Example sentences of "[pers pn] switched [adv] the [noun sg] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The outside air temperature was above minimum , but I switched on the engine anti-ice anyway , just to be sure . |
| 2 | Then I switched off the music centre and strolled over to the window to take a last look at the night outside . |
| 3 | Floating down into the depths , she heard the kitchen door into the back garden close the very moment she switched on the hall light . |
| 4 | She switched on the wall light over the table rather than the bright central strip , hoping it would look coaler ; but it only seemed to bring up the shadows . |
| 5 | She switched on the bedside lamp and looked dazedly at the clock . |
| 6 | By rights she should be sleeping the sleep of the just by now , she realised despondently as she switched on the bedside lamp — instead she 'd been reliving everything over and over in her mind . |
| 7 | She switched on the bedroom radio , tuning to her new station 's waveband — her competitive curiosity had prompted her to attempt an assessment of the English-language opposition earlier — and discovering a laid-back DJ playing jazz and fusion between taking a few calls from night-owl listeners , their character common around the world — shift-workers , troubled or lonely insomniacs , late-night revellers and cramming students . |
| 8 | She switched on the vacuum cleaner . |
| 9 | She switched on the car radio and hummed to the beat of the pop music . |
| 10 | As soon as she drew up to the roundabout at the top of Woodstock Road , she found herself in traffic which stretched as far as the eye could see , and when she switched on the car radio , she discovered that the only sound it would make was an assortment of squeaks and crackles . |
| 11 | She switched off the alarm clock , then lit the fire that had been laid the night before . |
| 12 | She switched off the CD player , went into the bedroom , checked that her black dress , red jacket and red shoes were spotless for the morning : tucked a red and gold scarf and a couple of gilt bracelets into her bag to wear in the evening and went to bed . |
| 13 | Throwing down the last of the whisky with a shudder , she switched off the bedside lamp and burrowed down beneath the covers , already aware that the alcohol was having an effect , sending tentacles of warmth through her veins . |
| 14 | With that thought , once Peter had left she switched out the bedside lamp and burrowed down . |
| 15 | He recognised himself , but did not recognise me when we switched on The Railway Children some months ago . |
| 16 | Pausing outside his living room door , he switched on the hall light and crouched down on his knees . |
| 17 | Leonora gave him a wavering smile as he switched on the hall light . |
| 18 | He switched on the refrigeration unit , and as it shivered into life the counter lights came on under the glass . |
| 19 | He switched on the powerhouse smile . |
| 20 | He switched on the strip lights behind the bottles , and the electric fire , and poured out two large glasses of whisky . |
| 21 | But , before she could find it in the darkness , he switched on the bedside lamp , and her face flamed with colour as he turned to look at her , his eyes darkening as they swept freely over her nakedness . |
| 22 | He switched off the kitchen light on his way out . |
| 23 | With a very deliberate gesture , he switched off the recording system which taped all normal office conversations . |
| 24 | He switched off the garage light . |