He walked toward the ring the instant he saw it, switched off the light of the torch, swung Geoff down from his shoulder, unfastened his ankles and one end of the shackles that held his wrists.
Cleek waited not a second, his foot was in the narrow aperture, and he was through the door and had switched on the light before the other man had realized what had happened.
Cleek hadswitched on his electric torch the better to see his way in carrying his captive to the cell of which he had spoken and was now moving with him toward it.
As he spoke he moved over to the window, and switched the curtains over them.
Then he switched on the light and invited him to inspect the roof.
Switched on a light in the office for a while, and then turned it out again.
Carefully, Mike switched the sequence that would put them into active condition but not operate.
Mike switched off the vocoder, flipped his intercom to the temporary galley in the morgue, and ordered two breakfasts readied.
Illustration] Dropping back to the floor he stepped over to the intercom andswitched in Captain Nails' circuit.
Kill--" the mike went dead as Captain Andersen switched to the morgue intercom.
As he switched off the intercom, the communications officer spoke urgently.
As a third thought, Mike switched off the Confuser.
As he switched out of the ship's annunciator system, Captain Nails Andersen leaned back in his chair and stretched in relief, closing his eyes and running briefly over the details of the evacuation.
Da, Da eta--" with an effort Bessie switched to English.
He switched the intercom quickly to the Hot Rod crew's quarters on the rim.
Busily the men switched the keys to the "off" position.
The captain switchedoff and changed to the intercom for the machine shop.
Ned had switched off the big light on a signal from the young inventor.
It is only my new searchlight," and once more the young inventor switchedit on.
The latter called Mr. Damon to relieve him in the motor room, and, a few seconds later, Ned had switchedon the electricity.
The young inventor switchedon the light, and a moment later Mr. Whitford exclaimed: "Great Scott!
Now, however, when it was almost certain that they were on the wrong scent, Tom switched on the incandescents, making the interior of the Falcon more pleasant.
Tom kindly, as he turned off the powerful beams, andswitched on some ordinary incandescents, that were on the outside of the craft.
Then they switched the call from the pinnace over to his screen, and Prince Simon Bentrik was looking out of it.
Teach the dirty Neobarbs a lesson--" Koreff told him he was switched on.
It was cooler now, at least her face was, and she got up and switched the light.
But behind him he heard a voice that he knew and he switched and said: "What a remarkable country Portugal is!
His papers identified him; the operator gave him his connection; they switched him to the headquarters of his air squadron, where he made his report.
North, a single searchlight played and switched across the clouds; west, all was dark.
Afterwards, when Jock was deaf, Jim used to reach out and pull his foot or throw a handful of sand or a bunch of grass to rouse him, and when Jock's head switched up Jim's big black fist pointing to their common enemy was quite enough.
Jock suddenly switched up his head, put it a bit sideways as a man would do, listening over his shoulder with his nose rather up in the air.
As she switched on the light, she imagined she saw a shadow at the window.
But as Bet switched on the light and reached the top step she was just in time to see a figure in bright clothes go out the window.
Kit looked at the wall brackets as Bet switched on the lights.
In his room he switched on the lights and his vacant glance, sweeping the bureau, brought up on the box with the crystal lid.
At home he ran up the stairs to his room, switched on the light over the bureau and opened the box with the crystal lid.
He switched off his engine without further thought, and moved his elevator to a position for the descent.
A machine must be in a gliding position before the engine is switched off.
When he had switched off the engine in the biplane, and moved his elevator as he was accustomed to do, he found to his dismay that the machine failed to respond.
Near his left hand, fixed to the framework just at one side of his seat, are levers which govern the speed of the engine, also the petrol supply; while close to them is the switch by which the ignition can be switched on or off.
Once with the bow of his machine down, and his motor switched off, it must be his concern to maintain the forward speed of his machine, which can be done only by holding it well on its dive.
The pleasantly furnished living room of his apartment was shrouded in late-afternoon semi-darkness and, when he closed and locked the door behind him, he switched on the lights.
He let himself into his apartment, switched on the light and dove underneath the coffee table.
As I prepared to fix the trouble, I switched on my radio and had Sid connect me with the ground.
I turned off the spot and switched on the floodlight.
There were so many forms of circuit-breakers and self-protectors in the machine that the whole gate had been switched off as long as the short was in existence.
He switched off the cabin light and followed my directions with tiny shoves, sometimes from the rockets, sometimes from the steering jets, while I conned us closer.
He switched off the rocket engine, switched on his headlamp and looked around.
Automatically he switched on his headlamp, thenswitched it off again, realizing what the newness was.
He worked himself out toward the center, then switched off his rocket, experimentally.
So, since it was better than doing nothing, Regan got himself into a drift parallel with the mud side and switched on his rocket.
In time of war, of course, the light would be switched on only when a friendly vessel was signalled.
At the first streak of dawn the bombardment wasswitched off, as if by a tap; the curtain fire was redoubled in volume; and a massed attack swept across the disintegrated wire into the shattered and pulverised Redoubt.
The only reason why he has not switched on our anaesthetic is that the wind isn't quite right for this bit of the line.
My turbaned servant arranged my bedding on a bench in a compartment reserved for ladies, switched on an electric fan, salaamed, and went off to find his place in a servants' compartment adjoining.
That forty-thousand horse-power making that mighty plunge over the cliff is met by magical machines and switched into a wire but little larger than a lead-pencil.
She went back to the kitchen where Bradley, eating supper, had switched from his long-winded topic.
I took the train up to the Junction, There I accidentally got switched off my job and came home.
Antigrav controls are not meant to go off with a click of the finger; they might get switched off accidentally.
Having switched off the first fuse the pilot will get the ship into position and then activate a second, timed to blow in ten minutes.
Perhaps the following incidents are more telling than any learned analysis: In late April, the Albanian telecom switched off the roaming facility of cell phones in Albania.
Realizing their inability to be what they always aspired to be, the Newly Rich switched from frustration and permanent humiliation to aggression, violence and abuse.
He wrote one of his laughing letters to Jack to say that he'd be switched if he was going to play hangman at his own execution.
As Dandy felt a trifle fresh, and chafed under the weight of the heavy rider and heavy dragoon bit, he switched his tail and tossed his head, being instantly rewarded by a fierce jerk on the huge curb and a shout of "whoa there!
Dolly would not have so much as switchedher tail and the little play all arranged for Wallace Sutherland would have been spoiled had Trooper not come to its rescue.
She had not yet confessed to Grandpa that his electric light was to be switchedoff before the end of the summer.
I wish you a good night's rest," said Malvoise as he switched on a tiny electric light with the warning that the dynamo would be cut off in ten minutes' time.
But Nero only switched his tail to and fro, thought of the jungle where he had played with Boo and Chet, and said to himself: "That's all right.
Switchie was called that because he switched his tail about in such a funny way.
Tom scanned the launching ramp below, and, satisfied it was clear, he switched the teleceiver to the spaceport traffic-control circuit.
He reached for the audioceiver and switched it on.
You will make your approach from section eleven, M quadrant--" Simms jumped up abruptly and switched off the playback.
Coxine switched the teleceiver to the colony frequency and spoke sharply and confidently.
