Example sentences of "turning [adv prt] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If the tapes were illegal or pornographic , turning down the money would have made sense . |
| 2 | The Doctor let the wall hanging fall back into place , and hurried out , turning down the hall to the bedroom . |
| 3 | Turning down the collar of his raincoat and arranging it to expose his clerical collar — for he was not ashamed of his calling — Mark entered the shop . |
| 4 | They had no choice in the matter , unlike Diana who has only herself to blame for turning down the Queen 's invitation to join the other Royals . |
| 5 | The opposite of turning down the sound is blacking out the picture . |
| 6 | He shook his head , smiling ironically , then took a quick swig from the can , before turning down the volume of the TV and picking up the phone . |
| 7 | Turning down the treble helps to control fizziness in the violin sound . |
| 8 | She ate a solitary breakfast in the hotel dining-room , turning down the waitress 's offer of bacon and eggs with as much grace as she could muster , feeling faintly sick at the thought of food . |
| 9 | Mike Brearley , the subsequent England captain and a Cambridge graduate with a distinctly academic turn of mind , was revealing in his reasons for turning down the offer , which would have overturned the historical structure of international cricket : ‘ Money apart , Kerry Packer is not my style . |
| 10 | The 34-year-old has been given a free transfer after turning down the offer of a new contract . |
| 11 | The issue on global warming ( Turning down the heat NI 206 ) |
| 12 | Turning down the heat |
| 13 | Number three , do you encourage energy efficiency in your home and in the work place ? er becoming aware energy efficiency at home turning down the heat so that we do n't live in a it 's hardly appropriate today is it ? — er we do n't live in hothouses : spins off from their place of work , and if they 're being energy efficient at work , they 're being energy efficient with our money . |
| 14 | He suspects that a black mark went firmly down against his name for turning down the job and when he was later asked to become personnel manager for that division of ICI he was left in no doubt that it was an offer he should not refuse . |
| 15 | ‘ I came to see you , ’ I said , turning down the farm track to the camp . |
| 16 | The suggestions put forward in the first three leaflets of the three-year campaign range from turning down the thermostat and turning off unnecessary lights to installing double glazing . |
| 17 | NEALE Doughty was left with egg on his face after turning down the ride on Haydock stalwart Twin Oaks in favour of Pat 's Jester yesterday . |
| 18 | There are lots of superstitions which are linked to the moon , such as turning over the coins in one 's pockets as a form of luck when seeing a new moon through glass , while the phases of the moon used to dictate the timing of weddings and other important aspects of life . |
| 19 | ‘ All what moving about the country ? ’ asked Cliff , largely to avert further discussion of sprouts and red cabbage , which he could see was imminent from the suspicious manner in which his mother was turning over the vegetables on her heaped plate . |
| 20 | Hundreds of black-headed gulls were also joining in the feast of freshly hatching insects , paddling over the waves to snatch them from the surface , whilst in the Island Bay we came upon three superb black terns , dipping and turning over the water . |
| 21 | Congratulations to Barkers for turning over the whole of the basement into one big showcase for some brilliant furnishing fashion — much of it British . |
| 22 | But turning over the pages of poor Hewlett 's unreadable but honest ‘ Song of the Plough ’ , one wonders about that . |
| 23 | ‘ You draw good pictures , ’ said the boy , turning over the pages of the note-book till he came to the whole page drawing of a pheasant , the cock pheasant that Philip had coloured in at home . |
| 24 | Father Poole muttered abstractedly , turning over the pages . |
| 25 | Some people stumble across the Kingdom without looking for it , like discovering a hidden treasure while turning over the soil in the field ( Matt. |
| 26 | Recently I have increased the pump speed to 2 so that I have a higher turnover of water through the filter At this setting it will be turning over the content of the vat about 8 times an hour . |
| 27 | There 's me turning over the pancakes , hear the door moving . |
| 28 | Power for this method is best supplied by one or more external canister filters , which should be capable of turning over the tank water at least three times each hour . |
| 29 | Earthworms are easily collected by turning over the garden soil with a hand trowel or with a spade or fork . |
| 30 | The first one , turning over the page , relates to er , grant maintained schools , erm , the fact that erm , the calculation of the indirect maintenance grant is based on last year 's percentages . |