Example sentences of "[noun] turn on " in BNC.
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| 1 | One who smoked too much , that was evident by the time the car turned on to the autostrada going south towards Siena , its light and siren going although the roads were fairly quiet . |
| 2 | Well away from the motorway now , each new place quickly gave way to further forest and , just as Jenna was beginning to be lulled into a strange peace by the dappled sunlight of the place , the soothing green of nature , the car turned on to a narrow road and began to climb steadily . |
| 3 | The car turned on to the A45 heading towards Wellingborough . |
| 4 | A contemporary account describes the scene thus — ‘ When the tables are laid and the electric light turned on , the effect is more that of a West End restaurant than a railway train . ’ |
| 5 | He attempted to stop the wheel of history , but the wheel turned on and crushed him on the cross . |
| 6 | The roly-poly goalie makes heads turn on away grounds when he runs out , and some of his diving stops have been measured on the Richter Scale , but his performances invariably win respect from opponents and spectators . |
| 7 | The neat , symmetrical plot turns on just this physical likeness . |
| 8 | Then he was smiling , coming towards us with the charm turned on . |
| 9 | It was a coincidence she was here at the moment the child turned on to the street . |
| 10 | Is that heater turned on ? |
| 11 | APOGEE : Smiths were an apogee in the sense that everything on the scene turned on and with them , like a fulcrum . |
| 12 | The door shut on the hopeless , silent room and Alida turned on to her side . |
| 13 | After a short audible beep the start up display elements turn on . |
| 14 | He emerged two minutes later with a bulky small man , and the Land Rover turned on to the Cambridge road , making for the headquarters of the regional crime squad . |
| 15 | While it makes little sense to talk of criticism of the physical world , it makes every sense to talk of criticism turned on to the theories and concepts which science has produced to explain the external world , for they could certainly be other than they are.8 Unfortunately , we sometimes give the impression in science and technological education that the current models , terms and theories of science are given and have merely to be assimilated by students . |
| 16 | The smile turned on and he took hold of her hands . |
| 17 | Adam turned on to his back , his hands behind his head , and looked at the ceiling . |
| 18 | And then Rufus was asleep , his head turned on to the muscle of his upper arm , the fingers that had been on Adam 's shoulder retracting as they relaxed . |
| 19 | As his eyes went back to the old lady , she saw the smile turn on again , and quick suspicion kindled in her breast . |
| 20 | I mean , wages , benefits from the welfare state — the cost of reproducing labour power , which is really what the wages for housework argument turns on , this cost is covered in a variety of ways — not adequately , that 's true and working class women are most vulnerable , but I do n't think we can say simply that housework , childcare is given free , is not paid for at all . |
| 21 | Flack was crushed into a corner , gesticulating , a beetle turned on to its back . |
| 22 | I tell you , I 've had Sound Citys , which were garbage , Marshall , which I found unreliable and kind of loud , Roland Jazz Chorus 120s — I 've used those live with the distortion button turned on — and I had a Music Man amp for a while . |
| 23 | There were no significant differences between mean latencies to turn on , and between mean UPDRS and tapping test scores in the on-phase . |
| 24 | The pilot of G-AYIH turned on to base leg with the apparent intention of joining this stream at or about the number four to land position . |
| 25 | Connelly deserved more reward for his efforts as he ceaselessly pushed forward and played some excellent one twos with the front runners , but it was not until the seventy ninth minute that Abingdon sealed the result ; Herbert crossed from the right wing and Aries won a challenge in the air to get a glancing header which Green turned on to the post , but the ball rebounded over the line to make it three nil . |
| 26 | These cells are classified into about 210 ( according to taste ) different kinds , all built by the same set of genes but with different members of the set of genes turned on in different kinds of cells . |
| 27 | Each side in turn went close to dispensing with extra time , Crown hitting a post then Paul Gascoigne having a chip turned on to the bar . |
| 28 | Maud was worried by the lighting , which Sir George turned on — a dim standard lamp by the fire , a slightly happier lamp , made from a Chinese vase , on the table . |
| 29 | Felicity turns on to her stomach . |
| 30 | The tap turns on , either suddenly or slowly , and the glass fills . |