Example sentences of "[adv prt] [art] torch " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then he switched on the torch and splashed through the puddle in the concrete to the shed . |
| 2 | Lee switched on the torch and the beam lit up the stack-yard like a searchlight . |
| 3 | He switched on the torch — and froze . |
| 4 | She switched on the torch and the beam floated over flowerpots and a rusty , up-ended bucket . |
| 5 | He switched on the torch , but directed it upward so that there was only diffused light on the forest floor . |
| 6 | Switching on the torch he swung round in time to see in its thin beam a blast of hot , dust-laden smoke belch past the opening of the short passageway and spill in towards him . |
| 7 | I now see the white corpuscles of my immune system streaming down the torch beams , abseiling to the rescue like demented camouflaged commandos in the Arctic . |
| 8 | He put down the torch and used both hands to scoop up his last-minute discovery . |
| 9 | He opened the door , switching off the torch and closing the door behind him . |
| 10 | He switched off the torch . |
| 11 | Philip switched off the torch . |
| 12 | I packed away my Bible in its plastic bag and , as it was now light enough to see , switched off the torch . |
| 13 | She turned the heavy , white porcelain door knob and pushed gently , then switched off the torch in case she was seen by someone at the back of the house , and entered the bedroom . |
| 14 | As they settled themselves on the trunk Silas switched off the torch . |
| 15 | Switching off the torch , he pocketed it to leave his hands clear for handling his gun . |
| 16 | ‘ No point in putting on the lights if we 're only passing through , ’ said the Headmaster , switching on a torch . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | Lee held on to Caspar who was pulling , while Philip bolted the door , forcing it , and picked up the torch that Lee had dropped . |
| 19 | There are no hordes that have rushed past us to take up the torch . ’ |
| 20 | He picked up the torch and turned it back on . |
| 21 | Corbett picked up the torch and threw it down . |
| 22 | He picked up a torch and was about to board the Delos when a hand holding a pair of goggles reached out and stopped him . |
| 23 | ‘ I 'll find the Doctor , ’ Cheryl said dully , as she picked up a torch . |