Example sentences of "[pron] switch on [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I switch on the fire and warm my hands for a bit . |
| 2 | ‘ When I go out I switch on the video and know my cats are having a good time looking at visions of snakes , hippos , mice , rabbits — oh , just about everything . |
| 3 | But if you 'd wait until I switch on the hall light … ’ |
| 4 | ‘ These drills run at a tremendous speed , ’ the father said , ‘ so when I switch on the drill the mileage numbers on the speedo spin backwards at a fantastic rate . |
| 5 | I switch on the radio , open a newspaper or a magazine , glance at an advertisement — it all seems like madness to me . |
| 6 | From the rattles and clunks it 's difficult to tell what 's happening , but I switch on the cassette recorder in case . |
| 7 | Sitting on my unused bed , swigging room service orange juice , I switch on the Rosenbloom show . |
| 8 | Wait a minute till I switch on the other light . |
| 9 | You switch on the kettle and sit on the stool . |
| 10 | Let them dry overnight before you switch on the heat again . |
| 11 | No , but when you switch on the telly on a Saturday afternoon there 's football , football , football ! |
| 12 | Then it happens — it does n't happen and you switch on the light and get dressed sadly . |
| 13 | We shall assume that , before we switch on the current , H = 0 and B = 0 , a natural-enough assumption . |
| 14 | At home we switch on the video and fall asleep in the chair almost before Mavis has opened up shop . |
| 15 | ‘ But we want all the complications down in black and white before we switch on the green light , ’ said Mr Wright . |
| 16 | You go dumb when you er when they switch on a |
| 17 | ‘ 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 . |
| 18 | You ca n't sleep you 're actually providing your own sleep deprivation and you say hey , next thing you know I really will be falling down the stairs ! but he does n't seem to get the joke and then it 's back to the cell and then the interview room with the barred , opaqued windows so you ca n't see out and they switch on the tape-machine recording everything as usual and it 's getting more bizarre ; they get me to do a Michael Caine voice ! |