Example sentences of "[verb] [adv prt] [art] light " in BNC.
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| 1 | The sensor will react instantaneously to body heat and bring on a light outside your home whenever anyone approaches . |
| 2 | Walking down the light and airy aisles of this superstore , one could be forgiven for mistaking the piles of Novell Netware for so many boxes of Monopoly piled high on the shelves . |
| 3 | Even if a permanent garden circuit is contemplated , it makes sense to try out the lights on a temporary basis to find the best positions to fix your power points . |
| 4 | And er , I thought I 'd probably have wall paper on that wall , you know , use , use the curtains just as plenty of fullness , but have them for keeping out the light or keeping in the heat , |
| 5 | I clenched out the light and stuck my fingers in my ears . |
| 6 | The frown was back between his eyes as I put on the light in my room . |
| 7 | Tidy the desk , flick off the lights , and leave the building . |
| 8 | Doc Threadneedle slowly turned up the lights . |
| 9 | A rainbow is formed from the interaction of pure white sunlight with molecules of moisture in the atmosphere acting as prisms that break up the light into the respective colours perceived through our senses . |
| 10 | Put out the light ! |
| 11 | Breeze read this through three times , and then put out the light . |
| 12 | I put out the light , climbed out of the window and pushed it to . |
| 13 | It was 17 days since he had last locked the door of his office , turned down the lights , and unscrewed the cap of his walking stick , and heard Dr Tariq and Professor Khan discuss a series of meetings in Europe . |
| 14 | Two mixes of ‘ House Of Usher ’ finish off the EP , and you 're left fearful of turning out the lights at night . |
| 15 | Even though the defendant does not regard the nature of his own conduct as being disorderly , he has a sufficient mens rea to satisfy the section by being aware that he is using offensive language , or kicking over dustbins or turning out the lights in the cinema , or whatever else may be alleged to constitute the disorderly behaviour . |
| 16 | Many people practice relaxation techniques , take a long soak in a bath of warm ( not hot or cold ) water , or have a quiet read in bed before turning out the light . |
| 17 | For the less rarified among us they are the things you press yourself between before turning out the light . |
| 18 | ‘ hooligans on housing estates causing disturbances in the common parts of blocks of flats , blockading entrances , throwing things down stairs , banging on doors , peering in at windows , and knocking over dustbins ; groups of youths persistently shouting abuse and obscenities or pestering people waiting to catch public transport or to enter a hall or cinema ; someone turning out the light in a crowded dance hall , in a way likely to cause panic ; rowdy behaviour in the streets late at night which alarms local residents . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ Turning out the light . ’ |
| 20 | Perhaps , thought Leonora , turning out the light , she would never have learned the truth if Clem had n't written . |
| 21 | We turned out the lights and opened the shutters and the windows . |
| 22 | Then they turned out the lights , the great brass chandelier with its false candles , and the moon 's lemony radiance lay as still as cloths draped over the shining wood . |
| 23 | Richard , whom they had left counting to a hundred by the mains switch in the hall , turned out the lights . |
| 24 | ‘ And I could n't see , so we could n't do any more the things we used to — just little things , like watching the sunset , or laughing at a holopic when we turned out the lights in bed , or me reading a poem to her . |
| 25 | He let me go up and made me sit on the divan and he put on some music and turned out the lights and the moon came through the window . |
| 26 | ‘ They turned out the lights , which would slow the snake down , so they could pick it up without it biting , and they shut the sliding doors behind them . ’ |
| 27 | He felt stiff when he got up from the chair and turned out the light and groped his way through the still open doorway to the bed , shedding his clothes on to the floor . |
| 28 | She turned out the light and reaching for a pitchfork crept towards the tack room . |
| 29 | Anthea turned out the light and stretched full length on the bed . |
| 30 | Then I turned out the light and settled at the window amidst the bottle-brush fronds of monkey-puzzle . |