Example sentences of "[subord] [pron] switch [adv] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I took off the yellow waistcoat with its white lining and hung it on a hanger , and I took off my shoes , but rather like George I still felt myself to be on duty , so I switched off the light and lay on top of the bedclothes watching the black Canadian land slide by , while the free northern show went on above for hours in the sky . |
| 2 | But if you 'd wait until I switch on the hall light … ’ |
| 3 | If we switch off the voltage the current will disappear after some delay . |
| 4 | As soon as she got into the house , Molly ran up the stone stairs to the kitchen tap before she switched on the light . |
| 5 | Let them dry overnight before you switch on the heat again . |
| 6 | We shall assume that , before we switch on the current , H = 0 and B = 0 , a natural-enough assumption . |
| 7 | ‘ These drills run at a tremendous speed , ’ the father said , ‘ so when I switch on the drill the mileage numbers on the speedo spin backwards at a fantastic rate . |
| 8 | WITH nearly 20 years of trouble-free driving behind me , I was relatively confident and assured when I switched on the ignition for my first lesson in advanced driving . |
| 9 | Often , when I switched on the light to make sure that the dish was scraped clean , I was disgusted at the mess I had been eating . |
| 10 | When I switched on the radio a sober voice intoned the day 's bad news . |
| 11 | ‘ You may start your apologising as soon as I switch off the machine . |
| 12 | As I switched on the television prior to using is as the computer screen to write this article , a lady was interviewing the country 's strongest man . |
| 13 | A night of beer-swilling revelry was abruptly deflated at 11.30pm when someone switched on the television for the draw for the FA Cup third round . |
| 14 | No , but when you switch on the telly on a Saturday afternoon there 's football , football , football ! |
| 15 | When she switched on the light the little room exploded into a brightness so extreme that it hurt his eyeballs . |
| 16 | When she switched on the light her cosy mental picture was shattered by crude reality . |
| 17 | As soon as she drew up to the roundabout at the top of Woodstock Road , she found herself in traffic which stretched as far as the eye could see , and when she switched on the car radio , she discovered that the only sound it would make was an assortment of squeaks and crackles . |
| 18 | She sighed as she switched on the ignition and the Glory moved off . |
| 19 | The gas burned with a flickering blue light as she switched on the fire in the sitting-room , and for a while she held out her hands to the flame . |
| 20 | By rights she should be sleeping the sleep of the just by now , she realised despondently as she switched on the bedside lamp — instead she 'd been reliving everything over and over in her mind . |
| 21 | ‘ That 's right , love , ’ shouted Mrs. Hennessy over the noise , as she switched on the vacuum-cleaner . |
| 22 | Leonora sat up , rubbing her eyes as she switched off the lamp , so exhilarated to find she 'd slept the night through that she was less cast down than expected to find her identity was still a mystery . |
| 23 | ‘ Arrogant swine ! ’ she muttered , as she switched off the light and climbed the stairs to her flat . |
| 24 | Leonora eyed him warily as she switched off the transistor . |
| 25 | He recognised himself , but did not recognise me when we switched on The Railway Children some months ago . |
| 26 | ‘ Have you finished ? ’ they ask as you lie gasping , and when they switch on the light you expect to see a sign over the bed , NOW WASH YOUR HANDS . |
| 27 | When he switched on the ignition , he saw that the tank was more than three-quarters full . |
| 28 | Hassan Hamdan , aged seven , was shot in the head by a sniper when he switched on the light at his bedroom in Mossaitbeh , a poor residential district controlled by Amal . |
| 29 | She was dressed as a munitions worker , and when he switched on the light her hair had blazed under the dim bulb . |
| 30 | When he switched on the light and went in , he found everything in order . |