Example sentences of "[conj] she switch [adv prt] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | As soon as she got into the house , Molly ran up the stone stairs to the kitchen tap before she switched on the light . |
| 2 | When she switched on the light the little room exploded into a brightness so extreme that it hurt his eyeballs . |
| 3 | When she switched on the light her cosy mental picture was shattered by crude reality . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | She sighed as she switched on the ignition and the Glory moved off . |
| 6 | ‘ That 's right , love , ’ shouted Mrs. Hennessy over the noise , as she switched on the vacuum-cleaner . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | ‘ Arrogant swine ! ’ she muttered , as she switched off the light and climbed the stairs to her flat . |
| 10 | Leonora eyed him warily as she switched off the transistor . |
| 11 | Leonora sat up , rubbing her eyes as she switched off the lamp , so exhilarated to find she 'd slept the night through that she was less cast down than expected to find her identity was still a mystery . |