Example sentences of "switch [adv prt] [art] [noun sg] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is rather like someone switching on a cassette in one room and then walking into another . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 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 | You referred frequently to how well you know and the village , so I am sure she will , subject to your approach , be willing to go in and switch on a convector in each of the two rooms and read the meter . |
| 18 | I did not switch on the light in case it should dazzle her . |