Example sentences of "switch [adv] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is rather like someone switching on a cassette in one room and then walking into another . |
| 2 | Can a chimp perceive a movie as representing a second individual trying to solve a problem , like reaching bananas or switching on a heater ? |
| 3 | ‘ No point in putting on the lights if we 're only passing through , ’ said the Headmaster , switching on a torch . |
| 4 | Visualise a senior executive switching on a notebook PC in a hotel room , plugging the modem into the telephone socket and then settling down to tap into information stored on any of the organisation 's computer systems , anywhere in the world , through a simple click-and-point action of the mouse . |
| 5 | Like switching off a machine . |
| 6 | Its major aim , as will appear , is to demonstrate that the crucial medical-legal decision is not switching off a ventilator , but rather , switching it on , either initially or after having once turned it off . |
| 7 | ‘ I go to work early , ’ he replied , getting irritated as he tried to figure out how to switch on a standard lamp . |
| 8 | ‘ Do you think it 's safe to switch on a light ? ’ |
| 9 | Perry 's manager Sally Dickinson said at one point Mr Glenn had tried to switch on a light to raise the alarm but had been threatened with violence . |
| 10 | Rising to his feet , he stretched , as sleek and graceful as one of his own cats , and switched on a couple of standard lamps . |
| 11 | She switched on a desk lamp , and quickly scanned what she had just written , murmuring to herself . |
| 12 | All she got for her pains was a slight smile but no verbal reply as with efficient ease he filled and switched on a percolator . |
| 13 | It so happened that the Gulf War in Kuwait was filling our attention , and so I switched on a video tape whenever something attracted me and I found that I would be most likely to record the daily sessions on the BBC 's Newsnight with Peter Snow discussing the disposition of troops over the battle zone using a visual aid which is now known as the sandpit . |
| 14 | Later , in the mid-70s , while on holiday in the Caribbean , he switched on a lamp that had frayed wiring and he received a terrific shock . |
| 15 | She turned and switched on a lamp . |
| 16 | Sara switched on a lamp and Lizzie became visible . |
| 17 | Connors looked at him intently through the smoke haze as he reached out and switched on a tape recorder . |
| 18 | When they reached the edge of the bush he switched on a torch , and as they entered the opening in the trees they left the canopy of twinkling stars for the canopy of overhead branches . |
| 19 | Clearly this was no place for me , and having tiptoed back to the sitting-room , I switched on a light and picked up the evening paper . |
| 20 | Evelyn reached over his shoulder , switched on a light , and gasped . |
| 21 | What I 'm sorry I switched off a couple of minutes ago |
| 22 | Just as a doctor may decide to switch off a life support machine because the patient is in effect dead , so care workers could ‘ switch off ’ the services on which the old person is totally dependent for care in the community , thus making admission to an institution inevitable . |
| 23 | Indeed honours were shared all the way to a tie-break in which Adebisi was able to switch up a gear and take a firm hold of the situation , winning 7–2 , to take the first set . |
| 24 | You referred frequently to how well you know and the village , so I am sure she will , subject to your approach , be willing to go in and switch on a convector in each of the two rooms and read the meter . |
| 25 | Rory did not switch on a light , but strode to the window and jerked back the drapes . |
| 26 | At 2000 watts , this is a very powerful tool , and Bosch has built in a temperature control as well as a blower control ( rather like the ‘ speed ’ switch on a hair dryer ) . |
| 27 | I get into a No Smoking carriage and , since the station interior is rather dark , switch on a light so that I can read Berlioz . |
| 28 | But the next time this happens , instead of hurling buckets of water , switch on a tape recorder and then , the next day , sit down and enjoy the feline opera at your leisure . |
| 29 | A system of ‘ polling ’ is necessary , with connections rapidly switched on a time sharing basis . |
| 30 | When the game is initially switched on a number of the field l.e.d.s may light up , but by pressing the Return Ball button the bowler positions the ball at his own end of the pitch . |