Sentence examples for switch on a lamp from inspiring English sources

When you hit the switch on a lamp, you probably have some preconceived notions about where the light is going to come from.

The performance part also aborts if a put operation fails because the corresponding action (e.g., switch on a lamp) cannot be performed (e.g., due to a communication error or a hardware failure).

Do not switch on a lamp as this can result in a fire if it comes into contact with any sheets or material.

When switching on a lamp, if you feel too much resistance, chances are that you are trying to turn it the wrong way.

Consider the setup: a lively girl of ten or eleven, an only child, with a smile that can be switched on like a lamp, adores her father but seldom sees him.

The reaction was started by switching on a 30 W fluorescent lamp placed 30 cm above test-tubes and proceeded for 15 min.

Colman switched on a lamp and rolled onto his side to face her.

A projection repeatedly shows a pregnant woman in her underwear rising from her chair and switching on a lamp.

I obediently switch on my bedside lamp and remove the black elastic headband that pushed a grapefruit-slice-size strip with three silver-layered sensors into my forehead.

Outside, the last of the afternoon light was being blotted out, and although wind buffeted the loose old windowpanes, no one stirred to draw the curtains or switch on the lamps.

Indeed, I found that a pupal glow-worm seems to have no control over its light, and by a slight irritation I could at any time, by night or day, cause it by reflex action to switch on its tiny lamp.