Example sentences of "[pron] switch on [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He re-locked the drawer , stood up , and that was when someone switched on the main light . |
| 2 | Wait a minute till I switch on the other light . |
| 3 | Suddenly she switched on a yellow lamp that stood by her on the table and moved the snake-like stem so that Larry 's face was spotlighted as if on stage . |
| 4 | Let's have a bit of light on the subject " She switched on the blue urinal and looked at it . |
| 5 | Naked , she switched on the powerful shower-jets , and raised her voice to be heard above them . |
| 6 | She switched on the electric fire , the room was freezing as if hung with icicles . |
| 7 | She switched on the electric kettle and made a cup of instant coffee flavoured with powdered milk and artificial sweetener . |
| 8 | She switched on an overhead lamp and unrolled them one by one . |
| 9 | But no sooner had she switched on the electric kettle than the phone began to ring . |
| 10 | Then she switches on a dumb schoolgirl smile that would n't fool a grandma and she says , ‘ Hey , you dealing , man ? |
| 11 | ‘ But we want all the complications down in black and white before we switch on the green light , ’ said Mr Wright . |
| 12 | ‘ Clinger told me before he left that his lordship had had him in the second Sunday he was there and told him he expected him to switch on the electric fire in the private chapel ten minutes before matins . |
| 13 | When the selected pile alone remained , he switched on a powerful reading spotlamp above the table , took a jeweller 's loupe from his pocket , a pair of tweezers in his right hand , and held up the first stone to the light . |
| 14 | Once the left engine was turning over at 45 per cent , he switched on the right engine , using the live engine 's generator to save the battery . |
| 15 | Like a zombie she let him lead her from Tivoli , allowed him to fasten the seatbelt of the Mercedes round her , followed him into the apartment , standing motionless while he switched on the soft wall lighting . |
| 16 | He switches on the interior light and picks up a bundle from the passenger seat . |