Example sentences of "switch [adv] the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Guards should properly refer to ‘ switching on the darks ’ , since what they call lights seem expressly designed to suck all traces of illumination out of the carriage , casting shadows into every corner . |
| 2 | The only recorded royal tram ride in the first hundred years of Blackpool tramways occurred on 21 October 1937 , when HRH The Duke of Kent ( the present Duke 's father ) visited Blackpool to open Victoria Hospital , the lifeboat house and Princess Way , culminating in him switching on the Illuminations . |
| 3 | Cos we came in and Chrissy , instead of switching on the children 's programmes put his computer on so we did n't see it . |
| 4 | Switching off the lights at 11 p.m. would deny many of them their private study-time . |
| 5 | Huckerby , a worried-looking , balding man , had a responsible position which basically involved overseeing editorial expenditure and running the paper day to day , but was best known for fussing round the office collecting old coffee cups and switching off the lights last thing at night . |
| 6 | Each year a celebrity is chosen to switch on the Illuminations in Talbot Square , followed for many years by a tour of the Lights by tram . |
| 7 | She drew in her head , shut the windows , pulled the heavy cream linen curtains , and switched on the lamps ; they glowed cheerfully over the primrose chair covers and the yellow silk bed quilt , upon which Adam lay naked . |
| 8 | She made herself coffee and switched on the lamps . |
| 9 | She switched on the lights , dumped her bag on the table and turned to him abruptly . |
| 10 | ‘ Any particular section ? ’ asked Hayman as he switched on the lights . |
| 11 | Eloise switched on the lights . |
| 12 | He switched on the lights and drove down the tank paths towards the front gate . |
| 13 | The security man swung open the door to the boardroom where the party had taken place and switched on the lights , revealing the room as Blanche and Dexter had last seen it the day after the killing . |
| 14 | Josie switched on the lights for the department 's makeup mirror , and Lucy winced as the brightness hit her . |
| 15 | Indoors , she flicked the rain from her hair and switched on the lights . |
| 16 | He switched on the headlights as the car entered the M1 at Brent Cross . |
| 17 | Ward switched on the headlights , glancing at me quickly , a tight little smile . |
| 18 | They switched off the engines and climbed out . |
| 19 | Michael Holly was back inside Hut 2 a clear hour before the trustie slammed shut the hut 's door , switched off the lights . |
| 20 | He switched off the lights and opened the curtains ; the night was still as black as a stone . |
| 21 | She retreated to one of the dressing rooms across the corridor , switched off the lights , and set the door to give her an angle of view without much risk of being seen . |
| 22 | I switched off the lights and Seddon hurriedly drew back the curtains . |
| 23 | She picked up her bag , switched off the lights and locked the door behind her . |
| 24 | He switched off the lights and went out . |
| 25 | Shelley switched off the lights , and locked the medical room . |
| 26 | She buried her face against him , afraid to say any more in case he guessed how she felt , and he gathered her close , reaching out to switch off the lamps . |
| 27 | The simplest method is to switch off the lights and to lighten the shadow areas by reflecting some of the daylight back onto the subject . |
| 28 | Were they still dressing or had the ADC forgotten to switch off the lights ? |
| 29 | You used to switch off the lights and run . |
| 30 | Lying awake that night , Lindsey sighed , tossing restlessly as her mind refused to switch off the events of the day . |