Example sentences of "light be [verb] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | Most rocker switches are wired for one-way operation — that is , the light is turned on and off from just the one position ; but most are capable of two-way operation , where the light is turned on or off from two places — in a through room , in a bedroom , or top and bottom of the stairs , for instance . |
| 2 | Most rocker switches are wired for one-way operation — that is , the light is turned on and off from just the one position ; but most are capable of two-way operation , where the light is turned on or off from two places — in a through room , in a bedroom , or top and bottom of the stairs , for instance . |
| 3 | Newall was discovered unconscious and suffering convulsions in his cell — where the light is kept on round the clock — by guards at midday yesterday . |
| 4 | A. Simple reaction time When a light is switched on ( or a note is sounded ) a button must be pressed as quickly as possible ; the delay in doing this is measured . |
| 5 | Changing a light bulb can be very tricky , especially if a two-way switch makes it difficult to tell whether the light is switched on or off . |
| 6 | As when the light is switched on behind the gauze |
| 7 | I shuffled into the room got out of the doorway and the light was turned on , I ca n't remember with whether I turned it on or whether P C turned it on . |
| 8 | She was just congratulating herself that Fen need never know how she had weakened when the galley light was flicked on . |
| 9 | As children , Diana and Charles were afraid of the dark and they insisted that the landing light was left on or a candle lit in their rooms . |
| 10 | He had a pet theory that if you went flashing your torch about on night duty , any of the burglars would see that the light was going on . |
| 11 | Monday morning : it was nearly ten o'clock but so grey and overcast that the light was switched on in the kitchen in Marie 's house . |
| 12 | The Mayor , Ivor Cuth , placed the last of 150 U2 batteries in position , and the light was switched on . |
| 13 | A key turned in the lock , the top light was switched on and the errant Carole stood on the threshold , her suitcase in hand . |
| 14 | The light was switched on in the other box and Liam Devlin smiled through at me . |
| 15 | The light was snapped on . |
| 16 | Strobe lights are turned on to full effect for ‘ Bring It On Down ’ , which comes complete with a sample of Donna Summer 's old disco smash ‘ I Feel Love ’ , incongruous amidst the white English chaos — albeit a very controlled and theatrical type of chaos . |
| 17 | Strobe lights are turned on to full effect for ‘ Bring It On Down ’ , which comes complete with a sample of Donna Summer 's old disco smash ‘ I Feel Love ’ , incongruous amidst the white English chaos — albeit a very controlled and theatrical type of chaos . |
| 18 | The lights are switched on in the classrooms , Outside the sky 's nearly black , And the dinning-hall smells of gravy and fat And Chubb has boils down his back . |
| 19 | Rihand belongs to a cluster of 15 power stations which , when the lights are switched on , will have the highest concentration of power generation in the world . |
| 20 | THE lights are going on in Bucharest . |
| 21 | Much to their surprise , when it was still pitch dark they were all disturbed by lights being turned on , the slamming of car doors , and their owners rushing around and shouting to each other with the raised voices of excitement and hurry . |
| 22 | Eight cars were illuminated , including car 3 of 1885 ( see p. 37 ) , and the lights were kept on for the rest of the season to enhance the scene . |
| 23 | The film lights were turned on and the crowd briefed about their imminent deaths in the ruckled black velvet . |
| 24 | It was raining softly and , because it was early evening , lights were coming on around the airport . |
| 25 | Lights were coming on . |
| 26 | The evening shadows were lengthening , one or two lights were coming on in buildings across the city and the dark mass of the cathedral stood out sharply against the soft viridian sky . |
| 27 | Well , my gran had told me that she 'd gone down to see her friends who 'd get the Brown Lion after them by this time and er I decided to go down and tell them as I could see if they had n't got the radio on they would n't have known so as I walked from Burchells down Road I could see doors throwing open lights were coming on , people were coming out in the street and dancing and I got round down to the Brown Lion and it was all in darkness , and I rang the bell on the side door and I heard a few bumps and bangs and Mr who 'd kept it then came to the door , and I said do you know the war 's over and er he said oh no come on in that 's w now his son was a prisoner of war and they had been , he 'd continually tried to escape so much that he had his photograph taken in the Sunday paper , the , the Germans had had kept chaining him to the wall and other prisoners , other soldiers had got these photographs of him and smuggled them out and got them back to England , to the nearest papers , and er he he 'd said to my nan cos he knew she 'd always worked behind the bar , he said will you serve if I open the pub now , which was about eleven o'clock at night and she said yes of course , and the they opened the Brown Lion at about eleven o'clock at night in next to no time the place was full of people drinking , celebrating and of course the next day was really it . |
| 28 | As it was , the newsroom lights were snapped on and Stan came to investigate . |
| 29 | Then suddenly the whole scene was illuminated as the runway lights were switched on . |
| 30 | The lights were switched on and the harsh familiar outlines of beds , stools and tables forced me back into reality . |