Example sentences of "the [noun sg] on to [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was completely dark and she dared not even put the light on to look at her watch . |
| 2 | ‘ Switch the engine on to charge . ’ |
| 3 | He switched the machine on to receiver mode . |
| 4 | ‘ When I heard the Cup competition had no sponsor , I approached Executive Support Manager Allan Paterson who passed the request on to Production Director Peter Robinson . ’ |
| 5 | Erm well it depends erm the , the economics of power production are extremely erm er complex and , and t to a certain extent arbitrary erm and erm I mean there , there are various ways that the government can actually get out of this fix because obviously it 's caused a lot of concern to close the , the mines , and one is actually to , to subsidize the mines and put the price on to electricity bills er the other is to subsidize the mines er but pay for it out of the , out of , er out of taxes so it 's a basic , instead of paying for it on your electricity bill , you pay for it on your tax bill , yeah . |
| 6 | He put the television on to watch a news programme , but before it had started , the telephone at his elbow rang . |
| 7 | When you create a garment shape with Version 4 , you do have to print the pattern on to paper in order to be able to knit the garment . |
| 8 | He suffered cancer a few years ago … and is putting the show on to raise money for cancer charities . |
| 9 | He switched on all the lights downstairs and put the kettle on to boil . |
| 10 | In an effort to quell the hysteria she made herself do ordinary things — putting the kettle on to boil — milk to warm — instant coffee in two brown mugs . |
| 11 | All you got ta do is turn the oven on to heat the meals up . |
| 12 | Picking up the remote control , he turned the TV on to video . |
| 13 | She put the porridge on to cook and started to sweep the room . |
| 14 | In terms of optimum climatic conditions , the Corn Belt would be forced towards the north on to acid podzol soils which are badly leached and which would require extensive and expensive soil amendments . |
| 15 | ‘ A complicated sort of photographic process transfers the design on to mesh screen rollers in Chester 's engraving department . |