Sentence examples for flip a light from inspiring English sources
Republicans snarl that Democrats want to tax Americans every time they flip a light switch.
Two officers entered the building, but smelled fumes and decided not to flip a light switch that might have ignited the building.
"It's not like you flip a light switch from one type of programming to another," said Van Toffler, president of MTV Networks.
Clement said the players could not "flip a light switch" to play "gotcha" in shuttling between being protected by labor or antitrust law, depending on whether the union exists.
In turn, New Yorkers have been slow to separate bottles and cans the way they flip a light switch or swipe a MetroCard: Recycling remains less an everyday fact of life than a do-good option, like tipping the mail carrier at the holidays.
Every time I flip a light switch in the living room and the faucet in the bathroom starts running, or I desperately push all the buttons on the stove to try to turn on a burner, I can't help looking over my shoulder and wondering if there's a scientist observing my behaviour and reactions in this strange environment".
Every couple of hours, Mr. Dinsmore got out of bed and flipped a light switch.
But most had never flipped a light switch, operated a stove, opened a bank account or flown in an airplane.
I tied on a streamer — a small marabou leech — and flipped a light backhanded cast along the hedges.
