights went on " in BNC.
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| 1 | As dark fell , street lights went on in the square and many demonstrators lit paper torches . ’ |
| 2 | He 'd be talking to some man all evening , they 'd be getting on very well indeed as far as we could all see , but then Miss P would still be there alone when the lights went on , and the man would have gone . |
| 3 | When the lights went on five minutes later , we were still all lying on the floor . |
| 4 | But then I thought ‘ Driven By You … ’ and ping ! the lights went on ; I thought of it as the power struggle that goes on in relationships . |
| 5 | Lights went on in the darkened boardroom . |
| 6 | The lights went on ; we leapt up and pounced on them , adding our howls of ingrate triumph to the general confusion — ending the happy myth not with a whimper but a bang , while Addy , the fellow-conspirator , leant against the wall and laughed herself to helplessness … |
| 7 | The village started half-alive about her , lights went on in some windows , then off again as the daylight strengthened . |
| 8 | The lights went on , but the music and dancing continued . |
| 9 | The lights went on . |
| 10 | And when the lights went on again in Belfast in 1945 General Eisenhower , later President , was a guest in the Royal Box . |