Example sentences of "switch [adv prt] the lights " in BNC.
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| 1 | Switching off the lights at 11 p.m. would deny many of them their private study-time . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | She switched on the lights , dumped her bag on the table and turned to him abruptly . |
| 4 | ‘ Any particular section ? ’ asked Hayman as he switched on the lights . |
| 5 | Eloise switched on the lights . |
| 6 | He switched on the lights and drove down the tank paths towards the front gate . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Josie switched on the lights for the department 's makeup mirror , and Lucy winced as the brightness hit her . |
| 9 | Indoors , she flicked the rain from her hair and switched on the lights . |
| 10 | Michael Holly was back inside Hut 2 a clear hour before the trustie slammed shut the hut 's door , switched off the lights . |
| 11 | He switched off the lights and opened the curtains ; the night was still as black as a stone . |
| 12 | She retreated to one of the dressing rooms across the corridor , switched off the lights , and set the door to give her an angle of view without much risk of being seen . |
| 13 | I switched off the lights and Seddon hurriedly drew back the curtains . |
| 14 | She picked up her bag , switched off the lights and locked the door behind her . |
| 15 | He switched off the lights and went out . |
| 16 | Shelley switched off the lights , and locked the medical room . |
| 17 | The simplest method is to switch off the lights and to lighten the shadow areas by reflecting some of the daylight back onto the subject . |
| 18 | Were they still dressing or had the ADC forgotten to switch off the lights ? |
| 19 | You used to switch off the lights and run . |
| 20 | Wycliffe opened the door , waited for her to switch out the lights and pass through , then he locked the door and pocketed the keys . |
| 21 | In a great gesture of trust , Josie let her switch off the lights unsupervised . |
| 22 | ‘ Do n't let them rattle on ; when you have had enough , smile sweetly , say ‘ many thanks ’ and we 'll switch off the lights . ’ |
| 23 | The day you go on holiday switch off the lights and forget about the fish . |
| 24 | You pack your bags , shut the door , switch off the lights and you go home and you 've got the , the r another thirty odd years perhaps to look forward to in retirement . |
| 25 | When they were switched on the lights flooded out across the bare , flat expanse of moorland just beyond the perimeter of their property . |
| 26 | And the manager goes round and switches out the lights , if there 's anybody there they kick them out . |