Example sentences of "switched [adv prt] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | She cleared her desk onto the floor , made coffee and switched on the typewriter . |
| 2 | She switched on the television . |
| 3 | Geraldine switched on the television . |
| 4 | A nurse switched on the television in the lounge . |
| 5 | She stumbled to her feet , crossed the dark room and switched on the light . |
| 6 | I switched on the light in the bedroom . |
| 7 | I switched on the light in the hall . |
| 8 | I stepped forward and switched on the light in the kitchen . |
| 9 | She switched on the television without looking up . |
| 10 | They switched on the car 's headlights as a beacon ; but , all of a sudden , as the Prince and his companions were half-way across the water , the lights swung round and moved away as the vehicle set off down the glen . |
| 11 | Hassan Hamdan , aged seven , was shot in the head by a sniper when he switched on the light at his bedroom in Mossaitbeh , a poor residential district controlled by Amal . |
| 12 | A night of beer-swilling revelry was abruptly deflated at 11.30pm when someone switched on the television for the draw for the FA Cup third round . |
| 13 | Then he went into the living-room and switched on the television . |
| 14 | Lee switched on the light and the bulb went , like the one in the kitchen yesterday . |
| 15 | Then he switched on the torch and splashed through the puddle in the concrete to the shed . |
| 16 | Lee switched on the torch and the beam lit up the stack-yard like a searchlight . |
| 17 | When he heard the bedroom door shut again he switched on the kettle . |
| 18 | He switched on the headlights as the car entered the M1 at Brent Cross . |
| 19 | Her moment of complete despair had come when Doyle switched on the radio and sat down to wait and see what happened . |
| 20 | Then we switched on the TV and had a cup of tea . |
| 21 | For company , and a reminder of where she was and how much she had to do , she switched on the radio , let the cat out , filled the kettle and began to plan her morning 's round of visiting . |
| 22 | Alida flailed upwards , tearing off the bedclothes , and switched on the light . |
| 23 | She switched on the vacuum cleaner . |
| 24 | The Queen of Pleasures groped at the wall and switched on the light . |
| 25 | The Abyssinian maid groped at the wall and switched on the light . |
| 26 | One of them switched on the light , her finger tips painted with a silvery pearl , and the other switched it off with an animal claw . |
| 27 | When she switched on the light the little room exploded into a brightness so extreme that it hurt his eyeballs . |
| 28 | Smiling to herself , she walked into the kitchen , switched on the kettle to make a drink , picked up the phone and dialled . |
| 29 | And he switched on the set and went back to his desk , putting as much physical space as possible between himself and his employer . |
| 30 | 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 . |