Example sentences of "turned [adv prt] the [noun sg] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The room was hot when he entered , and he turned down the thermostat on the wall . |
| 2 | That inquiry turned down the application on the grounds that the mink farmers could not guarantee that mink would not escape . |
| 3 | The Civic Society was naturally very pleased t that we the council turned down the application on the National Power site . |
| 4 | My father turned up the ring on the cooker under the soup-pan , looking beneath the lid into the warming mixture and then turning back to look at me . |
| 5 | She ignored him , and turned up the sound on the telly . |