Example sentences of "[adv prt] the light " in BNC.
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| 31 | She switched on the light . |
| 32 | Trying not to scream , she sat up and , without putting on the light , looked at the illuminated face of the alarm clock . |
| 33 | Without putting on the light , she slipped out of bed and tiptoed to the window . |
| 34 | The silence returned , and he switched on the light . |
| 35 | ‘ 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 . |
| 36 | He sat up , switched on the light and answered the phone . |
| 37 | As Myeloski switched on the light , he had caught a glimpse of Louise Taylor before she disappeared under the cover . |
| 38 | Klein switched on the light . |
| 39 | After switching on the light he sat down behind his solid oak desk … made , on his orders , from Bittsevsky oak … , opened his leather-bound diary and scanned the day 's agenda . |
| 40 | He dropped the padlock on to the floor then pushed the heavy door open and reached inside to switch on the light . |
| 41 | He showed them into the lounge and drew the threadbare curtains before switching on the light . |
| 42 | Jenkins unlocked one of the bedrooms when they got back to the Windorah and switched on the light after he had crossed to the window to draw the curtains . |
| 43 | She stayed near him till he slept , went out into the dark hall , switched on the light with pride and with the knowledge of what that little act meant , what it had cost , would cost ; she pressed a tiny switch on the wall , and electrons obediently flowed through cables , because the woman in the Electricity had so ordered it |
| 44 | He felt for the bedside table with his left hand , remembered why the right one was all bandaged up , and switched on the light . |
| 45 | For most children ‘ light ’ in this task means ‘ light bulb ’ as in ‘ Switch on the light ’ . |
| 46 | As soon as she got into the house , Molly ran up the stone stairs to the kitchen tap before she switched on the light . |
| 47 | At last , exasperated beyond bearing , I switched on the light again . |
| 48 | The frown was back between his eyes as I put on the light in my room . |
| 49 | She was dressed as a munitions worker , and when he switched on the light her hair had blazed under the dim bulb . |
| 50 | After tea , Clare pulled the sitting-room curtains together but did n't switch on the light ; she preferred to watch the firelight flick shadows over the walls . |
| 51 | ‘ We 'll look at one or two of the public things first , though , ’ said Finn and switched on the light . |
| 52 | Slipping inside and closing the door , he switched on the light and examined his surroundings . |
| 53 | Then it happens — it does n't happen and you switch on the light and get dressed sadly . |
| 54 | There was a bedroom to their left , at the front of the house , and Carson pushed open the opposite door and led the way through into the sitting-room , switching on the light as he went . |
| 55 | He opened it , reached in , switched on the light . |
| 56 | She heard the rattle of the curtain rings as the blackouts were pulled across , and then the click of the switch on the standard lamp as Bella put on the light . |
| 57 | He switched on the light . |
| 58 | Rachaela sat up and switched on the light . |
| 59 | When she switched on the light her cosy mental picture was shattered by crude reality . |
| 60 | Someone came into the kitchen from the door to the hallway , switched on the light , apparently glanced round , and then went into the sitting room , leaving the door to the kitchen open . |