Example sentences of "switch [adv] the electric [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The timeswitch he 'd primed earlier had flipped on , switching on the electric fire and igniting the materials he placed over it . |
| 2 | ‘ Clinger told me before he left that his lordship had had him in the second Sunday he was there and told him he expected him to switch on the electric fire in the private chapel ten minutes before matins . |
| 3 | She switched on the electric fire , the room was freezing as if hung with icicles . |
| 4 | She switched on the electric kettle and made a cup of instant coffee flavoured with powdered milk and artificial sweetener . |
| 5 | Secondly , the event risk is the likelihood of such a person forgetting to light the gas , switch off the electric cooker , lock the doors , or turn off the bath tap . |
| 6 | But no sooner had she switched on the electric kettle than the phone began to ring . |
| 7 | Child gets up at 5.30am every morning and switches on the electric fire and all the cooker rings . |