Example sentences of "switched [adv] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Guido had switched on the engine , and now , with a soft purr , the car headed out on to the road . |
| 2 | I put my conversations with Lou and Brenda from my mind , at least for the time being , and had switched on the WP and was enjoying the little moans and buzzes of its warming up , when there was a mighty banging on the door and there stood Hugo . |
| 3 | There 's more light , Harriet has switched on the kitchen light . |
| 4 | When they were switched on the lights flooded out across the bare , flat expanse of moorland just beyond the perimeter of their property . |
| 5 | At some stage Leonora had switched on the lamp beside her to see her knitting , but otherwise the room was in darkness . |
| 6 | Officer Cecil finally switched on the siren . |
| 7 | That we know because the room was cleaned at lunch-time and the cleaner actually switched on the light to help her see the condition of the table she was polishing . ’ |
| 8 | Removing a key from his pocket , Michele unlocked a heavy wooden door with an eye-level grille , and , having switched on the light , unshered her inside . |
| 9 | She had switched on the light and as she walked back towards him , he could see her legs again through the dress . |
| 10 | Eventually Gilbert had switched on the tape and asked , ‘ Do you feel like talking , Bissell ? ’ |
| 11 | Lee had switched on the television the previous evening and had watched the Ayckbourn for a while . |
| 12 | She 's switched on the radio for the traffic update . |
| 13 | In story after story people ( or aliens ) have simply switched on the antigravity drive in order to be able to travel cheaply and effortlessly between the stars . |
| 14 | This one ( above ) not only switched on the movie camera but ate the rubber eyepiece ! |
| 15 | HAVE YOU SWITCHED OFF THE GAS FIRE AND THE OVEN ? |
| 16 | He walked out , closing the door firmly , and Maggie quickly switched off the lamp , huddling down in bed and waiting for her heart to right itself . |
| 17 | I stop at my usual vantage point and even before I have switched off the engine I see the otter . |
| 18 | Vasili reluctantly switched off the engine and the unarmed man stepped forward and pulled open the driver 's door . |
| 19 | Use the cell phone ; let the caller know as soon as you 've switched off the alarms . |
| 20 | Half an hour later Seawitch was anchored , the engine was silent , and Nathan had switched off the bow , stern , and masthead lights . |
| 21 | Most of the food seemed already to have been disseminated , and a safety cut-out had switched off the stasis field when she opened the hatch . |
| 22 | Your people will be switched off the moment the objective that you have set appears to be unobtainable . |
| 23 | Once the microcomputer has been switched off the data is only available from one or the disks — it is no longer in the computer 's memory . |
| 24 | She had n't switched off the light . |
| 25 | Amiss switched off the light and climbed into bed . |
| 26 | Having switched off the light , she locked the door and took the key with her . |