Example sentences of "turn [adv prt] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | No , in the end we just could n't turn down the money . |
| 2 | Council leader Michael Carr said : ‘ We can not turn down the opportunity of extra resources for areas of particular need . |
| 3 | Hilda did not turn down the gas . |
| 4 | ‘ There was a lot to do with telephones , ’ says Ian , ‘ like you could turn down the stereo as you picked up the phone ! ’ |
| 5 | Never mind what they say about not working with children and animals … why turn down the chance to see Scuba and Scubette , the performing otters , make their small screen debut ? |
| 6 | He would then turn down the fell and begin to race , faster as it grew steeper , more furiously as the half-ton of slate threatened to catch him up and ( as happened regularly ) crush against him , until , blown with exhaustion , he reached the unloading bays at the foot of the fell . |
| 7 | To reduce this the hearing aid wearer will turn down the volume of his aid , and would therefore lose the amplification he had gained from the Audio Telescope . |
| 8 | I 'll turn down the heat when I get back . " |
| 9 | Does he not know that people will actually die , old folk who will turn down the heat without telling anyone ? |
| 10 | And you could almost imagine Boaz hoping against hope that the other kinsman would turn down the offer and so he delighted when that happened . |
| 11 | Lizzie would put everything away ; she would turn down the bedclothes at a neat angle and put in the hot-water bottle as late as possible . |
| 12 | You ca n't usually " turn off " the picture in the same way you can turn down the sound but there are various ways you can organise things so that the class is presented with the soundtrack only : |
| 13 | " I ca n't turn over The Times so that the pages lie flat , I ca n't fold up a map in the right creases , I ca n't draw corks , I ca n't drive in nails straight , I ca n't go into a bar and order a drink without wondering what everyone 's thinking about it , and I ca n't strike matches towards myself . |
| 14 | ‘ Now I 'll go back and tell that silly little receptionist what a silly little toad he is too and if he does n't turn over the keys to the apartment that I booked and paid a deposit on I 'll scream all the way to his boss . ’ |
| 15 | Can you turn over the page again now , I want you to direct your attention to paragraph four point six of this report , which reads The boundary proposed for the conservation area is limited to that part of the settlement which retains its village character . |
| 16 | The reader may " " Turn over the leef and chese another tale " " ( I : 3177 ) constructively as well as evasively . |
| 17 | And for those who were n't … well , no doubt Luke Hunter would turn up the charm and devise some plausible enough explanation . |
| 18 | When the dark-blues did turn up the fun started but as expected the Cambridge crew were carrying far more weight . |
| 19 | see he was not as pretty good as the other , I would n't like to say whether he could really turn up the application |
| 20 | Let's fli turn up the sound then we can No you 've done that backwards , it 's seventeen not seventy one . |
| 21 | If these gentle whispers are not heard , your Higher Self might turn up the volume a little . |
| 22 | ‘ Liverpool are lucky enough to have the best fans in the world and I know they 'll turn up the volume and strike fear into Spartak . |
| 23 | If there was anything like a Foreign Legion story , or something like Hitchcock 's Lifeboat , when the characters had to ration out the water , you 'd slowly turn up the heat . |
| 24 | A FLURRY of legal proceedings will this week turn up the heat in the already simmering Timex dispute in Dundee . |
| 25 | Shall I turn up the light ? " |
| 26 | We could turn up the movie but it does n't help . |
| 27 | We did n't do too badly then and I suggest we may turn out the winner again . |
| 28 | The Executive elected at that Conference was packed with diehards , and " a debate on cooperation against Labour revealed the depth of division : a motion calling for closer collaboration met strong opposition , but so did one calling simply for a Unionist government : They must turn out the man who was the greatest danger to the Conservative Party " , ( a voice — " Lloyd George " ) . |
| 29 | Then run the point of a thin knife around the edge of the moulds to loosen the cases and enable you to carefully turn out the chocolate shapes onto a cool , clean surface . |
| 30 | We could turn out the attic and make a nursery for them . |