Example sentences of "switch [adv] [art] 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 | Now I asked her whether she felt able to imagine switching off the light in the cupboard , still leaving the door open to the hallway . |
| 7 | He left the room , switching off the light behind him . |
| 8 | Is he , by God ? thought Toby , firmly switching off the light . |
| 9 | Switching off the light , she followed Marc downstairs . |
| 10 | He uncovered his head only after switching out the light at bedtime . |
| 11 | ‘ Do you think it 's safe to switch on a light ? ’ |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | He dropped the padlock on to the floor then pushed the heavy door open and reached inside to switch on the light . |
| 14 | The moon peering in helped her to see and there was no need to switch on the light . |
| 15 | He closed the door and reached out to switch on the light , making her blink in the sudden flood of brilliant light . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | Evelyn reached over his shoulder , switched on a light , and gasped . |
| 18 | She stumbled to her feet , crossed the dark room and switched on the light . |
| 19 | I switched on the light in the bedroom . |
| 20 | I switched on the light in the hall . |
| 21 | I stepped forward and switched on the light in the kitchen . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | Lee switched on the light and the bulb went , like the one in the kitchen yesterday . |
| 24 | Alida flailed upwards , tearing off the bedclothes , and switched on the light . |
| 25 | The Queen of Pleasures groped at the wall and switched on the light . |
| 26 | The Abyssinian maid groped at the wall and switched on the light . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | When she switched on the light the little room exploded into a brightness so extreme that it hurt his eyeballs . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | She watched him as he switched on the light by the bed and drew the curtains . |