Example sentences of "turned [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is space at the waterfall for parking or a picnic , and here cars must be turned for the journey back to Dent . |
| 2 | But by the time I had turned off the road from Bellingham at Kielder village and driven up the bumpy Forest Drive to East Kielder Farm , I was longing for the sight of something other than water and trees . |
| 3 | We had driven back to the village and had just turned off the road on to the In Salah track . |
| 4 | This region was one of those most affected by the depopulation of villages and hamlets , several having recently been enclosed ; large numbers of poor in parts point to consequent loss of employment , although it is not clear whether people had actually been turned off the land or the townships had gradually contracted . |
| 5 | The room seemed to have gone dark , as if someone had turned off the lights , and she wondered if she might be going to faint . |
| 6 | He is said to have once turned off the water supply to Newcastle — which he owned — when a local hotel refused to serve him a drink . |
| 7 | The shock was so great that it brought tears to his eyes , and when he 'd turned off the tap and dried his hand , the tears did n't stop . |
| 8 | It is unique in that juniors come first , are welcomed at all times in and out of the club house , on and off of the courts and will never be turned off the courts by seniors . |
| 9 | She endured the renewed pain stoically until the water ran clear , then turned off the taps and clambered from the bath , feeling very shaky , but wonderfully , blissfully clean . |
| 10 | God , I was nearly in an accident last night , that reminds me , coming , I 'd just turned off the Wrexham road , er going along the Paisword one |
| 11 | turned off the gas and crawled , |
| 12 | He has turned away the glorious light of his countenance — or maybe the traffic fumes have got in the way , or maybe he 's turned off the telly because of the charismatics . ’ |
| 13 | When the switching transistor is turned off the phase current can continue to flow through the path provided by the freewheeling diode and freewheeling resistance . |
| 14 | At a time t after T1 is turned off the phase current is : The time ( t2 ) taken for the current to decay to zero is given by : Comparing Eqns . |
| 15 | She was hungry and sorry she 'd turned off the radio . |
| 16 | He pulled it shut abruptly , and then turned off the light . |
| 17 | Approval listings will only be produced in your current default directory if the LIFESPAN manager has NOT turned off the production of approval listings . |
| 18 | Similarly when the phase is turned off the decay of current can be temporarily reversed as the induced voltage passes through its maximum negative value . |
| 19 | It was as if someone had suddenly turned off the sound . |
| 20 | Midnight turned as the Captain moved through light beams spreading from the windows across the yard . |
| 21 | Darling , I am sorry for you , but at the same time I am sure that one day you will be very glad things have turned out the way they have . |
| 22 | If she had n't come into the family … his family , would Matthew have turned out the way he was now , or would he have grown into a fine young man with a greater sense of responsibility towards his sister ? |
| 23 | In 1875 with the southern third of the country disposed of , attention was turned towards the Highlands . |
| 24 | Needing no invitation , Theodora once more turned towards the school . |
| 25 | She watched as he finished his cigarette , and then turned towards the bike . |
| 26 | His head was turned towards the door , where we could hear footsteps approaching . |
| 27 | The Thames had turned towards the sea . |
| 28 | At a word of command , the file of Scots turned towards the hall , bent forward , and at the same time presented their bare arses to the platform party . |
| 29 | The odds had turned towards the Giants on Sunday after a 6-4 win at Candlestick Park . |
| 30 | I see that behind the bluff little moustache and the liquid , fish-liver eyes — in my photograph the eyes are turned towards the prince of Wales ( himself a rather ghostly figure under a solar helmet ) — shelters another presence . |