Example sentences of "she switch [adv prt] the [noun] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Floating down into the depths , she heard the kitchen door into the back garden close the very moment she switched on the hall light .
2 She switched on the wall light over the table rather than the bright central strip , hoping it would look coaler ; but it only seemed to bring up the shadows .
3 She switched on the bedside lamp and looked dazedly at the clock .
4 By rights she should be sleeping the sleep of the just by now , she realised despondently as she switched on the bedside lamp — instead she 'd been reliving everything over and over in her mind .
5 She switched on the bedroom radio , tuning to her new station 's waveband — her competitive curiosity had prompted her to attempt an assessment of the English-language opposition earlier — and discovering a laid-back DJ playing jazz and fusion between taking a few calls from night-owl listeners , their character common around the world — shift-workers , troubled or lonely insomniacs , late-night revellers and cramming students .
6 She switched on the vacuum cleaner .
7 She switched on the car radio and hummed to the beat of the pop music .
8 As soon as she drew up to the roundabout at the top of Woodstock Road , she found herself in traffic which stretched as far as the eye could see , and when she switched on the car radio , she discovered that the only sound it would make was an assortment of squeaks and crackles .
9 She switched off the alarm clock , then lit the fire that had been laid the night before .
10 She switched off the CD player , went into the bedroom , checked that her black dress , red jacket and red shoes were spotless for the morning : tucked a red and gold scarf and a couple of gilt bracelets into her bag to wear in the evening and went to bed .
11 Throwing down the last of the whisky with a shudder , she switched off the bedside lamp and burrowed down beneath the covers , already aware that the alcohol was having an effect , sending tentacles of warmth through her veins .
12 With that thought , once Peter had left she switched out the bedside lamp and burrowed down .
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