Example sentences of "[noun sg] [pron] switched [adv prt] [art] " in BNC.

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1 Floating down into the depths , she heard the kitchen door into the back garden close the very moment she switched on the hall light .
2 When they reached the edge of the bush he switched on a torch , and as they entered the opening in the trees they left the canopy of twinkling stars for the canopy of overhead branches .
3 As soon as Mauer knew their destination he switched on the siren and within minutes they had reached Landstrasse , drawing to a halt opposite the Landerbank .
4 On one tank I had , the fish panicked and hid every time I switched on the lighting .
5 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 .
6 After a time he switched on the television .
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