Example sentences of "[noun prp] turned [adv] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Schellenberg turned up the collar of his greatcoat and leaned back in the corner pulling the peak of his cap over his eyes . |
| 2 | EDWINA CURRIE turned down the offer of a job in Mr Major 's Government yesterday , saying that someone else could do the job far better than she could . |
| 3 | Sheriff Principal Ronald Ireland turned down the parents ' appeal that Thursday morning . |
| 4 | Outside the hotel Maggie turned up the collar of her mac . |
| 5 | Alf turned up the volume . |
| 6 | Murphy , who landed last Saturday 's H & T Walker Gold Cup on Deep Sensation , became the latest recruit for the Grand National winner when Graham McCourt turned down the ride . |
| 7 | Tranmere turned up the heat and Mark Proctor retaliated in the dying seconds of the first half . |
| 8 | A try from Richard Eyres put the visitors further in front before Sheffield turned up the pace . |
| 9 | Swindon turned up the heat in the last 10 minutes to score 2 more . |
| 10 | But only Motherwell have shown interest and Hauser turned down the Premier League side after failing to agree personal terms . |
| 11 | Mr Manning turned down the job then he said Sure Style turned the hard-sell on him . |
| 12 | •Sandy Lyle turned down the invitation to play in the 1989 Ryder Cup . |
| 13 | When the place passed out or Iranian airspace , the Shah turned over the controls to his pilot Captain Behzad Moezzi , and went back to his suite for lunch with the Queen . |
| 14 | Lester turned down the offer of using a set already constructed and used for The Fall of the Roman Empire , saying that he could not afford the rental for the scaffolding . |
| 15 | Scholar also suggested Venables turned down the chance to sign Mark Hughes when he was released by Barcelona , having been on loan to Bayern Munich . |
| 16 | Brady turned down the loan deal — Boro keeper Steve Pears was injured — because he says he needs Bonner as cover for Gordon Marshall in next week 's UEFA Cup tie with Cologne . |
| 17 | The woman beckoned imperiously , and , sighing , Theda turned down the gallery and followed her downstairs . |
| 18 | WAYNE McCullough turned up the heat again last night for his third victory in just over a month . |
| 19 | Tweed turned down the Kaiser-Josephstrasse , a long cobbled street bisecting the town from east to west . |
| 20 | Liverpool turned up the heat with their crisp , passing game ; Sunderland 's hope melted , and their players froze . |
| 21 | Lucy sounded hesitant as Virginia turned down the long curving drive of the house , pulled the estate car into the shade of the cedar tree and cut the engine . |
| 22 | The FA turned down the request and repeated its demand to see the Leeds City books . |
| 23 | Malta turned down the offer of an American security guarantee in 1981 for fear that this would require the concession of a military base . |
| 24 | When Jaq turned up the gain on his sensor , static flooded it . |
| 25 | Having regained his edge Dunlop turned up the wick again , and went on to win by four seconds from Perugini with Gianluigi Scalvini third . |
| 26 | Having regained his edge Dunlop turned up the wick again , and went on to win by four seconds from Perugini with Gianluigi Scalvini third . |
| 27 | Descending the stone steps from the station platform , Durham turned up the gas and had just sat down on the bench and opened his bait tin when he was startled by the apparition of a strange man followed by a large black retriever dog emerging from the coal cellar . |
| 28 | Peter turned up the collar of his coat . |
| 29 | Coleby seemed disappointed when Peter turned down the offer of another bottle of wine . |
| 30 | Then Berwick turned up the power to land five 5–1 heat victories in a runaway finish . |