Example sentences of "[verb] [adv prt] the lights " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Tidy the desk , flick off the lights , and leave the building . |
| 3 | Doc Threadneedle slowly turned up the lights . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Two mixes of ‘ House Of Usher ’ finish off the EP , and you 're left fearful of turning out the lights at night . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | We turned out the lights and opened the shutters and the windows . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Richard , whom they had left counting to a hundred by the mains switch in the hall , turned out the lights . |
| 10 | ‘ 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 13 | Switching off the lights at 11 p.m. would deny many of them their private study-time . |
| 14 | Huckerby , a worried-looking , balding man , had a responsible position which basically involved overseeing editorial expenditure and running the paper day to day , but was best known for fussing round the office collecting old coffee cups and switching off the lights last thing at night . |
| 15 | In another sexual adventure , Is My Palm Read ? , a palm-reader turns out the lights on her so that he can leer through her see-through skirt and blouse . |
| 16 | She switched on the lights , dumped her bag on the table and turned to him abruptly . |
| 17 | ‘ Any particular section ? ’ asked Hayman as he switched on the lights . |
| 18 | Eloise switched on the lights . |
| 19 | He switched on the lights and drove down the tank paths towards the front gate . |
| 20 | The security man swung open the door to the boardroom where the party had taken place and switched on the lights , revealing the room as Blanche and Dexter had last seen it the day after the killing . |
| 21 | Josie switched on the lights for the department 's makeup mirror , and Lucy winced as the brightness hit her . |
| 22 | Indoors , she flicked the rain from her hair and switched on the lights . |
| 23 | Michael Holly was back inside Hut 2 a clear hour before the trustie slammed shut the hut 's door , switched off the lights . |
| 24 | He switched off the lights and opened the curtains ; the night was still as black as a stone . |
| 25 | She retreated to one of the dressing rooms across the corridor , switched off the lights , and set the door to give her an angle of view without much risk of being seen . |
| 26 | I switched off the lights and Seddon hurriedly drew back the curtains . |
| 27 | She picked up her bag , switched off the lights and locked the door behind her . |
| 28 | He switched off the lights and went out . |
| 29 | Shelley switched off the lights , and locked the medical room . |
| 30 | The simplest method is to switch off the lights and to lighten the shadow areas by reflecting some of the daylight back onto the subject . |