Example sentences of "[pers pn] turned [adv] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I turned over the ashes , found the glow within the crust , added some kindling and a log , then stood to stretch with my hands in the small of my back because it was aching . |
| 2 | With a trembling hand I turned over the paper which was face down . |
| 3 | Nevertheless , in that brief space of time I turned up the flame . |
| 4 | I had to wait impatiently till I was free to go down there , and huddled uncomfortably among the book-stacks I turned up the page with trembling fingers . |
| 5 | I turned up the collar of my fake biker 's jacket and walked off . |
| 6 | And I had er had given myself a target of five thousand for Leith so I turned up the next and made my five thousand in fact I made five thousand and fifty signatures for the h and I believe myself if , if every branch were doing the same as I had been doing then we would have no problem at all in getting a hundred thousand signatures which is our aim . |
| 7 | Sadly I turned back the pages and returned the ledger to Miss Louise 's lap . |
| 8 | ‘ He has suggested , though , that the two practices should merge , and seemed amazed when I turned down the idea . |
| 9 | Then I turned out the light and settled at the window amidst the bottle-brush fronds of monkey-puzzle . |
| 10 | I turned out the f the negative upside down to do the other half , which makes 'em look Keeps the the group equally s h |
| 11 | No — that would be too much to expect , she decided with a pang of misery that made her blink as she turned over the food . |
| 12 | Jane found it cold , but her visitors found it freezing , so she turned up the thermostat to seventy . |
| 13 | She turned up the volume of the calypso tape Elaine had given her and sang at the top of her voice , thinking about whether to have a formal dinner party for the charity night , as Pauline suggested , or a more casual fancy-dress party on Halloween , which was what she would prefer . |
| 14 | She turned down The Fabulous Baker Boys , a film which made Michelle Pfeiffer an international superstar and an Oscar nominee , because ‘ I felt it was n't right for me ’ . |
| 15 | The birthday princess was serenaded by Phil the year she turned down the offer of a party from Charles . |
| 16 | She turned down the gas and hurried to intercept the intruder . |
| 17 | She turned down the heat quicKly but some of the fat had splashed on to the flames and the blue smoke increased in density . |
| 18 | Shrugging , she turned down the right-hand one , looking for ‘ likely doors ’ . |
| 19 | She turned back the sleeves to see exactly how the cuffs had been sewn in . |
| 20 | She turned out the light and reaching for a pitchfork crept towards the tack room . |
| 21 | She turned out the light . |
| 22 | ‘ The fact was that you needed help to sort out your house the other day , yet you turned away the team of cleaners I hired , and why ? |
| 23 | You are the first of the king 's officers to know that Lord Grey of Ruthyn is carried off prisoner into Wales , and if this moment you turned out the muster of every shire between here and Denbigh , and loosed them into Clocaenog forest , do you think you would find hide or hair of a Welshman there ? |
| 24 | ‘ Is that why you turned down the fifth series ? ’ |
| 25 | The conversation then started to get interesting and we turned up the volume in London . |
| 26 | We turned over the Bundesliga championships , and then were unlucky to come across an inspired Rangers side , who , but for the odd-bribe or two could have gone all the way . |
| 27 | We turned out the lights and opened the shutters and the windows . |
| 28 | ‘ And I could n't see , so we could n't do any more the things we used to — just little things , like watching the sunset , or laughing at a holopic when we turned out the lights in bed , or me reading a poem to her . |
| 29 | The snow crunched a protest under the car wheels , as we turned down the country road which led to our home , thoughts of a hot cup of tea uppermost in our minds . |
| 30 | We turned down the offer of researching exactly how many men we 'd get to 3,000 feet of urinals , but allowing a couple of feet for each one , 1,500 men would make Wembley the tops for discriminating against women . |