Example sentences of "i [verb] on [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ He wanted me to pass on a message to the police . |
| 2 | One night I stopped on a bit at the dance in Cotherstone and had to walk home because I could n't get a lift from anyone . |
| 3 | I put on the dress and it suddenly came to life . |
| 4 | Er , the first thing is I put on the top of my draught that I 'd rather the pupils were n't involved at this stage I 'd rather they were involved in the over view with form tutor . |
| 5 | The frown was back between his eyes as I put on the light in my room . |
| 6 | I hang on a second whilst I get the phone . |
| 7 | So at the end of each appointment you want a result and a result is either the business or introductions , hopefully both so I hang on the importance again . |
| 8 | ‘ And Theo , ’ he confided , ‘ when I pass on the heath here such a woman with a child on her arm , it pierces me right through , the melancholy , and my eyes get moist . ’ |
| 9 | He 's sometimes in the hall when I pass on the way out . |
| 10 | I pass on the advice given by the Lochcarron police : Do n't panic , the pilots know what they are doing and where they are going . |
| 11 | As I hung on the phone , I ingested the sad evidence of a service which , although well-intentioned , simply had n't coped . |
| 12 | Mum and I get on a lot better these days . |
| 13 | It so happened that the Gulf War in Kuwait was filling our attention , and so I switched on a video tape whenever something attracted me and I found that I would be most likely to record the daily sessions on the BBC 's Newsnight with Peter Snow discussing the disposition of troops over the battle zone using a visual aid which is now known as the sandpit . |
| 14 | Clearly this was no place for me , and having tiptoed back to the sitting-room , I switched on a light and picked up the evening paper . |
| 15 | WITH nearly 20 years of trouble-free driving behind me , I was relatively confident and assured when I switched on the ignition for my first lesson in advanced driving . |
| 16 | The outside air temperature was above minimum , but I switched on the engine anti-ice anyway , just to be sure . |
| 17 | I switched on the engine , closed my eyes and … felt like I 'd just stepped onto a corporation bus . |
| 18 | When I switched on the radio a sober voice intoned the day 's bad news . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | On one tank I had , the fish panicked and hid every time I switched on the lighting . |
| 21 | I switched on the light in the bedroom . |
| 22 | I switched on the light in the hall . |
| 23 | Often , when I switched on the light to make sure that the dish was scraped clean , I was disgusted at the mess I had been eating . |
| 24 | At last , exasperated beyond bearing , I switched on the light again . |
| 25 | I followed in behind him erm the curtains were drawn , the room was in reasonable darkness and er I switched on the light . |
| 26 | From the rattles and clunks it 's difficult to tell what 's happening , but I switch on the cassette recorder in case . |
| 27 | But if you 'd wait until I switch on the hall light … ’ |
| 28 | ‘ When I go out I switch on the video and know my cats are having a good time looking at visions of snakes , hippos , mice , rabbits — oh , just about everything . |
| 29 | I switch on the radio , open a newspaper or a magazine , glance at an advertisement — it all seems like madness to me . |
| 30 | Sitting on my unused bed , swigging room service orange juice , I switch on the Rosenbloom show . |