Example sentences of "[pers pn] turned up the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nevertheless , in that brief space of time I turned up the flame . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | I turned up the collar of my fake biker 's jacket and walked off . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Jane found it cold , but her visitors found it freezing , so she turned up the thermostat to seventy . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | The conversation then started to get interesting and we turned up the volume in London . |
| 8 | The mystery deepened when , instead of going seaward at the foot of the hill , they turned up the right bank of the Touques as if making for Deauville . |
| 9 | They turned up the next street . |
| 10 | They turned up the heat and the United defence started to cook . |
| 11 | He turned up the first day of the term , picked up his grant , bought a guitar with it and then disappeared ‘ till the start of the next term and that term 's grant cheque . |
| 12 | When I told him I could not come he turned up the collar of his coat and walked away , looking at the pavement beside the unlit shop windows , hands deep in his pockets , and passed into the night going towards the Bridge of Three Eyes . |
| 13 | He turned up the heater . |
| 14 | Despite being in extreme pain and feeling ill , he turned up the following day at rehearsals with long sleeves disguising his burns . |
| 15 | When I told Malc , he turned up the next night with a gift-wrapped teddy for the baby . |
| 16 | He turned up the volume loud , turned the knob to atmospherics , walked quickly to the window . |