Example sentences of "[noun sg] [pron] switch [adv] the " in BNC.

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1 At home we switch on the video and fall asleep in the chair almost before Mavis has opened up shop .
2 Floating down into the depths , she heard the kitchen door into the back garden close the very moment she switched on the hall light .
3 As soon as Mauer knew their destination he switched on the siren and within minutes they had reached Landstrasse , drawing to a halt opposite the Landerbank .
4 On one tank I had , the fish panicked and hid every time I switched on the lighting .
5 And in this issue , I review yet another anti-heron gizmo which switches on the fountain when the heron alights .
6 Her story was plastered all over the December issue of Playboy and every time he switched on the television , she was there repeating it all as a multitude of chat-show hosts clamoured to get her on their programmes .
7 After a time he switched on the television .
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