Example sentences of "switched [adv prt] [art] light " in BNC.
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| 1 | Clearly this was no place for me , and having tiptoed back to the sitting-room , I switched on a light and picked up the evening paper . |
| 2 | Evelyn reached over his shoulder , switched on a light , and gasped . |
| 3 | She stumbled to her feet , crossed the dark room and switched on the light . |
| 4 | I switched on the light in the bedroom . |
| 5 | I switched on the light in the hall . |
| 6 | I stepped forward and switched on the light in the kitchen . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Lee switched on the light and the bulb went , like the one in the kitchen yesterday . |
| 9 | Alida flailed upwards , tearing off the bedclothes , and switched on the light . |
| 10 | The Queen of Pleasures groped at the wall and switched on the light . |
| 11 | The Abyssinian maid groped at the wall and switched on the light . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | When she switched on the light the little room exploded into a brightness so extreme that it hurt his eyeballs . |
| 14 | Often , when I switched on the light to make sure that the dish was scraped clean , I was disgusted at the mess I had been eating . |
| 15 | She watched him as he switched on the light by the bed and drew the curtains . |
| 16 | I came into the room and it was full of smoke … and I fell over the mat … and no one noticed … and switched on the light … and the party was in full swing . |
| 17 | She switched on the light . |
| 18 | The silence returned , and he switched on the light . |
| 19 | He sat up , switched on the light and answered the phone . |
| 20 | As Myeloski switched on the light , he had caught a glimpse of Louise Taylor before she disappeared under the cover . |
| 21 | Klein switched on the light . |
| 22 | Jenkins unlocked one of the bedrooms when they got back to the Windorah and switched on the light after he had crossed to the window to draw the curtains . |
| 23 | She stayed near him till he slept , went out into the dark hall , switched on the light with pride and with the knowledge of what that little act meant , what it had cost , would cost ; she pressed a tiny switch on the wall , and electrons obediently flowed through cables , because the woman in the Electricity had so ordered it |
| 24 | He felt for the bedside table with his left hand , remembered why the right one was all bandaged up , and switched on the light . |
| 25 | As soon as she got into the house , Molly ran up the stone stairs to the kitchen tap before she switched on the light . |
| 26 | At last , exasperated beyond bearing , I switched on the light again . |
| 27 | She was dressed as a munitions worker , and when he switched on the light her hair had blazed under the dim bulb . |
| 28 | ‘ We 'll look at one or two of the public things first , though , ’ said Finn and switched on the light . |
| 29 | Slipping inside and closing the door , he switched on the light and examined his surroundings . |
| 30 | He opened it , reached in , switched on the light . |