Example sentences of "[pron] switch on [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is rather like someone switching on a cassette in one room and then walking into another . |
| 2 | She plugged and unplugged that cross-wired old switchboard with the ease of someone switching on the radio . |
| 3 | A night of beer-swilling revelry was abruptly deflated at 11.30pm when someone switched on the television for the draw for the FA Cup third round . |
| 4 | He re-locked the drawer , stood up , and that was when someone switched on the main light . |
| 5 | In the next apartment , someone switched on the TV . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | It so happened that the Gulf War in Kuwait was filling our attention , and so I switched on a video tape whenever something attracted me and I found that I would be most likely to record the daily sessions on the BBC 's Newsnight with Peter Snow discussing the disposition of troops over the battle zone using a visual aid which is now known as the sandpit . |
| 8 | I switched on the light in the bedroom . |
| 9 | I switched on the light in the hall . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | The outside air temperature was above minimum , but I switched on the engine anti-ice anyway , just to be sure . |
| 12 | On one tank I had , the fish panicked and hid every time I switched on the lighting . |
| 13 | As I switched on the television prior to using is as the computer screen to write this article , a lady was interviewing the country 's strongest man . |
| 14 | At last , exasperated beyond bearing , I switched on the light again . |
| 15 | When I switched on the radio a sober voice intoned the day 's bad news . |
| 16 | I followed in behind him erm the curtains were drawn , the room was in reasonable darkness and er I switched on the light . |
| 17 | WITH nearly 20 years of trouble-free driving behind me , I was relatively confident and assured when I switched on the ignition for my first lesson in advanced driving . |
| 18 | I switched on the engine , closed my eyes and … felt like I 'd just stepped onto a corporation bus . |
| 19 | I switch on the fire and warm my hands for a bit . |
| 20 | ‘ When I go out I switch on the video and know my cats are having a good time looking at visions of snakes , hippos , mice , rabbits — oh , just about everything . |
| 21 | But if you 'd wait until I switch on the hall light … ’ |
| 22 | ‘ These drills run at a tremendous speed , ’ the father said , ‘ so when I switch on the drill the mileage numbers on the speedo spin backwards at a fantastic rate . |
| 23 | I switch on the radio , open a newspaper or a magazine , glance at an advertisement — it all seems like madness to me . |
| 24 | From the rattles and clunks it 's difficult to tell what 's happening , but I switch on the cassette recorder in case . |
| 25 | Sitting on my unused bed , swigging room service orange juice , I switch on the Rosenbloom show . |
| 26 | Wait a minute till I switch on the other light . |
| 27 | And in this issue , I review yet another anti-heron gizmo which switches on the fountain when the heron alights . |
| 28 | She switched on a desk lamp , and quickly scanned what she had just written , murmuring to herself . |
| 29 | Suddenly she switched on a yellow lamp that stood by her on the table and moved the snake-like stem so that Larry 's face was spotlighted as if on stage . |
| 30 | She switched on the television . |