Example sentences of "and switch the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Sir Michael Connell inquiry discovered that in 1991 , starter Capt Keith Brown had requested two alterations reduction in the width of the starting gate and switching the side of the starter 's rostrum . |
| 2 | The Sir Michael Connell inquiry discovered that in 1991 , official starter Capt Keith Brown had requested two alterations reduction in the width of the starting gate and switching the side of the starter 's rostrum . |
| 3 | But he had to restrain himself from leaping up and switching the light off and peering out into the street from behind the curtains . |
| 4 | Yes and switching the light on and looking around what did you do ? |
| 5 | His first move would be to find the airport 's long-stay car park and to switch the plates on his vehicle for those on one of the more recent arrivals . |
| 6 | Mr Phipps approached the car and switched the engine off . |
| 7 | He parked close to where the land sloped downwards to a narrow pebble beach , and switched the engine off . |
| 8 | Two miles out of town he pulled into a shallow ditch and switched the engine off . |
| 9 | Clear of the runway he stopped the plane and switched the engine off . |
| 10 | At once he put the nose down and switched the engine of . |
| 11 | Rostov located the controls which linked his viewscreens to the ship 's external sensors and switched the selector to the vision receptors which were concentrated below and ahead of the Simonova 's path . |
| 12 | Once everything had been checked I filled the vat with water and switched the pump on . |
| 13 | He got into his car and switched the ignition on . |
| 14 | Suddenly he sat up and switched the bedside light on . |
| 15 | ‘ Somewhere , ’ he replied and switched the kettle on before rummaging through the drawers . |
| 16 | ‘ Is this a mosque or an Assembly ? ’ , the host asked , and switched the programme off . |
| 17 | Mrs. Hennessy looked at him in surprise and switched the vacuum-cleaner off . |
| 18 | And switch the phone through to my office . ’ |
| 19 | If you run out of balloons , just go back and switch the machine on again ( simple eh ? ) . |
| 20 | and I was er , I try and switch the machine on it would n't come on , I thought what 's going on here , so I said to Sue , ca n't switch the machine on Sue what 's going on here ? , anyway , apparently the power supply to the machine was a bit dicky , the |
| 21 | The only time we really react to them is when , perhaps , it 's on our car we do n't them to disturb anybody and you 're trying to fumble about with your keys and switch the thing off . |
| 22 | I sit up in bed and switch the light on , shaken awake by pure embarrassment . |
| 23 | I 'd go straight over there and switch the fires on . |
| 24 | They were n't like that owd motor-car : you come home and switch the motor off ; and you do n't see that until tomorrow morning . |
| 25 | IT 'S bitterly cold outside so you leap into the driver 's seat and switch the heating on full . |
| 26 | ‘ being the driver ’ Driver means the person who takes the motor vehicle on the road and he continues to be the driver until the journey is finished , although he may have stopped and switched the engine off some minutes before : Jones v Prothero [ 1952 ] 1 All ER 434 . |
| 27 | I just assumed he was there to get a tooth filled or something , but Andy must have broken in and switched the records then . ’ |
| 28 | I turn over and pretend I 'm still asleep but she pulls the duvet off me and switches the lights on . |
| 29 | A guidewheel on the top of the vehicles , controlled from the cab , moves into the appropriate slot in a ‘ V ’ -shaped track , and switches the train to right or left , according to the driver 's wish . |