Example sentences of "[adv prt] [art] 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 | I did not switch on the light in case it should dazzle her . |
| 8 | Alida flailed upwards , tearing off the bedclothes , and switched on the light . |
| 9 | The Queen of Pleasures groped at the wall and switched on the light . |
| 10 | The Abyssinian maid groped at the wall and switched on the light . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | When she switched on the light the little room exploded into a brightness so extreme that it hurt his eyeballs . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | He scrambled out of his sleeping bag and went to fetch a torch he kept for when he wanted to read late , not liking to put on the light and get all the other going . |
| 15 | ‘ Have you finished ? ’ they ask as you lie gasping , and when they switch on the light you expect to see a sign over the bed , NOW WASH YOUR HANDS . |
| 16 | The room was growing very dark , yet Breeze did not like to put on the light . |
| 17 | ‘ Blow them out , Breeze , and put on the light . ’ |
| 18 | She put on the light . |
| 19 | She watched him as he switched on the light by the bed and drew the curtains . |
| 20 | Switching on the light , she saw that he was fine . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | She switched on the light . |
| 24 | Trying not to scream , she sat up and , without putting on the light , looked at the illuminated face of the alarm clock . |
| 25 | Without putting on the light , she slipped out of bed and tiptoed to the window . |
| 26 | The silence returned , and he switched on the light . |
| 27 | ‘ You plug it in when you go away and it switches on the light for you at the same time every evening , and switches it off too . |
| 28 | He sat up , switched on the light and answered the phone . |
| 29 | As Myeloski switched on the light , he had caught a glimpse of Louise Taylor before she disappeared under the cover . |
| 30 | Klein switched on the light . |