Example sentences of "[subord] [pron] switch on [art] " in BNC.

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1 But if you 'd wait until I switch on the hall light … ’
2 Wait a minute till I switch on the other light .
3 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 .
4 As soon as she got into the house , Molly ran up the stone stairs to the kitchen tap before she switched on the light .
5 Let them dry overnight before you switch on the heat again .
6 We shall assume that , before we switch on the current , H = 0 and B = 0 , a natural-enough assumption .
7 ‘ But we want all the complications down in black and white before we switch on the green light , ’ said Mr Wright .
8 ‘ 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 .
9 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 .
10 When I switched on the radio a sober voice intoned the day 's bad news .
11 WITH nearly 20 years of trouble-free driving behind me , I was relatively confident and assured when I switched on the ignition for my first lesson in advanced driving .
12 As I switched on the television prior to using is as the computer screen to write this article , a lady was interviewing the country 's strongest man .
13 A night of beer-swilling revelry was abruptly deflated at 11.30pm when someone switched on the television for the draw for the FA Cup third round .
14 No , but when you switch on the telly on a Saturday afternoon there 's football , football , football !
15 When she switched on the light the little room exploded into a brightness so extreme that it hurt his eyeballs .
16 When she switched on the light her cosy mental picture was shattered by crude reality .
17 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 .
18 She sighed as she switched on the ignition and the Glory moved off .
19 ‘ That 's right , love , ’ shouted Mrs. Hennessy over the noise , as she switched on the vacuum-cleaner .
20 The gas burned with a flickering blue light as she switched on the fire in the sitting-room , and for a while she held out her hands to the flame .
21 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 .
22 He recognised himself , but did not recognise me when we switched on The Railway Children some months ago .
23 You go dumb when you er when they switch on a
24 ‘ 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 .
25 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 .
26 She was dressed as a munitions worker , and when he switched on the light her hair had blazed under the dim bulb .
27 When he switched on the ignition , he saw that the tank was more than three-quarters full .
28 When he switched on the light and went in , he found everything in order .
29 She swung her shapely legs inside and began talking as he switched on the ignition .
30 She watched him as he switched on the light by the bed and drew the curtains .
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