Dorchester was the first place to have its lights turned off at midnight in 2010.

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He demanded the stage lights be turned off so that he could see his audience!

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Some of the district's lights were first turned off early in December in a bid to cut costs and help reduce carbon emissions.

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Government offices are to be less strongly air-conditioned, billboards and some street lights are to be turned off during the wee hours after midnight, and so on.

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Dechen Yangdon, twenty-seven, turned off the lights in her classroom and locked the door.

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"Bullets were whizzing overhead and then about 3 or 4 in the morning, they turned all the lights off, " she said.

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All the lights from the submersible were turned off while they waited.

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The entire suburb is very dark because many street lights and neon signs have been turned off to save power.

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Street lights in Warwickshire are to be turned off an hour later at weekends during the winter months following feedback from residents.

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He switched off the lights, turned around and headed towards me.

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They just turned us off to see how much we are willing to pay to get the lights turned back on.

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