Example sentences of "switched [adv prt] the light " in BNC.
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1 | She stumbled to her feet , crossed the dark room and switched on the light . |
2 | I switched on the light in the bedroom . |
3 | I switched on the light in the hall . |
4 | I stepped forward and switched on the light in the kitchen . |
5 | 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 . |
6 | Lee switched on the light and the bulb went , like the one in the kitchen yesterday . |
7 | Alida flailed upwards , tearing off the bedclothes , and switched on the light . |
8 | The Queen of Pleasures groped at the wall and switched on the light . |
9 | The Abyssinian maid groped at the wall and switched on the light . |
10 | 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 . |
11 | When she switched on the light the little room exploded into a brightness so extreme that it hurt his eyeballs . |
12 | 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 . |
13 | She watched him as he switched on the light by the bed and drew the curtains . |
14 | 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 . |
15 | She switched on the light . |
16 | The silence returned , and he switched on the light . |
17 | He sat up , switched on the light and answered the phone . |
18 | As Myeloski switched on the light , he had caught a glimpse of Louise Taylor before she disappeared under the cover . |
19 | Klein switched on the light . |
20 | 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 . |
21 | 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 |
22 | He felt for the bedside table with his left hand , remembered why the right one was all bandaged up , and switched on the light . |
23 | As soon as she got into the house , Molly ran up the stone stairs to the kitchen tap before she switched on the light . |
24 | At last , exasperated beyond bearing , I switched on the light again . |
25 | She was dressed as a munitions worker , and when he switched on the light her hair had blazed under the dim bulb . |
26 | ‘ We 'll look at one or two of the public things first , though , ’ said Finn and switched on the light . |
27 | Slipping inside and closing the door , he switched on the light and examined his surroundings . |
28 | He opened it , reached in , switched on the light . |
29 | He switched on the light . |
30 | Rachaela sat up and switched on the light . |