Example sentences of "switched on 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 ! |