Example sentences of "she switch [adv prt] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | She switched on the television . |
| 2 | She switched on the television without looking up . |
| 3 | For company , and a reminder of where she was and how much she had to do , she switched on the radio , let the cat out , filled the kettle and began to plan her morning 's round of visiting . |
| 4 | She switched on the vacuum cleaner . |
| 5 | When she switched on the light the little room exploded into a brightness so extreme that it hurt his eyeballs . |
| 6 | She switched on the lights , dumped her bag on the table and turned to him abruptly . |
| 7 | She sighed as she switched on the ignition and the Glory moved off . |
| 8 | Then she switched on the indicator . |
| 9 | She switched on the light . |
| 10 | Judy 's house was struck by lightning during that storm , and moments later she switched on the radio to hear that he had died . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | She switched on the radio and switched it off again . |
| 13 | She switched on the television . |
| 14 | As soon as she got into the house , Molly ran up the stone stairs to the kitchen tap before she switched on the light . |
| 15 | Let's have a bit of light on the subject " She switched on the blue urinal and looked at it . |
| 16 | She switched on the vibrator , and stabbed it in and out of his backside like a demented piston . |
| 17 | ‘ That 's right , love , ’ shouted Mrs. Hennessy over the noise , as she switched on the vacuum-cleaner . |
| 18 | She switched on the car radio and hummed to the beat of the pop music . |
| 19 | She switched on the electric fire , the room was freezing as if hung with icicles . |
| 20 | When she switched on the light her cosy mental picture was shattered by crude reality . |
| 21 | She switched on the light and got out of bed . |
| 22 | She switched on the bedside lamp and looked dazedly at the clock . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | Floating down into the depths , she heard the kitchen door into the back garden close the very moment she switched on the hall light . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | She switched on the torch and the beam floated over flowerpots and a rusty , up-ended bucket . |
| 27 | She switched on the electric kettle and made a cup of instant coffee flavoured with powdered milk and artificial sweetener . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | She switched on the radio to recover normality . |
| 30 | She switched on the engine and headed back on to the road . |