Example sentences of "when [pron] switched [adv prt] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | When I switched on the radio a sober voice intoned the day 's bad news . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | When she switched on the light the little room exploded into a brightness so extreme that it hurt his eyeballs . |
| 6 | When she switched on the light her cosy mental picture was shattered by crude reality . |
| 7 | As soon as she drew up to the roundabout at the top of Woodstock Road , she found herself in traffic which stretched as far as the eye could see , and when she switched on the car radio , she discovered that the only sound it would make was an assortment of squeaks and crackles . |
| 8 | He recognised himself , but did not recognise me when we switched on The Railway Children some months ago . |
| 9 | THEY thought it was all over at the BBC 21 years ago when they switched off the most famous football commentating voice of all , Kenneth Wolstenholme . |
| 10 | Hassan Hamdan , aged seven , was shot in the head by a sniper when he switched on the light at his bedroom in Mossaitbeh , a poor residential district controlled by Amal . |
| 11 | She was dressed as a munitions worker , and when he switched on the light her hair had blazed under the dim bulb . |
| 12 | When he switched on the ignition , he saw that the tank was more than three-quarters full . |
| 13 | When he switched on the light and went in , he found everything in order . |