Example sentences of "switch [adv] 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 | 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 | He dropped the padlock on to the floor then pushed the heavy door open and reached inside to switch on the light . |
12 | The moon peering in helped her to see and there was no need to switch on the light . |
13 | He closed the door and reached out to switch on the light , making her blink in the sudden flood of brilliant light . |
14 | She stumbled to her feet , crossed the dark room and switched on the light . |
15 | I switched on the light in the bedroom . |
16 | I switched on the light in the hall . |
17 | I stepped forward and switched on the light in the kitchen . |
18 | 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 . |
19 | Lee switched on the light and the bulb went , like the one in the kitchen yesterday . |
20 | Alida flailed upwards , tearing off the bedclothes , and switched on the light . |
21 | The Queen of Pleasures groped at the wall and switched on the light . |
22 | The Abyssinian maid groped at the wall and switched on the light . |
23 | 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 . |
24 | When she switched on the light the little room exploded into a brightness so extreme that it hurt his eyeballs . |
25 | 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 . |
26 | She watched him as he switched on the light by the bed and drew the curtains . |
27 | 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 . |
28 | She switched on the light . |
29 | The silence returned , and he switched on the light . |
30 | He sat up , switched on the light and answered the phone . |