Example sentences of "[pron] switch [adv prt] [art] light " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | I switched on the light in the bedroom . |
| 3 | I switched on the light in the hall . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | At last , exasperated beyond bearing , I switched on the light again . |
| 6 | I followed in behind him erm the curtains were drawn , the room was in reasonable darkness and er I switched on the light . |
| 7 | I switched off the light and closed the kitchen door quickly , thankful for the seal I had fixed under it . |
| 8 | I took off the yellow waistcoat with its white lining and hung it on a hanger , and I took off my shoes , but rather like George I still felt myself to be on duty , so I switched off the light and lay on top of the bedclothes watching the black Canadian land slide by , while the free northern show went on above for hours in the sky . |
| 9 | When she switched on the light the little room exploded into a brightness so extreme that it hurt his eyeballs . |
| 10 | She switched on the light . |
| 11 | As soon as she got into the house , Molly ran up the stone stairs to the kitchen tap before she switched on the light . |
| 12 | When she switched on the light her cosy mental picture was shattered by crude reality . |
| 13 | She switched on the light and got out of bed . |
| 14 | Abruptly she switched on the light . |
| 15 | She switched off the light and laughed as if she were innocent , fun-loving . |
| 16 | She switched off the light , and waited in the silence , listening to the footsteps downstairs . |
| 17 | ‘ Arrogant swine ! ’ she muttered , as she switched off the light and climbed the stairs to her flat . |
| 18 | Climbing into bed , she switched out the light and turned on to her side . |
| 19 | Then it happens — it does n't happen and you switch on the light and get dressed sadly . |
| 20 | She switches on the light . |
| 21 | One of them switched on the light , her finger tips painted with a silvery pearl , and the other switched it off with an animal claw . |
| 22 | ‘ Have you finished ? ’ they ask as you lie gasping , and when they switch on the light you expect to see a sign over the bed , NOW WASH YOUR HANDS . |
| 23 | Hassan Hamdan , aged seven , was shot in the head by a sniper when he switched on the light at his bedroom in Mossaitbeh , a poor residential district controlled by Amal . |
| 24 | She watched him as he switched on the light by the bed and drew the curtains . |
| 25 | The silence returned , and he switched on the light . |
| 26 | She was dressed as a munitions worker , and when he switched on the light her hair had blazed under the dim bulb . |
| 27 | Slipping inside and closing the door , he switched on the light and examined his surroundings . |
| 28 | He switched on the light . |
| 29 | When he heard steps overhead on deck , he switched on the light . |
| 30 | When he switched on the light and went in , he found everything in order . |