Example sentences of "switch on the light " in BNC.

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1 Switching on the light , she saw that he was fine .
2 Then she had to imagine switching on the light in that cupboard under the stairs and taking a couple of steps forward so that she was just inside — but with the door open to the hall and with the knowledge that she only had to take a single large step back to be out there again .
3 After switching on the light he sat down behind his solid oak desk … made , on his orders , from Bittsevsky oak … , opened his leather-bound diary and scanned the day 's agenda .
4 He showed them into the lounge and drew the threadbare curtains before switching on the light .
5 There was a bedroom to their left , at the front of the house , and Carson pushed open the opposite door and led the way through into the sitting-room , switching on the light as he went .
6 He dropped the padlock on to the floor then pushed the heavy door open and reached inside to switch on the light .
7 The moon peering in helped her to see and there was no need to switch on the light .
8 He closed the door and reached out to switch on the light , making her blink in the sudden flood of brilliant light .
9 She switched on the lights , dumped her bag on the table and turned to him abruptly .
10 ‘ Any particular section ? ’ asked Hayman as he switched on the lights .
11 Eloise switched on the lights .
12 He switched on the lights and drove down the tank paths towards the front gate .
13 The security man swung open the door to the boardroom where the party had taken place and switched on the lights , revealing the room as Blanche and Dexter had last seen it the day after the killing .
14 Josie switched on the lights for the department 's makeup mirror , and Lucy winced as the brightness hit her .
15 Indoors , she flicked the rain from her hair and switched on the lights .
16 She stumbled to her feet , crossed the dark room and switched on the light .
17 I switched on the light in the bedroom .
18 I switched on the light in the hall .
19 I stepped forward and switched on the light in the kitchen .
20 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 .
21 Lee switched on the light and the bulb went , like the one in the kitchen yesterday .
22 Alida flailed upwards , tearing off the bedclothes , and switched on the light .
23 The Queen of Pleasures groped at the wall and switched on the light .
24 The Abyssinian maid groped at the wall and switched on the light .
25 One of them switched on the light , her finger tips painted with a silvery pearl , and the other switched it off with an animal claw .
26 When she switched on the light the little room exploded into a brightness so extreme that it hurt his eyeballs .
27 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 .
28 She watched him as he switched on the light by the bed and drew the curtains .
29 I came into the room and it was full of smoke … and I fell over the mat … and no one noticed … and switched on the light … and the party was in full swing .
30 She switched on the light .
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