Example sentences of "switch off [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 If we are gon na start switching off a heavy night the night before and you need visual stimulation to get you up and .
2 Breathless , she said tightly , ‘ Would you mind switching off the overhead light ? ’
3 Could this be the reason why , at times , when we are compiling a good catch , the fish suddenly go off ; as suddenly as switching off an electric light ?
4 He switched off the mauve light .
5 He switched off the little girl on Terry Wogan and went to look for the Sturgeon .
6 She went back to her room and , leaving a small bedside lamp on , she switched off the main light and got into bed .
7 Grinning , Jim switched off the bright light and removed the film he had been studying .
8 Jack drove the car as near as he could towards the station building and switched off the faltering engine .
9 Secondly , the event risk is the likelihood of such a person forgetting to light the gas , switch off the electric cooker , lock the doors , or turn off the bath tap .
10 A voder commentary accompanied the recording , but Rostov had switched off the auditory input to his chair so that he could converse with the Manchu technician who was running the session .
11 Even after she had switched off the small lamp beside the bed , so that the room was completely dark , it was hard to be sure if she was really seeing something , or if her eyes were just playing tricks .
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