Example sentences of "switch on [art] torch " in BNC.

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1 ‘ No point in putting on the lights if we 're only passing through , ’ said the Headmaster , switching on a torch .
2 Switching on the torch he swung round in time to see in its thin beam a blast of hot , dust-laden smoke belch past the opening of the short passageway and spill in towards him .
3 When they reached the edge of the bush he switched on a torch , and as they entered the opening in the trees they left the canopy of twinkling stars for the canopy of overhead branches .
4 Then he switched on the torch and splashed through the puddle in the concrete to the shed .
5 Lee switched on the torch and the beam lit up the stack-yard like a searchlight .
6 He switched on the torch — and froze .
7 She switched on the torch and the beam floated over flowerpots and a rusty , up-ended bucket .
8 He switched on the torch , but directed it upward so that there was only diffused light on the forest floor .
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