Example sentences of "turn [adv prt] the light " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | For the less rarified among us they are the things you press yourself between before turning out the light . |
| 3 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ Turning out the light . ’ |
| 5 | Perhaps , thought Leonora , turning out the light , she would never have learned the truth if Clem had n't written . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | She turned out the light and reaching for a pitchfork crept towards the tack room . |
| 8 | Anthea turned out the light and stretched full length on the bed . |
| 9 | Then I turned out the light and settled at the window amidst the bottle-brush fronds of monkey-puzzle . |
| 10 | But anyway , I put the pills and the gin firmly aside , turned out the light again , and tried to go to sleep . |
| 11 | She turned out the light . |
| 12 | Trusting virgins drafted into marriage never found Nature had all the answers when they turned out the light . |
| 13 | Almost at once she came back into the kitchen , turned out the light , and left the flat . |
| 14 | Marion put the pad on the bedside table and turned out the light . |
| 15 | She reached over and turned out the light , sick with disappointment to find she was no wiser about her identity than the night before . |
| 16 | For answer Penry picked her up and tossed her into the bed , stripped off his dressing-gown and turned out the light . |
| 17 | Shall I turn up the light ? " |