Example sentences of "switch on 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 | ‘ I go to work early , ’ he replied , getting irritated as he tried to figure out how to switch on a standard lamp . |
| 6 | ‘ Do you think it 's safe to switch on a light ? ’ |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Rising to his feet , he stretched , as sleek and graceful as one of his own cats , and switched on a couple of standard lamps . |
| 9 | She switched on a desk lamp , and quickly scanned what she had just written , murmuring to herself . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | She turned and switched on a lamp . |
| 14 | Sara switched on a lamp and Lizzie became visible . |
| 15 | Connors looked at him intently through the smoke haze as he reached out and switched on a tape recorder . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | Evelyn reached over his shoulder , switched on a light , and gasped . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | Rory did not switch on a light , but strode to the window and jerked back the drapes . |
| 21 | 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 ) . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | A system of ‘ polling ’ is necessary , with connections rapidly switched on a time sharing basis . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | ( He switches on a smile . ) |
| 27 | This operates a transistor or a relay ( see Part 6 : April , 1992 issue ) and switches on a siren or bell . |
| 28 | Thus the pilots may be found in the Engines Section absorbing the means whereby the aviation spirit and flames arrive at the right place at the right time to produce the urge for forward movement , or they could be watching in some fascination an array of lights and switches on a array known as ‘ electrics ’ which behave themselves so well under the persuasion of the engines instructor , but which flash and fail to respond in such heart-breaking fashion when the student is urged to demonstrate that he has ‘ got ’ it . |