Example sentences of "switch [adv prt] the [noun] in " in BNC.
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1 | Such a process may be comparable to the experience one has when switching on the radio in the middle of a discussion programme and trying to understand the discussion through a partial reconstruction of what must have been said already , who the participants must be , and so on . |
2 | Then she had to imagine switching on the light in that cupboard under the stairs and taking a couple of steps forward so that she was just inside — but with the door open to the hall and with the knowledge that she only had to take a single large step back to be out there again . |
3 | The team of non-professional drivers reached the high point of 109 mpg and a low of 94 mpg , merely by accelerating smoothly , braking gently , and switching off the engine in traffic jams . |
4 | Now I asked her whether she felt able to imagine switching off the light in the cupboard , still leaving the door open to the hallway . |
5 | Each year a celebrity is chosen to switch on the Illuminations in Talbot Square , followed for many years by a tour of the Lights by tram . |
6 | I thought about it for the prescribed two days , chanting , ‘ How do I get her to sign the form ? — How do I get her to sign the form ? ’ , then switched on the wireless in the middle of a biblical play about Moses and God 's voice boomed out of the speakers : |
7 | A nurse switched on the television in the lounge . |
8 | Jaq switched on the magnetics in his boots to give him purchase for possible combat . |
9 | I switched on the light in the bedroom . |
10 | I switched on the light in the hall . |
11 | I stepped forward and switched on the light in the kitchen . |
12 | Behind him , Ilse switched on the light in the kitchen . |
13 | The gas burned with a flickering blue light as she switched on the fire in the sitting-room , and for a while she held out her hands to the flame . |
14 | It was the part of him that switched off the alarm in the morning and made him sleep in . |
15 | She turned the heavy , white porcelain door knob and pushed gently , then switched off the torch in case she was seen by someone at the back of the house , and entered the bedroom . |
16 | That 's generally ample time for you to close down a database without panic , and to switch off the computer in an orderly fashion . |
17 | I did not switch on the light in case it should dazzle her . |