Example sentences of "switch on the [noun] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well they might be a friendly , oh I do n't really know but er he 's so busy you see and he 's busy all kinds of day and night , now then , we asked him a while ago to be more careful when he was switching on the freezer units at night because they were waking people up , we asked him er a while ago if he 'd be more careful learning up at six o'clock in the morning because the chain and that we could n't sleep in the morning like , and all disturbing us all like that |
| 2 | When she accepted her first solo public duty , to switch on the Christmas lights at Regent Street in London 's West End , she was paralyzed with nerves . |
| 3 | When he was invited to switch on the Christmas lights in Settle , he needed a police escort because of a bomb threat believed to be from workers at a local quarry . |
| 4 | He switched on the strip lights behind the bottles , and the electric fire , and poured out two large glasses of whisky . |
| 5 | Ace switched on the spacewalk jets and launched herself through the widening yawn of the doors . |
| 6 | Cornelius switched on the windscreen wipers . |
| 7 | A little tremulously , Sara switched on the wall sconces in the hall . |
| 8 | Maxim switched on the car lights . |
| 9 | He recognised himself , but did not recognise me when we switched on The Railway Children some months ago . |
| 10 | Cathy switched on the studio lights , further exposing its tattiness but adding to its intimacy . |
| 11 | He stopped the film , and switched on the house lights . |
| 12 | And to think when Peggy was little Gran would n't let me switch on the tree lights until Christmas Eve . |
| 13 | I thought we could switch on the yard lights and have it outside . ’ |