Example sentences of "[noun sg] switched [adv prt] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There he sat until a child switched on the widescreen t.v. showing a news broadcast . |
| 2 | When the last violin and cello had disappeared the General switched on the desk light and settled down behind his tidy desk . |
| 3 | Rain switched off the water . |
| 4 | The projectionist switched on the light . |
| 5 | The Brigadier switched on the motor and they began a bumpy , swaying descent . |
| 6 | The sink was squared-off and old fashioned , with a white splashback and a tilting mirror ; Forester switched on the fluorescent shaving light and tried to tip the mirror to look at himself , but it would n't stay in place until he found out how to tighten a chrome-plated hexagonal nut on the hinge . |
| 7 | He decided to wait , watching as the driver switched off the engine and slid from behind the wheel . |
| 8 | Her assistant switched on the kettle and surveyed her headmistress anxiously . |
| 9 | Ace switched on the spacewalk jets and launched herself through the widening yawn of the doors . |
| 10 | A nurse switched on the television in the lounge . |