Example sentences of "switch [adv prt] [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 | Switching off the lights at 11 p.m. would deny many of them their private study-time . |
| 7 | Huckerby , a worried-looking , balding man , had a responsible position which basically involved overseeing editorial expenditure and running the paper day to day , but was best known for fussing round the office collecting old coffee cups and switching off the lights last thing at night . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | He left the room , switching off the light behind him . |
| 10 | Is he , by God ? thought Toby , firmly switching off the light . |
| 11 | Switching off the light , she followed Marc downstairs . |
| 12 | He uncovered his head only after switching out the light at bedtime . |
| 13 | ‘ Do you think it 's safe to switch on a light ? ’ |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | He dropped the padlock on to the floor then pushed the heavy door open and reached inside to switch on the light . |
| 16 | The moon peering in helped her to see and there was no need to switch on the light . |
| 17 | He closed the door and reached out to switch on the light , making her blink in the sudden flood of brilliant light . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | Evelyn reached over his shoulder , switched on a light , and gasped . |
| 20 | She switched on the lights , dumped her bag on the table and turned to him abruptly . |
| 21 | ‘ Any particular section ? ’ asked Hayman as he switched on the lights . |
| 22 | Eloise switched on the lights . |
| 23 | He switched on the lights and drove down the tank paths towards the front gate . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | Josie switched on the lights for the department 's makeup mirror , and Lucy winced as the brightness hit her . |
| 26 | Indoors , she flicked the rain from her hair and switched on the lights . |
| 27 | She stumbled to her feet , crossed the dark room and switched on the light . |
| 28 | I switched on the light in the bedroom . |
| 29 | I switched on the light in the hall . |
| 30 | I stepped forward and switched on the light in the kitchen . |