Example sentences of "turned up the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | Instead of choosing to ride through the woodland paths which she loved so much , Tamar turned up the village street , intent on keeping to the roads . |
2 | A try from Richard Eyres put the visitors further in front before Sheffield turned up the pace . |
3 | He turned up the heater . |
4 | Having regained his edge Dunlop turned up the wick again , and went on to win by four seconds from Perugini with Gianluigi Scalvini third . |
5 | Having regained his edge Dunlop turned up the wick again , and went on to win by four seconds from Perugini with Gianluigi Scalvini third . |
6 | Agnes hurried into the back shop , turned up the gas jet , quickly transferred two dozen sugar mice to one fancy box and six chocolate cats to another ; and when she returned with them into the shop they both exclaimed , and it was the young woman who said , ‘ What pretty boxes ! |
7 | 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 . |
8 | On Viola 's approach down the hall , Hilda turned up the gas and made preparation for a hasty departure , but this , it seemed , was not the idea . |
9 | Aussie Mark Bosnich , the Villa goalkeeper who rejected the sun and surf of Bondi beach , turned up the title heat on former club Manchester United with a magnificent display . |
10 | Outside the hotel Maggie turned up the collar of her mac . |
11 | 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 . |
12 | She put on her cape and turned up the collar and pulled her hat low over her eyes . |
13 | Peter turned up the collar of his coat . |
14 | He shivered a little , and turned up the collar of his mackintosh . |
15 | He shivered a little , and turned up the collar of his suit jacket . |
16 | I turned up the collar of my fake biker 's jacket and walked off . |
17 | I straightened my shoulders , choked back a small tear for the loss of a good buddy and turned up the collar of my trenchcoat . |
18 | Schellenberg turned up the collar of his greatcoat and leaned back in the corner pulling the peak of his cap over his eyes . |
19 | Bourne coloured and turned up the report . |
20 | Then Berwick turned up the power to land five 5–1 heat victories in a runaway finish . |
21 | 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 . |
22 | The sound of running water returned with renewed violence and John leaned forward and turned up the telly . |
23 | He held it in his hand , put it back , twiddled the radio knob from pop music to atmospherics , turned up the volume . |
24 | He turned up the volume loud , turned the knob to atmospherics , walked quickly to the window . |
25 | The conversation then started to get interesting and we turned up the volume in London . |
26 | 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 . |
27 | Alf turned up the volume . |
28 | Leonora hurried upstairs gleefully , inserted a new set of batteries in the transistor , turned up the volume and left her bedroom door open a crack . |
29 | ‘ Speak to Charlie , ’ she heard herself saying , and turned up the pressure . |
30 | Bishops then turned up the pressure in a search for an equaliser , and it nearly came on seventy minutes as yet another debut man , Tommy Callanan blasted the ball against the underside of the ball from literally yards out when it was easier to score . |