throw a switch

He turned back to the door and threw a switch.

Then, as if someone had thrown a switch, they all began talking at once.

She threw a switch in her mind, and it was gone.

Scott threw a switch on the control room's back wall.

Then, as if she'd thrown a switch, she was back with him again.

She saw me throw a switch on to make the tunnel!

The singing stopped as if someone had thrown a switch.

Her face lit up as if I'd thrown a switch.

When the last of them had a hand hold, Horn threw a switch.

He pulled a screen down in front of his face and threw a switch.

It was as if someone had thrown a switch and he simply disappeared.

"It was like somebody threw a switch and the whole ridge went up in fire."

And all the extremes might come one after the other, like somebody throwing a switch.

He threw a switch and leaned over the control desk.

His face was drawn and intent as he threw a switch.

Then, with all lights turned off in the laboratory, Tom threw a switch.

The sound of the door threw a switch in the striker's mind.

Then the images stopped abruptly, like someone had thrown a switch.

At once, he throws a switch that starts the pumps working.

When he threw a switch, there was a whirring sound.

Chang has built his system in such a way that it's simply a matter of throwing a switch.

Mike threw a switch and a voice began to chatter behind Joe's head.

She threw a switch and Thomas heard water rush into a tank.

He threw a switch on it, and then another.

Laughing, Tom quickly threw a switch for a coordinated turn.